As a family clinic that treats a large number of pre and
post natal women, infants and children we are delighted to be supporting two
charities that benefit these groups in need.
After some research we decided on the charities Tommy’s and Indigo Touch.
Our main charity London-based Tommy’s, (after St Thomas'
Hospital in Westminster, where the charity carries out much of its research),
is dedicated to cutting the amount of premature births, miscarriages and still
births suffered by women in the U.K. every year. Sadly U.K. figures continue to
highlight the necessity of Tommy’s work, as around four thousand still born
babies are born every year in Britain, with a staggering forty thousand more being
born prematurely, with all the health problems premature birth often entails.
The money that the Octagon Clinic raises for Tommy’s will
go toward both cutting-edge medical research such as placental cell testing and
progesterone trials as well as provision of services for those parents going through the trauma of
birth complications and fatality. The charity also works directly with women
who fall into higher risk categories of pregnancy problems. Tommy’s aims to cut
the number of infant deaths in halve by 2030. We are proud to be helping Tommy’s
achieve this aim.
The second cause we will be supporting is Indigo
Touch, a charity that works to help children, and the parents of those children,
struggling from various developmental and physical disabilities. The charity
offers need-assessed children the chance to receive free or heavily subsidised
health treatments, ranging from osteopathy to acupuncture, from therapeutic massage
and kinesiology, as well as providing nutritional support and advice.
Since 2001 Indigo Touch has treated
children with disabilities including autism and cerebral palsy and with learning
difficulties such as dyslexia and ADHD. These therapeutic treatments aim to
enhance the wellness of these children from improving speech and hearing, to strengthening
muscle tone, easing poor digestion and boosting the child’s immune system.
The Indigo Touch also runs a very special project working
with children adversely affected by the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. The
charity offers visiting children from Chernobyl the full range of these
complementary therapies during their stay in Haslemere, Hampshire. The
opportunity of four weeks a year away, from a still contaminated part of the world,
alongside the received benefits of these recuperative treatments is a project
we feel glad to be a part of.
We are very happy at the clinic to be supporting Tommy’s
and Indigo Touch through both our various fund-raising events, as well as
by promoting awareness of these two worthy and vital causes.
Emma Silverthorn is a receptionist at the Octagon Chiropractic Clinic
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