Win a Square Peg Hoody!

Square Peg Clothing is a family enterprise in Sutton Coldfield that makes gorgeous hoodies and T-shirts to raise awareness of autism and other special needs, and they have kindly offered to give one away to one lucky child!

This is how you enter the giveaway:

1. Like both Facebook pages (If you haven't already done so)

Square Peg Clothing

Hearts & Minds

2. Answer this question on the Hearts & Minds page: "We are Square Pegs because..."

https://www.facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK/posts/662268437149937https://www.facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK/posts/662268437149937

Terms and Conditions

1. The competition will be open from Thursday 30th January until Friday 7th of February at 10am.  The winner will be announced on Facebook later that evening. 

2. The competition is only open to families living in the UK or Ireland.

3. The winner will be chosen at random 

4. The prize is any item of clothing from the Square Peg website, there is no cash or other alternative.

5. The winner will be announced and tagged on Facebook. If they don't respond within a month, the prize will be offered to another family.

6. The delivery of the prize will be organised by Square Peg Clothing once the contact details of the winner have been established.

Brand new colours for the hoodies!

Wishing you the best of luck!

More about Square Peg Clothing here:
http://www.squarepegclothing.co.uk/



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Brothers say thank you for the iPads that have improved their speech

Mason and Malacki say 'thanks for the iPads!

Mum Jodie explains how the iPads from Hearts and Minds have helped her boys:

"Mason and Malacki's speech has really improved from having the iPads, and they love all the different games and puzzles on there. In the past few weeks since the boys got the iPads we have seen amazing improvements in both their social skills as well as their understanding! It's amazing and I would encourage anyone to do the Hearts and Minds challenge!" 

Could an iPad help your child?

If you live in Britain, simply collect 165 old mobile phones and the Manchester-based charity Hearts and Minds will exchange them for a new iPad.

Details here:

Website: : heartsandmindsphones.co.uk/
Facebook: facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK 

Twitter: @handmchallenge

Pinterest: Hearts and Minds

YouTube: HeartsAndMindsUK

Google+: Hearts and Minds

More about the charity here: Hearts & Minds Challenge

Paul Scholes, John Fashanu, Vinnie Jones to play charity match for Hearts & Minds

How could any football fan resist this line-up?

Especially as all the funds from this charity match will go towards the first school for autistic children being established by Hearts & Minds in Manchester.


Tickets are going fast, and you can buy yours here:

https://www.eticketing.co.uk/bwfc/details/event.aspx?itemref=3113

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Hearts and Minds is a Manchester-based autism charity that helps children and their families throughout the UK.

 

More about the charity here: Hearts & Minds Challenge 

Social media here:

Facebook: facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK   
Twitter: @handmchallenge

Pinterest: Hearts and Minds

YouTube: HeartsAndMindsUK

Google+: Hearts and Minds

Manchester Music Fundraiser this Friday

 

A huge thanks go to the family of the Manchester boy Harvey Ratcliff, whose sensory room was destroyed by arsonists, as they have kindly asked that all donations from this fundraiser organised for Harvey should got to Hearts and Minds instead - as the family are not now looking for further donations.  

Hearts and Minds is a Manchester-based autism charity that helps children and their families throughout the UK.  

More about the charity here: Hearts & Minds Challenge 

Social media here:

Facebook: facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK   
Twitter: @handmchallenge

Pinterest: Hearts and Minds

YouTube: HeartsAndMindsUK

Google+: Hearts and Minds

Hearts and Minds - a review of 2013

There's been a huge amount going on at Hearts & Minds in 2013, from Autism Bubble Day in April, a cycling challenge in Spain, horse-racing and Madness in July, a fabulous night of fund-raising and fashion in September to the star-studded Viva Las Vegas Ball...

But the most heart-warming stories of the year are about all the children who have been helped by their iPads from Hearts and Minds.  Here they are, and the links to their stories are below.

An iPad helps Corey with reading and writing

http://heartsandmindsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/an-ipad-helps-corey-with-reading-and.html

Noah and the iPad

http://heartsandmindsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/noah-and-ipad.html

How an iPad is helping a beautiful baby girl who is also blind

http://heartsandmindsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/how-ipad-is-helping-beautiful-baby-girl.html

How an iPad helped Tom with brushing his teeth

http://heartsandmindsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/how-ipad-helped-tom-with-brushing-his.html

Isaac points for the first time thanks to an iPad

http://heartsandmindsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/isaac-points-for-first-time-thanks-to.html

Josh's iPad from Hearts and Minds helps him to stay calm

http://heartsandmindsuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/joshs-ipad-from-hearts-and-minds-helps.html 

Could an iPad help your child?

If you live in Britain, simply collect 165 old mobile phones and the Manchester-based charity Hearts and Minds will exchange them for a new iPad.

Details here:

Website: : heartsandmindsphones.co.uk/
Facebook: facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK 

Twitter: @handmchallenge

Pinterest: Hearts and Minds

YouTube: HeartsAndMindsUK

Google+: Hearts and Minds

More about the charity here: Hearts & Minds Challenge

Hearts & Minds : Achievements to date

Hearts & Minds Challenge is a young dynamic, innovative and passionate organisation formed in 2010 and based in Manchester, which is bringing positive change into the lives of those affected by autism throughout the UK.  The charity is putting together a range of services that includes awareness raising, education support, advocacy, counselling, transition planning and advice for families upon receiving diagnosis as well as a Facebook support group.

The Mission is to raise the quality of life of individuals and their families affected by autism by ensuring the highest standards in education, care and support leading to employment and equality of living opportunities.

Currently Hearts and Minds is running a fundraising campaign to raise £1 million in order to open a Centre of Education for Autism in Manchester.

These are all the achievements to date:

£30,000 raised for autism by the Hearts and Minds Ball

A huge thank you from all the Hearts and Minds families to all the friends, supporters and celebrities who attended the Viva Las Vegas Ball on Saturday 9th November.

More than £30,000 was raised, which will go towards the total needed to build the planned Education Centre for Autism in Manchester.

Hearts and Minds Ambassador Cleo Higgins arrived at the event in style and later sang...

Nov 9, 2013 | Cleo Higgins is rocking out the @handmchallenge #Vegas ball, what a voice! by diannebourney on Keek.com

Hearts and Minds patron and paralympic athlete Rik Waddon also attended the ball with his wife Natalie Jones, here with Hearts and Minds Events Manager Cheryl Broadfoot (centre)

Cheryl, whose son Bobby has autism, bravely had her head shaved at the event, after raising thousands in sponsorship, and then joined Cleo on-stage!

Also at the event, Manchester Mum Annette Jackson spoke about family life with autism.

Finally thank you to everyone who helped organise the event, including the Rococo Group, Julie Perry Events, the Hilton Hotel, and everyone who sponsored Cheryl, shared details of the ball, wrote about it,  and posted photographs and the video!

More about Hearts and Minds and how we help children with autism here: http://www.heartsandmindschallenge.org/