How You Can Help. Donations.

In this section we include information about how you can help Speakeasier and people with MS. There are many ways in which you can help us to help others who are affected by MS. We seek Donations and Sponsorship - as generous as possible, so we can continue to help those who suffer from speech problems due to the effects of MS. We also seek practical help for our ongoing work here at the charity.

A personal message from Steve Brisk, founder of Speakeasier:

I was just 29, a highly ambitious and successful Sales Manager for Clarks Shoes, when I discovered I had MS. I had never had a day off sick.

MS can and does hit Anybody

I implore you, whatever your usual company or personal criteria, to please help a person who has lost their speech due to MS to speak again.

Your donation can return the gift of speech!

Sadly those MS sufferers who lose their speech are sometimes those whose MS is most virulent and whose lives may be foreshortened. Inevitably, since Speakeasier was established, several of our clients have died.

But at least we have the satisfaction of knowing that, due to our efforts, they did not die in silence with wishes not expressed and thoughts left unspoken.

Speakeasier makes a real difference!

Your donation will make a very real difference.

Thank you most sincerely,

Steve Brisk

Friends of Speakeasier - How to make a Donation

To help Speakeasier please make regular donations by becoming a "Friend of Speakeasier". To do so, complete Friends of Speakeasier Donation Form which you can download by clicking Here. Alternatively, please make a single donation by cheque payable to "Speakeasier". Whichever, please send to :-

Speakeasier
PO Box 410
Cheltenham
GL52 9GH

Gift Aid Your Donation

To make your donation worth more to Speakeasier please take advantage of the tax relief allowed on charitable donations. For a Gift Aid declaration, please click Here. To find out more about Gift Aid, please click Here.

Legacy Donations

You can make a very special gift to people with MS who have lost the ability to speak by leaving a legacy to Speakeasier in your will. To do this you will need our Registered Address and Charity Number which are given at the foot of this web page.

Company Support and Charity Trusts

As well as "The Friends of Speakeasier", Speakeasier is indebted to its supporters, who include the following companies:

• Kraft Foods
• Clarks Shoes
• Cheltenham & Gloucester
• Chelsea Building Society
• HSBC Bank plc
• Smith & Nephew

and the following Charitable Trusts:

• The Leason Trust
• The Kobler Trust
• The Grimmitt Trust
• The Rowlands Trust
• The Mercers' Company
• The Jephcott Trust
• The Lennox Hanney Trust
• Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
• Fox Memorial Trust
• Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust
• Oakdene Foundation
• Jane Hodge Foundation

plus our Patrons, Lorraine Kelly, Alistair Hignell, Huw Evans, Derek Wilkinson MBE

Practical Help

Others contribute in a variety of ways, helping us with admin, web design, holding coffee mornings etc. Some senior executives sit in on our Board meetings to give us the benefit of their experience. We are currently looking for somebody to take on a PR role with Speakeasier.

If you feel that you can help in any way, please call us on 01242 705681.

Corporate Sponsorship

As well as grants from Charitable Trusts and individual personal donations, Speakeasier is also dependent on Corporate Sponsors which we continue to welcome as a major source of funding.

We invite offers of Corporate Sponsorship to provide crucial funding. Please sponsor Speakeasier and give your Company the esteem and satisfaction of having supported such a worthy and neglected cause.