Children with disabilities and their families from Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire have received a welcome boost from local Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealer H&L Garages, in the shape of a stylish new Vito van.
H&L has loaned the vehicle on a long-term basis to charity group The Echoes Foundation- the keys to the Mercedes-Benz Vito 111CDI were handed over to Echoes Director Claire Stockton by H&L’s Garry Marsh.
And now, says Claire, the charity will be able to take its vital support work out on the road.
The Echoes Foundation volunteers and supporters worked for over a year to raise the funds that enabled them to open their dedicated therapy centre, on Hessle Road, Hessle, in August 2009.
Three members of staff and a team of four volunteers operate specialist sensory, parent resource, parental support and alternative therapy treatment rooms. But for Claire this is just the tip of the iceberg, as The Echoes Foundation want eventually to offer a hydrotherapy pool, a music therapy room, and much more at the centre.
* Claire Stockton, of The Echoes Foundation, accepts the keys to the new Mercedes-Benz Vito from H&L’s Garry Marsh
