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Building works at The Ability Hub, our new specialist sensory play and skills development centre for disabled children and young adults, is making steady progress, thanks to an extraordinary wave of support from businesses and community partners. The one-of-a-kind centre, opening this summer, is currently being fitted out at Thames Valley Park. The project began as an ambitious vision by our charity’s parent founders: to create a bigger, brighter, and more inclusive play therapy space for...

A new episode of the parenting podcast Let’s Take Care is shining a light on the realities of raising neurodivergent children, with a candid and thoughtful conversation between hosts Jane Holmes and Melissa Paulden and their guest, Steve Newton, a father of two adopted teenagers and himself on the autistic spectrum. The episode explores the complex intersection of adoption, trauma and neurodivergence, offering listeners both practical strategies and a deeply personal account of family life...

For many runners, completing a Marathon is the ultimate goal. For Marco McKerlie, it was something more: a benchmark he had long set his sights on. Crossing the finish line in under three hours at the London Marathon 2026, 25-year-old Marco not only achieved a personal milestone but also raised over £1,100 for The Ability Hub, our new play and development centre based at Thames Valley Park. “I’m really happy,” Marco said after the race. “When I started running, it seemed like the pinnacle of...