It only takes a small step from you ... for a child to take a big one

Giving disabled children their freedom costs time and money.  We're giving the time - can you give the money?

EDC will use it to provide essential equipment for local disabled children.

Equipment for Disabled Children is a Guildford based charity for local children.  It is specifically for those in the West Surrey area or those who attend the Royal Surrey County Hospital Children's Unit.

We live in an age where sophisticated equipment is available to make the lives of disabled children much, much better.  But it is expensive.  A trike costs over £600, over £1,000 for a computerised image enhancer for a visually impaired teenager.

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EDC
"Tregoning"
East Shalford Lane
Shalford, Surrey, GU4 8AF

This kind of equipment is life enhancing, but can seldom be supplied from State funds due to budgetary constraints - which is why EDC was set up in 1990.

Each child is different, so EDC tries to find the equipment that would bring the most benefit to each one. Their disabilities are wide ranging (anything from autism to muscular dystrophy) so the needs of no two children are seldom alike.

The difference such equipment can make to a disabled child growing up is incalculable. Do you remember your own childhood? Riding your bike, playing out with friends and enjoying toys. Simple pleasures we take for granted - and we can't deny them to local disabled children.

EDC is a charity run by volunteers who give freely of their time. The money raised is used to provide equipment for special needs children. Any donation will help to buy much needed specialised toys and equipment.