We are Peter and & Kate Shippey and we are striving to encourage inclusion in all sporting stadia for people with sensory difficulties. You see, we have three sons, all whom have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, they have seen a door close to them when it comes to sport, as they can't cope with the crowds and noise. Stadia don't provide facilities for people with sensory difficulties...until now. Sunderland AFC, a Premier League team in England have worked with The Shippey Campaign and have learned, understood and now provided the FIRST EVER sensory viewing room in the UK! The Nathan Shippey Sensory Room enables supporters of all ages to experience the match day and watch the live match in a safe and comfortable environment. It has been received incredibly well and is full every match day. Parents have felt emotionally overwhelmed by the fact that their dreams have come true... They CAN take their child to a football match AND stay until the end. It's a dream come true for young and old. We are now trying to roll this facility throughout the Premier League, into other sports and into other countries. If you would like us to approach your club, click on our contact button and drop us an email. We're here to help... We have already succeeded!
We would like to share the links with you from our interviews with the media last week! On Thursday 6th February, we started with BBC Breakfast where we had four sections! This film features an interview with Kate Shippey, one of the founders of The Shippey Campaign The final section at 8:40am is where you … More Links To Our Recent Media Interviews
For those of you with children, you may have seen our faces beaming out of your TV screens at you again! We were delighted to feature as a top story on Newsround! The wonderful film was excellent and really got the point of our campaign over, along with explaining some difficulties of Autism! Here’s the … More We Were A Top Story On Newsround!
Dear all! Thanks so much for all of your emails that you’ve sent through! We are gradually getting through them, it’s just taking a little longer than usual…as there are so many! But don’t worry, we aren’t ignoring you! If by next Friday you haven’t had a response from us, Give us a shout! It … More Emails In Abundance!- And It’s Wonderful!
We would like to say a massive THANKYOU for all of the support that you have given to us. You have been outstanding with your likes and shares, helping us to get word out there! In September 2014, we wrote an email to the DLO of Sunderland AFC, with our concept of providing sensory view … More A Little More Insight…
It’s been quite a day today, starting at 6.20am when we graced your TV screens in all our glory!…that’s when our gadgets laden with social media began singing! The ting of interactions on facebook and twitter rang merrily as we journeyed our way to BBC Newcastle (that’s another post…with pics!) We had to halt our … More And There You Have It!
It was a wonderful experience for The Shippey Campaign yesterday. Not only did we have the pleasure of meeting Tom Purser from the National Autistic Society, but we had an evening of filming too! Jayne McCubbin and her trusty cameraman Glen from BBC Breakfast came to visit our home (after a frantic tidy up!) They … More Aaaaand……Action!
Ok, so, you might have noticed over the last 24 hours that something has been going on with our Shippey Campaign… Well, you might want to tune in to BBC Breakfast between 6 and 9am, where you may see the delightful little face of our three little cherubs! One little face in particular (Nathan) is … More Tomorrow We’re On TV and Radio!
Hope you’ve all had a great weekend! We wanted to let you know not to worry, we haven’t downed tools! In fact, it’s the total opposite! We’ve been so busy that we’ve barely looked up! We have a very busy few weeks ahead starting on Tuesday. We don’t want to say too much at the … More A Quick Update!
Well, here at The Shippey Campaign, not only have our fingers been tapping across the keyboard at frightening speed, but so have our boots! So far over the last week and a half, we have arranged 3 meetings with football clubs, gained a new contact in a hard-to-reach circle, discussed the Green Guide, gained interest … More What’s The Latest?
Here at The Shippey Campaign we would like to wish a very special Everton fan a very happy birthday! Noah Cunningham is celebrating his 12th birthday today and we are sending lots of love and best wishes from Peter, Kate, Nathan, Owen and Callum xxxxx
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