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The Toby Henderson Trust,
Toby House,
Earth Balance,
Bedlington,
Northumberland,
NE22 7AD
The Toby Henderson Trust,
The Autism Hub,
10 Gordon Street,
South Shields,
Tyne and Wear,
NE33 4JP
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Try your luck
Enter our “Wheel of Fortune” to win two tickets to The Toby Henderson Trust Silver Jubilee Ball.
As we are celebrating 25 years of The Toby Henderson Trust, we are giving away two tickets to our Silver Jubilee Ball taking place on Friday 1st May 2026 at The Grand Hotel, Gosforth Park.
To enter all you need to do is scan the QR code on the poster or you can CLICK HERE and it will take you straight to the Enthuse page. Each entry is only £5 and you can enter as many times as you wish.
We will announce the winner on Monday 13th April 2026.
Good luck.
Silver Jubilee Anniversary Ball 2026
Tickets are now available for our very special Silver Jubilee Anniversary Ball. Preparations are well underway and it promises to be an amazing night. Please come along to celebrate with us our incredible last 25 years and reflect on the joy brought by hundreds of thousands of autistic young people and their families whom we have had the immense privilege of supporting over these very special years.
The invitation and booking details along with further information can be found by CLICKING HERE.
Thank you so much Jen
We would like to thank Jennifer Gane for her huge fundraising efforts in 2025.
Jen decided that she would wear a ball gown every day for a year in 2025. She realised that wearing a ballgown works as a brilliant metaphor for life for an Autistic person, particularly one who spends much of their time masking their autistic traits, as everything she did in a ballgown brought with it an extra level of mental or physical challenge.
She has raised the fantastic amount of £5,870 and we are so grateful to her for all her hard work. This money will go directly into supporting children, young people, adults and their families.
How donations and fundraising efforts make a difference to our charitable services
This year it has been extremely difficult to secure any funding to run our charitable services here at The Toby Henderson Trust. These services include a range of sessions for families across the North East and beyond – both directly for the children and young people themselves (MATES and Siblings) 1:1 therapy sessions, our monthly book club, online families of autistic girls support group and online grandparents support group, borrow boxes and bags scheme and lastly, maintaining Toby’s Magical Garden and Toby House (and paying our rent and ever increasing utilities bills!).
We are so grateful to the families and local businesses that support us time and time again. They help to keep us going by attending our fundraising events, committing to online monthly donations, purchasing gifts from our Amazon Wishlist, taking part in (and giving to…) sponsored events, making donations in memory of a loved one, holding fundraising events, and volunteering their time and support.
There are a number of ways you can help us to continue these valuable services.
If you’re wondering where your money goes and how it helps us here at The Toby Henderson Trust here are some examples of the way your money could be re-invested into our charitable service offer:
⭐£3 would fund a cuppa for anyone visiting Toby House.
⭐£5 could pay for basic necessities that we need here at Toby House such as a pack of toilet roll.
⭐£15 will fund one young person to attend one of our Sibling Superstars sessions.
⭐£17.49 would pay for one business Zoom account per month (we currently have 6 accounts which are used for our non funded family support sessions).
⭐£20 could buy a game for us to use with our groups.
⭐£120 will fund an off-site activity such as Clip and Climb with one of our 4 monthly MATES groups.
⭐£150 could pay for one online support group for families of autistic girls.
⭐£780 would fund 12 therapy sessions with children which includes an initial intake with parents.
⭐A purchase of a gift from our Amazon Wishlist could provide us with a new book to use at our monthly book club group for families or a resource that we would incorporate into our sessions with children and young people. Not forgetting basic necessities that we need here at Toby House such as toilet roll, hand wash and paper hand towels.
We appreciate that times are hard and that’s why we appreciate every single penny that is donated to us because it makes a HUGE difference to our charity and allows us to continue all the services that we love to provide and that you tell us, that are invaluable to you.
PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT WHATEVER YOU GIVE, IT GOES DIRECTLY INTO MAKING THIS MAGIC HAPPEN.
Thank you from us all at Team Toby.