ok as parents of "children in need" have you ever

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had any help from children in need charity?
I think dd's school did once

An out of school club set up by our school has recieved funding from them, so another yes.

Nope - nothing (son with LF ASD and epilepsy)

not that I'm aware of - however have had help from charities that have been supported by businesses and/or the national lottery.

Local charity set up HFA/Aspergers youth club with grant from Children in Need and lottery.

Crossroads had some funding from them and offered us a carer for 6 hours for the summer holidays a few years ago.

no. Is it only for organisations or do individuals get helped?
Crossroads told me they don't help with children.

Crossroads support carers and offered someone to take my daughter out whilst I had a break. This was about 3 years ago.

I've called them several times this year to get help. Maybe its this local branch or maybe its cos dd is disabled herself?

Our local branch now only offer help if you aren't getting direct payments. They did have a massive (about 2 year) waiting list too.

Not that I know of.

yes - we run a local charity providing out of school activities (music/ drama/ dance/ art/ festivals) for children and young people with disabilities, and we apply for money from lots of places for funding.

(here the crossroads funding has been shoved in a local authority account for years as it was so little they couldn't offer it to anyone, so it's still unallocated - don't start me on that...)