OUCH!!!!

Click HERE to visit OUCH! Ouch! is a website from the BBC that reflects the lives and experiences of disabled people. It has articles, blogs, a very busy message-board and an award-winning downloadable radio show – (Touch-Podcast). It’s aimed at those with a stakehold in disability: family, friends, professionals and, rather importantly, disabled people themselves – without whom all this would be a bit meaningless.

Shoebox Appeal for Christmas

Every year Cathy makes an enormous effort to collect gifts for the under-privileged. Not every kid gets presents at Christmas. Cathy knows this and so organizes a massive collection of toys and various gifts that people for one reason or another don’t want. The gifts are then placed in old shoe-boxes and sent to their destination. Knowing Cathy is a pleasure. She has a very kind and pleasant way about her. Well done to her …

Vote For Us Now!

Click here to vote for Sunbeam in the Better Together video competition. Voting closed on Nov. 15th. This competition is open to charities and the like to describe in 2 minutes or less who we are, what we do and why we are better working together. Working together and community integration has long been a focus for Sunbeam. This video details our befriending service called ‘FRIENDS IN DEED’ and how Sunbeam and its users benefit …

The Fascinating Story of the Twins Who Share Brains, Thoughts, and Senses

This is one of the most surprising and awesome tales ever told in the history of medicine. These twins are Tatiana and Krista Hogan. Their brains and sensory systems are networked together, but they have separate personalities. Their story defies belief. So much, in fact, that Tatiana and Krista Hogan shouldn’t be alive at all. Their chances of surviving the pregnancy, birth and first months of life were almost zero. Surprisingly, they turned four on …

Faces Competition – update

Came across this blog on the internet relating to the face-casts appearing on the walls of our town. An insight into the artists mind. http://artoftheheid.blogspot.com/