On Saturday 17th May, Brighton local, Tony Rebel Green, successfully completed a sponsored walk from Brighton Pier to the Marina and back to raise funds for Grace Eyre. Grace Eyre is one of the oldest charities in Brighton and Hove, and supports people with a learning disability and autistic people, including Tony.
Eva Eriksson, Chief Executive of Grace Eyre says:
“A big thank you to Tony from everyone at Grace Eyre for succeeding in his walking challenge and raising both money and awareness of Grace Eyre and the people we support. At Grace Eyre, we believe people with a learning disability and autistic people can fulfil their goals and dreams and be respected as equal citizens, where they make a vital contribution to their communities. We are all grateful for Tony’s contribution towards helping us achieve our aims and will use the funds towards some of the great projects we are involved with that empower the people we support”.
Tony, who is a familiar face to many in the city, feels people with disabilities are often forgotten so he took part in the challenge to raise money for the charity that supports him. Tony has mobility needs, so this was a difficult challenge to undertake and he said:
“I want to raise money for people with learning disabilities like me. It often feels isolating in this society, like I don’t exist and I want to raise money to help make things better for people like me.”
All money raised will go towards funding a range of projects and activities, above Grace Eyre’s statutory services, that enrich and transform lives, such as: Travel Buddy, which teaches independent travel; Pioneer Arts, which helps promote and sell art created at Grace Eyre; Grace Eyre’s employment projects; or for events run by our Purple Productions team including our summer festival – Big Purple Funfest. All funds go directly to these extra special projects and events that fulfil people’s lives beyond their care.
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