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Isolation, the feeling as if you have no-one to talk to, | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
no friends to meet, can be hard enough for most of us, but when you | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
have a disability, it can make life even more difficult to deal with. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:19 | |
This is where Phab comes in, | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
a UK-wide charity that supports regular | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
activity clubs like this one and has been doing so for over 60 years. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:30 | |
They're open to everyone of all ages and abilities | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
to do what most of us take for granted, have an | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
opportunity to play games, talk and make friends. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
-Hiya. -Hiya. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:41 | |
The charity's clubs are special, like this one in Epping Forest. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
Adults, as well as children like Keana, | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
can come to interact with like-minded friends, | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
which can help with their social interaction and confidence. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
So what is the best thing about coming to Phab? | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
Like, I get to have fun there and there are all these | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
-people in wheelchairs like me, and things. -And do you make friends? | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
Yeah. I've made quite a few. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
-Today, we made, like, things out of pipe cleaners and stuff. -Ooh! | 0:01:13 | 0:01:18 | |
And about this wheelchair dancing, do you think it's possible | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
-I might get to see some of your moves? -Sure. -Fantastic. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:27 | |
Give me a high five. Yes! | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
# Don't blame it on the sunshine | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
# Don't blame it on the moonlight | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
# Don't blame it on the good times | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
# Blame it on the boogie | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
# Don't you blame it on the sunshine... # | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
Hi, Sandy, I've just been having the most wonderful chat | 0:01:39 | 0:01:43 | |
with your little granddaughter, Keana. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
I'll bet you have! | 0:01:45 | 0:01:46 | |
She's just adorable! Tell me a little bit about her. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:51 | |
She has cerebral palsy. She was born three months premature. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
It wasn't until she was about a year | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
and a half that we really found out what was really wrong with her. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:01 | |
With Keana, she is always very wary of people that she don't know. | 0:02:01 | 0:02:07 | |
But she's actually got on so well. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:09 | |
She was chatting to other people in there and that, it was lovely. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:13 | |
So, would you say it has benefited Keana coming here to Phab? | 0:02:13 | 0:02:16 | |
Leaps and bounds, Anita. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:18 | |
Confidence like, you know, generally at ease and quite happy. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:23 | |
All the children in there seem very happy. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
You know, Phab isn't just for children or those with | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
disabilities, everyone is welcomed into the Phab family, | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
from seven-year-olds to 70-year-olds, and beyond. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:36 | |
Natalie's story really shows what's possible being a part of Phab. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
At the age of 25, Natalie was working, walking | 0:02:43 | 0:02:47 | |
-and having adventures. -But, then, tragedy struck. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
Life kind of stopped, as I knew it. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
I went into hospital as a working, able-bodied person | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
to coming home as somebody completely different that kind of... | 0:02:58 | 0:03:04 | |
..had gone back to babyhood, in a way, | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
and being dependent on my parents for everything. | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
You kind of think, well, how do you start again? | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
Natalie was severely affected by Guillain-Barre syndrome, | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
a very rare and serious condition that affects the nerves, | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
and is now paralysed from the neck down. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
Before I was ill, I was always busy, always doing everything. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
I also did a lot for other people, and all of a sudden, | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
that all stopped, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
and I'm completely dependent. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
I lost a lot. I lost a lot of confidence. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
I just felt, "Who needs me now? Where do I fit in?" | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
I kept my really, really good friends, and they stuck by me, | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
but I also lost quite a lot of friends. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
So, I did start to become quite isolated, | 0:03:50 | 0:03:53 | |
and I didn't want that, I wanted to be the person that I was before. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:58 | |
I found out about Phab through a friend who had also | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
been in hospital with me. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:04 | |
Everybody was really friendly and nobody asked me questions, | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
nobody really wanted to know what had happened, | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
where I had come from, and I instantly felt really at ease. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
Nobody knew me before and that was really nice, | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
to be able to just be me from the start. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
I found who I was again, really. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:26 | |
You make friends, you talk to different people | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
and you share experiences, | 0:04:29 | 0:04:30 | |
so it really has given me my social life back in every way, really. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
Since I have been going to Phab, I've actually, as myself, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
I've got a lot more confident, I've done some things at Phab that | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
I never, ever thought I would do. It doesn't have to be that your life is | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
finished, that's it. You can still go out and do all these things. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:52 | |
And it really has given that back to me. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:56 | |
If you were looking for a role model for somebody who copes with | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
a serious disability, then I would point you in the direction of Nat. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
Her disability doesn't define her, it's just part of who she is. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
If you watch, during the course of the evening, | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
most of the members of Phab will speak to her. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
She has a smile and a good word for everybody. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
We are about enjoying ourselves, we are a social club, we are | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
about having a good time. There isn't the support out | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
there for disabled adults, | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
and Phab, to some extent, fills that hole. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
Without the help of volunteers, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
Phab clubs just wouldn't be able to exist. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
And donations can help fund life-enhancing activities | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
like games, arts and crafts, and musical workshops. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
Yes! | 0:05:42 | 0:05:43 | |
You know, one of the most life-affirming experiences | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
that Phab run are residential summer trips, | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
often an opportunity for young people with special needs to | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
get away from home for the first time without their parents. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:56 | |
Caitlin, who has cerebral palsy, and her brother Cameron, spent | 0:05:56 | 0:06:00 | |
a week at an outdoor residential centre in the New Forest, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:04 | |
away from Mum and Dad. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:05 | |
It was different. I got to do stuff that I don't normally do. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:10 | |
It just gave me the independence that I know I needed. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
Knowing that I can do different activities gives me | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
that confidence that maybe I don't get in school or at home. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:23 | |
Often, people don't see her for what she knows that she is, | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
so she is proud of what she has been able to do. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
And a lot of it is people of a similar age | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
so she has got that peer support. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
So it gives her friends that are similar to her. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
It's that sense of belonging, it gives them a big sense of belonging. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
It has inspired me to go out and meet new friends | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
and it's inspired me to...erm... | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
..go to different clubs and try new things. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
In terms of brother/sister going together, | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
it is quite important because, Cameron being that bit younger, | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
it gives him the opportunity to feel independent. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
It gives Caitlin responsibility as well. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
That's it, we try, where we can, to say, "You are the big sister." | 0:07:03 | 0:07:06 | |
So, for her, she's got an important job there. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:10 | |
Since 1957, the charity has inspired and supported disabled children | 0:07:10 | 0:07:16 | |
and adults to make more of life together. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
This can be key in improving their quality of life and wellbeing. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:23 | |
Now, with your money, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:24 | |
Phab will be able to offer more residential projects | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
and open up new clubs where the demand is greatest, across the UK. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:33 | |
Think about how important these clubs are to those who | 0:07:33 | 0:07:36 | |
don't have the opportunity to leave their home with ease. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
With your generosity, Phab will be able to provide safe | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
and fun places for people to feel independent, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:47 | |
meet new friends and gain confidence, together. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
So, please do give what you can. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
To give by phone, call: | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
Calls are free from mobiles and landlines. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
Texts cost your donation, plus your standard network message charge, | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
and 100% of your donation will go to Phab. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
For full terms and conditions, or to make a donation online, | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
visit the Lifeline website at: | 0:08:30 | 0:08:32 | |
Or if you would like to post a donation, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
please make your cheque payable to Phab and send it to: | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
Write Phab on the back of the envelope. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:48 | |
ALL: Thank you! | 0:08:48 | 0:08:50 |