Kisharon Langdon launches vital fundraiser to fill adult social care provision shortfall
Charity hopes to raise £2 million in just 36 hours this weekend towards £4 million funding gap
Newly merged learning disabilities and autism charity Kisharon Langdon is reaching out to the community this weekend (10th – 11th March) to help its vital fundraising campaign aimed at securing essential learning disability services for the children and adults they support.
The organisation hopes to raise £2 million in just 36 hours, where all donations will be doubled through generous match funders.
The fundraising campaign, themed ‘on top of the world’, highlights how Kisharon Langdon enables people with learning disabilities and autistic people to lead fulfilled and Jewish lives.
Persistent under-funding in social care services for the learning-disabled community coupled with the chancellors budget again excluding adult social care, has intensified funding pressures.
Richard Franklin, chief executive, said: “This is the hardest I have known it, in my 20 years in social care. The latest budget tax cuts further cemented the chronic lack of social care funding, making Kisharon Langdon’s mission harder and yet still more vital. We offer incredible support for our learning disability and autism community, but we can’t do it alone.
“This weekend, we urgently need our community to raise £2 million, to help fill our now annual £4 million funding gap. Together, we want donors alongside those they support to feel ‘on top of the world’. It is not just a standard ask for a broad range of quality services; it’s about going above and beyond for heroic staff battling all the odds to offer the highest of standards we demand for those who need it most”.
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