Jai reached out to REMAP for help when her 18-month-old son, Enrique, began outgrowing his beloved baby gym.
Despite Jai’s search for bigger and taller dangling baby gyms, she couldn’t find any on the market. That’s when she reached out to REMAP, who had been recommended to her.
With the help of Mark from our Bristol branch, Enrique’s favourite toy was transformed to not only fit his current height but also grow with him as he does.
Jai shared her gratitude:
“My little boy has VI and hearing loss with down syndrome and other conditions. REMAP altered his absolute favourite toy of all time so that he could continue to use it as he grew! He loves to sit in front of it in his specialist seat and play, but he was getting too tall to do this (he loves it very close to his face so he can try to see it).
“You’re absolute heroes! We couldn’t be more grateful – a huge thank you in particular to Mark. He gets so much joy out of the adapted toy.”
Evie reached out to REMAP because they were unable to use their sewing machine without pain and fatigue.
Evie has a diagnosis of Myalic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and uses a wheelchair due to fatigue. Before contacting REMAP, they couldn’t use the foot control pedal of their sewing machine. Evie had been trying to use their hand and arm to control the pedal, but the amount of pressure needed was causing so much pain and fatigue that they were only able to do a few minutes of sewing each day.
Evie reached out to REMAP and our Bristol branch adapted the pedal, so that Evie could use it from their wheelchair.
Evie says:
“I finished sewing this skirt and matching headpiece. It’s the first big project I’d finished in a while and I’m really happy with how it came out.
“A huge thank you to REMAP volunteers for creating a foot pedal I can use with my wheelchair! As I can still move my feet, they created a box that replaces my foot plate, holds the pedal at an angle to reduce pain/fatigue from pushing my foot down and stops it from slipping. So happy to be able to sew again with less pain. ❤️”
We’re so thrilled that Evie is happy with this solution and we love the outfit that they’ve created using it!
