What is your charities name and Mission?
bibic charity">@bibiccharity has a mission to improve the lives of all children and young people with conditions affecting their physical, communication and learning abilities. Children and young people visit bibic with their family. Over a period of two days, the bibic therapist consults with the whole family and carries out an assessment resulting in a unique profile of the young person’s strengths and areas of difficulty.
A therapy programme is devised based on the initial assessment and taught to the whole family so that it can be practised regularly at home within the family life and routines. The simple exercises are designed to address gaps in the child’s development and to help them achieve their potential, whatever that may be.
The family returns for re-assessment after 4 - 6 months, when the young person’s progress is measured and celebrated, and new goals and exercises set. Whilst bibic cannot perform miracles, we treat each child as the unique individual they are, and by focusing on the positive, we help them to improve and develop, often in ways their parents never thought possible.
bibic works with children who have conditions developmental problems such as: Autistic spectrum disorder, Cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, other genetic disorders, Brian injury, Neurological conditions, Co-morbidity… and Specific Learning and Behaviour Difficulties such as: Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD/ADHD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Pathological Demand Avoidance syndrome (PDA)
How long have you been using Twitter and who's idea was it?
We have been on Twitter for about a month now, following a suggestion from a family visiting our National Assessment Centre in Somerset.
What have you enjoyed so far whilst using Twitter?
The simplicity and immediate response from other charities and supporters. We have received free design work, marquee hire and gifts in kind purely from contacts within Twitter.
Has their been an incidents of followers doing something wonderful for you?
The singer Beverley Knight began to follow bibic a couple of weeks ago, and immediately increased our followers by 20%. She has frequently mentioned us and spoken about our work. This has directly led to two separate families discovering our service and registering for their children to attend. The following are two quotes posted to Beverley from one of the families:
# I looked into the bibic charity site. Thank you for making them known to me. I now have support for me and my two boys. X xx
# I never would have found them without you x you've changed my life x thank you so much x
What has been your biggest challenge to date?
There really hasn’t been one. We received immediate followers and support and apart from having to delete the odd ‘spam’ follower, it has all been good.
Do you have a Twitter tip for other charities?
Stay active. If you don’t update frequently, followers get bored. As we have shown, a celebrity can really help as well, providing they are genuine and happy to fly your flag.
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