Linden Lodge School is a day and residential school in Wimbledon educating pupils who are visually impaired, including those who are multi-disabled visually impaired, deaf-blind and have more profound learning difficulties and complex health needs.

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Linden Lodge Charitable Trust is a registered charity formed to enhance the lives of pupils by funding extras such as music lessons and instruments, drama sessions, horse riding and residential trips. LLCT has also raised funds for larger projects including the wheelchair access adventure playground, wheelchair access mini-buses, the sensory garden, hydrotherapy pool, library and learning resources centre, family centre and two Innowalkers which help individuals who are unable to walk, or who require a lot of support to do so, experience the power of movement.

LLCT has also funded a variety of assistive technologies which can truly transform lives, open doors and remove countless barriers, helping all pupils to access communication and learning. 

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SPACe Appeal: Sports and Performing Arts Centre

Our current major appeal is the Sport and Performing Arts Centre (SPACe) project. This will deliver a more appropriate and accessible learning environment, vital for visually impaired, deaf and deafblind students through the creation of a multipurpose fully accessible acoustically treated space which includes an assembly hall, gym, fitness suite and music rooms.

The plans include new acoustics and audio equipment, modern lighting, air cooling, a gym projector and screen, updating two floor-level trampolines and a high spec projector with specialist video equipment. This development will significantly impact the whole school. The rooms are used daily for various activities, including school assemblies, staff training and meetings, fitness and PE sessions, and music lessons. 

With the first two phases of funding successfully completed, construction is already underway, and the new SPACe assembly hall should be completed by the end of the summer. Funds raised from Parkside in Bloom will help bring the final phase to life, focused on modernising the fitness suite and music rooms to support pupils’ physical development and creative expression.