Support Us
You can support PACE in various ways. Please see more information about supporting, sponsoring or making donations.
How you can help
Like, share and follow us on Socail Media!
- Check our our Facebook and Twitter pages!
- Comment, share and promote our statuses and events!
- Sign up to our newsletter!
Make Donations or complete fundraising events!
- PACE always needs NEW and UNUSED gifts that can be used for our carnival fundraising.
- Complete one of our fundraising events!
- Donate your time, attend our sessions!
Promote PACE to your friends and family
- Come along to our open sessions and annual awards ceremony.
- Tell your friends and family about PACE, they may be able to help!
- Encourage people to take a gentle step into physical and social activity.
- PACE welcomes members and volunteers from all backgrounds.
Challenge Negative attitudes to disability!
- Educate and inform individuals with negative or misinformed attitudes towards disability.
- Empower disabled people to be active within society and to access all services within their community.
- Inform disabled people about PACE, the services we offer and how we can help.
Volunteering
PACE is a voluntary organisation, without the support of our enthusiastic, committed and motivated volunteers, PACE would not be able to function.
We welcome volunteers from a wide variety of backgrounds, as we believe a diverse workforce of volunteers would be best equipped to handle the varying needs, beliefs and expectations of our members.
Why volunteer with PACE
You will be working in a rewarding role and will have opportunities to make new friends, support disabled people and take part in activities. PACE has a good track record of volunteer retention, due to the opportunities we provide and the positive, knowledge-sharing environment volunteers work within. Volunteers are valued, respected and appreciated.
All volunteers are encouraged to develop their skills and are offered appropriate training programmes. Some examples of courses our volunteers have completed include;
* FA Level 1 & 2 Football Coaching Award
* UK Athletics Coaching Award
* Tri-Golf Level 1
* Disability Equality Training
* Website Design
* Deaf Awareness in Sport
* Safeguarding Vulnerable People
* First Aid
How can I volunteer at PACE?
Volunteering at PACE is easy and there are many different roles available, including;
* Sports support worker
* Coaching
* Administration assistants
You will be invited to a PACE session to observe the group and how we adapt our activities, ensuring full participation.
Following your initial session, you’ll be required to register with PACE, which will allow you to access the Induction Training course and Adapting Sport and Physical Activity course. These two courses are essential for all PACE volunteers to understand their roles, barriers and challenges faced by disabled people and how they can be overcome.
All volunteers are required to complete a DBS (formerly known as CRB), which can be done at PACE. This is crucial for volunteers if they are hoping to work 121 with PACE members.
When you’re trained and have received your DBS (formerly known as CRB), you’ll be able to develop your experience working with our members at PACE. Volunteers can then become Team Leaders, after they have developed their understanding of the organisation and how we can support disabled people.
There are many PACE services which require volunteers throughout the week, so please make Sunil aware which days you’re looking to volunteer.
To find out more information about how you can volunteer at PACE, please contact Sunil on 07983 392 223 or email sunil@pacezone.org.uk
Fundraising for PACE
PACE aims to be sustainable and generate our own revenue in an economic climate where funding and budgets are being cut in local councils across the country.
The cost of specialist equipment, venue hire, insurance, training costs, trips and excursions for PACE all adds up. PACE relies heavily on private donations and fundraising to ensure its sustainability.
In the future, PACE aims support more disabled people, take on more staff, purchase our own mini-bus as well as have the means to hire out a larger venue.
Events
In order to fundraise, PACE organises and attends events such as;
* The pace4PACE 4km Fun Run; held at the start of September each year.
* Dinner Dance Evenings; with professional entertainment.
* Summer carnivals.
* Bike rides; London-Brighton and London-Paris are both popular events.
* Sky dives; not for the faint hearted.
* Mountain expeditions; a real challenge and one of the best ways to help generate funds.
How you can help
The carnivals represent our major source of revenue, we are always looking for donations of anything NEW and UNUSED that can be used as prizes for the tombola. This can be anything from books, games, clothes, bags, DVDs, music, unwanted gifts and presents.
Professional entertainers can support at a wide variety of PACE events. In the past, we have received support from magicians, DJs, comedians and musicians.
Supporters that would like to complete a physical challenge are welcome to join the pace4PACE fun run, bike rides or mountain treks.
If you are interested in supporting PACE or would like some more information, please contact Sunil on 07983 392 223 or email sunil@pacezone.org.uk
Supporters
We are grateful to the following for their support;
Organisations
* A2Dominion Housing
* Active Ealing
* Boccia England
* British Airways
* CASH (Community Accountancy Self Help group)
* Comic Relief
* Disability Equality in Education (D.E.E)
* Ealing Council
* Ealing CVS
* Flower Crazy
* Hilton Eyewear
* Interactive (formerly known as the London Sports Forum for Disabled People)
* The Jack Petchey Foundation
* The John Lewis Partnership
* Mayer Printers
* PwC
* Sainsburys Local (Shepherds Bush)
Individuals
* PACE Trustees
* Mr. S.T. Chopra
* Mr. Bhavdeep Grewal
* Mrs. Resham Jnagal
* Ms. Sarita Virdee