How can you help us?

Easy ways in which you can Help Us!

Shopping On Line

GoRaise

MATRIX Neurological has partnered up with GoRaise. It’s now easier than ever before for our members and other supporters to join us in fundraising.

You can get free donations every time you shop online. It’s simple, it’s safe, and it doesn’t cost you a penny.

Once you’ve registered with GoRaise, every time you shop online at thousands of brilliant online retailers – including M&S, John Lewis, Argos, Ebay, Sports Direct, & Expedia – those retailers will donate a portion of what you spend to our cause, for free. So, how do you get started?

Just go to our page at https://www.goraise.co.uk/matrix-neurological and register for free today.

Once you’ve done this, just make sure that you visit the GoRaise website and click your chosen retailer, from the list of over 3,000, each time you want to shop online.

Whether you’re an individual or a company, please do sign up today, it will make a huge difference to us and we could raise £1000’s of extra funding every year just from donations generated by ordinary, everyday online shopping.

Give as you Live enables our supporters a way to raise FREE funds for us when they shop online at 4000+ leading retailers including Amazon, eBay, John Lewis and Sainsbury’s.  Your support can also raise HUGE donations when you book your holidays with your chosen company via Give as you Live.

The great news is that it doesn’t cost you a penny – the retailer makes the donation!    Just check the eligible retailers on the Give as you Live website.

To fund raise for us – simply complete the easy registration process, download the App  and start online shopping through Give as you Live.

Donate your old car

Donate your old car to charity

We are also now an Official Partner of Charity Car.  This means that you can donate your old car to us!

Charity Car is an ethical recycling and car scrappage network backed by the major companies the car manufacturing  industry that operates nationwide.

All you need to do is submit your car, agree to the Charity Car ‘Terms and Conditions’ with CarTakeBack which can be viewed on their website.  Charity Car will seek to maximise the value of the car by directing it down the most appropriate route: either Auction or Recycling.

You can submit your car via the Charity Car website or by calling the dedicated Charity Car customer information line on 0844 669 6889.  You can choose whether to dispose of your car at a CarTakeBack recycling centre, or to make things really easy, they can collect it from your home.   They even take care of the DVLA paperwork for you!

So if you are looking to get rid of your old car, why not donate its value to us through Charity Car and help us to make a different to the lives of brain injured children?

PUBLICITY

• Help us to raise awareness by displaying our leaflets and posters
• Fund or Sponsor some of our brain injury films that we can give to families free of charge
• Buy our brain injury film for use by your organisation
• Pay for aspects of our printing costs i.e. leaflets
• Make a donation towards our core running costs
• Cover our fundraising costs
• Fund marketing products i.e. a pop up stand, leaflets etc

SOCIAL MEDIA

Help us to spread the word and share good news stories on social media

• Follow us on Twitter and re-tweet or Tweet about us
• Send us a Friend request on our Facebook Page
• Like our Facebook page
• Add links to our website from yours
• Advertise or promote us on your website

 

 

 

 

 

"Case management for children and young people post acquired brain injury is 'pivotal' to successful outcomes and must be local"
Deborah Andrews; New Zealand
"Pediatric neuro-rehabilitation cannot be delivered in isolation. The needs of the child have to be looked at both holistically and within the context of the family unit. Parents need to be empowered to be parents in post-acute pediatric neuro-rehabilitation following brain injury"
The Children's Trust; United Kingdom
"Healthy teens are better at identifying strategies to deal with barriers. KIDS WITH ABI'S CAN'T!"
Shari Wade; USA
"We need to harness the power of brain plasticity for treating children and young people with brain injury, especially at the key ages of 0-3 and at ages 10-16"
Professor Bryan Kolb; Canada
"Participation in teen sports and normal activities leads to improved quality of life for children and young people post brain injury and helps to maximise outcomes"
Claire Willis; Australia
"Strength-based family intervention after pediatric ABI is essential. Parents need to be equipped with the skills to cope and advocate for the child."
Caron Gan; Canada
"Parent-supported interventions after paediatric ABI bring reductions to the cost to society"
Eric Hermans; Netherlands
"Different 'experts' involved in paediatric neuro-rehabilitation come from different organisational cultures which causes conflict and has a negative effect on the outcomes for the child."
Barbara O'Connell; Ireland
This is the best support plan we have ever seen that will deliver the best outcomes for this young person.  The costings are 'spot on' and realistic'.  Direct Payments Team.  
"Children and young people have poor social competence post brain injury due to reduced cognition, executive functions, and emotional control. As a result they are twice as likely to have mental health issues in the future"
James Tonks; University of London

OUR MISSION: To work to remove inequalities for children & young people affected by acquired brain injury; and provide effective support to their families that makes a real difference.

Council for Disabled Children Community Funded Charity Excellence Lottery Funded Youth Foundation BBC CiN