When families first contact us, they are often still recovering from a traumatic birth, trying to cope as a new parent, and with the fact their child may have a disability. They often know little about cerebral palsy and can experience hopelessness, anxiety, depression, PTSD and feelings of guilt and isolation. Having a child with cerebral palsy affects the whole family, and having access to support and advice right from the start reduces the level of trauma and stress they experience.

In 2024, we launched a new fund to help protect and sustain our vital family support programme to ensure that families living with cerebral palsy can access life-changing advice, emotional support and counselling. The fund is named ‘The Glenys Evans Family Support Fund’, created to honour our founder, Glenys, and her astonishing legacy of setting up ‘Cerebral Palsy Cymru’ in 1992 and, in doing so, enabling thousands of families across Wales to access our specialist therapy and support services.