Your support will help to change lives.
Every donation matters!
Making a donation, raising funds or volunteering makes an enormous difference to PSDS and the families accessing our essential services.
We are fully self-funded, with an annual fundraising target of £140,000. Help us reach our goal!
Fundraising events
We organise our own events – including quizzes, wine-tastings, coffee mornings, golf days, auctions and raffles. You can get involved by taking part, donating prizes or sponsoring one of our events. Why not join our Events and Fundraising team of volunteers or organise an event of your own? We’d love to hear your ideas and we’d love to be your charity partner if your workplace or club is looking for a good cause to support. Please contact Helen to find out the difference your support will make.
What’s on and when…
Here are just a few of our upcoming events and activities:
- PSDS Afternoon Tea – 3pm Saturday 5th October, Reigate Manor Hotel. Our very popular Afternoon Tea is back! A great chance for PSDS members to re-connect and make new friendships too.
- PSDS Stall – Charities Fair – 10am – 12pm Saturday 2nd November, Church Hall, Brockham – come and visit our stall for prizes and surprises.
- PSDS Stall – Dapper & Suave Winter Market – 11am – 4pm Sunday 10th November, Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking – a great chance to shop for Christmas and take part in our hilarious Human Fruit Machine!
- PSDS Christmas Jumper Sale – 11am – 2pm Sunday 24th November, 42a Prices Lane – pre-loved bargains on sale plus coffee and mince pies.
Watch this space for news of additional events being planned for the autumn and check out our calendar for a full listing of events and activities.
PSDS Golf Day 2025
Our 2024 PSDS Golf Day at the Reigate Heath Golf Club was such a great success, we are already looking forward to next year’s event! Make a note of the date – Friday 13th June 2025 – and get in touch with Helen if you would like to be notified as soon as the event is launched. We are expecting spaces to fill up very quickly, so please make sure you don’t miss this fabulous event which also includes a delicious BBQ, music, prizes, raffle and auction. Non-golfers are also very welcome to attend the early evening social element which is open to PSDS members and supporters too. If you would like to donate prizes for our Golf Day we would love to hear from you! More news soon…
How your donation helps
Every donation changes lives by helping our children and young people reach their full, individual potential!
- £25 will buy resources for our learning library
- £50 will pay for 4 sessions of one-to-one teaching for one of our pre-schoolers
- £100 will pay for one of our youth communication group sessions
- £250 will provide a social activity for our teens and young adults
- £500 will fund our school support service for one school for a year
- £1,000 will cover occupational therapy across our pre-school groups for a week
- £2,500 will pay for one of our whole family social events
- £5,000 will run our after-school drama clubs for a year
- £10,000 will cover one term of speech and language therapy across all our groups
Down Syndrome Awareness Week
World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated globally on the 21st March each year, reflecting the third copy of the 21st chromosome. We invite our members and supporters to wear mismatched socks on or around this date to celebrate that every single one of us is a unique individual. During the week around 21st March charities like ours organise events and campaigns to raise awareness as well as raising essential funds. Our DS Week pack is full of fun activities and fundraising ideas – you can download a copy here. Please let us know how you will be rocking your socks or supporting Down Syndrome Awareness Week!
It’s easy to donate via JustGiving
If you are planning a fundraising event why not set up a campaign on JustGiving – it’s a really effective way to collect donations and promote your support of PSDS. Or you can make a one-off donation or set up a monthly payment via JustGiving too. Please get in touch if you need any help with creating an event page on JustGiving. Thank you for your support!
Planning an event of your own?
Let us know what you’ve got planned and how we can help. We have collecting tins and buckets, bunting, t-shirts, posters and leaflets. Just use the button below to tell us your plans and please share news and photos of your event with us too. Don’t forget to tag PSDS on social media so we can share your posts to create more publicity and awareness.