The Forest of Dean Children’s Opportunity Centre is a charitable organisation that provides care, support and facilities for children with additional needs. Our mission is to enable all children to grow and learn together in our childcare setting, holiday playscheme and Stay & Play sessions. From 3 months to preschool, there is a place for everyone at the Centre. Help extends to the whole family and community, through support groups and workshops.
The Centre is always open to funding to keep our early years childcare and education, forest school, sensory room and family workshops afloat. We don’t receive any government funding over and above universal nursery funding, so we rely entirely on grant aid, local sponsorship and personal contributions. We wouldn’t be able to continue serving our community and the children who need us most without the support of wonderful people and businesses like you.
£14 would buy a waterproof jacket and trousers for a child
£16 would purchase an all-in-one suit for a child for them to wear in all weathers outdoors and at our Forest School
£168 would buy the ingredients we need to make our playdough for a year
£190 would buy 22 pairs of wellies for outdoor play and our Forest School
£456 would cover our cooking club ingredients for a year
£646 would cover our Stay & Play session for families from birth – including member of staff, cuppa and biscuit, arts & crafts and sensory room for a year
£760 would buy fruit and healthy snacks for all children for a year
£1778 would cover the cost of heating and electric to our sensory room, with its bubble tubes, water bed, sensory wall and magic carpet, for a year
You can make a one-off or monthly donation at our
or to become an annual sponsor, please email the Centre manager Sonia Molyneux at manager@childoc.org.uk.
We thank you so much for your ongoing support.
