Our impact

The film starts with a white and purple screen. A globe illustrated in purple and orange, appears on the right and slowly rotates. 

Voiceover: Thank you for being a part of Sense and our work to create a world where no one is left out of life, no matter their disabilities. 

Text appears next to the globe. It reads, ‘No one is left out of life… no matter their disabilities.’
We zoom in on the globe, landing on the United Kingdom. 

Voiceover: You’ve helped us support over 30,000 people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities; parents; carers; and siblings.  

Text reading ‘We supported over 30,000 people’ moves into shot whilst location markers appear across the map. 

The screen turns to white. Two rows of people appear. Text above them reads ‘2,000 more than last year’. 

Voiceover: That’s 2,000 more than last year. 

A purple circle appears. Text appears that reads ‘6,000 children and families shown new ways to communicate, connect and play’.  

A montage of videos of videos plays next to the text. The first video shows a young boy with blond hair, playing with a sensory ball.  

The next features a young smiling girl who appears first in the arms of her father, then sitting at a yellow piano.

Voiceover: Your generosity has enabled us to show 6,000 children and families new ways to communicate, connect and play. 

The screen changes and a new purple circle appears on the left-hand side. Text appears that reads ‘3,400 people a chance to escape loneliness and enjoy companionship and laughter’.

Another video montage plays. The first is a young man with glasses smiling at his laptop. On his screen, his Sense Buddy is smiling back through their videocall.

Next, a young woman stands beneath a tree, holding a small magnifying glass to her eye. She is inspecting some flowers with her Snese Buddy. 

Finally, a woman with a short afro is sitting in an electric wheelchair, enjoying listening to others play with musical instruments. 

Voiceover: And give 3,400 people enjoyed companionship and laughter

The screen changes and a new purple circle appears on the left-hand side. The text reads ‘10,000 people got stuck into inclusive arts and sports activities’.

The first video in the montage shows a man with short black hair being supported by an instructor to scale an indoor climbing wall.

The next clip shows two men on a rainy golf course. One puts the ball into the hole and his companion congratulates him with a pat on the shoulder.

Voiceover: This year, too, 10,000 people loved getting stuck into our inclusive arts and sports activities.

A new purple circle appears on the right-hand side. It reads ‘1,000 received vital emergency grants’.  

The video clip shows a man with a white ponytail plugging an electric feeding machine into the mains. The screen lights up as he turns on the power.

Voiceover: In a Sense first, 1,000 families received vital assistance from our emergency cost of living grants.

A photo from a Sense fundraising event appears. A man and woman are on a dancefloor doing coordinated dance moves in front of an audience. As the photo moves across the screen, a ‘Sense strictly’ banner appears in the background, along with lots of orange and purple balloons.

A new image appears showing a smiling man sitting at a table with loaded cake stands. On the left-hand side, text in a purple circle reads ‘£13 million raised’.

Voiceover: Through your enthusiasm and generosity, you raised £13 million to help more people get the support they need.

The screen changes and a new purple circle appears on the right-hand side. It reads ‘1 million bags donated to our shops’.

Behind the text is a photo of a man and woman shopping in a Sense charity shop.

The next photo that appears shows a man in an orange Sense t-shirt behind the till. He has a huge smile, the woman next to him is also smiling.

Voiceover: And our shops received over 1 million bags of donated pre-loved items.

The image changes and a new purple circle appears on the right-hand side. It reads ‘Thank you for campaigning for change’. 

A photo of a young woman and blind man in front of London’s Big Ben appears. They are holding a placard that reads ‘We’re calling for long-term support for disabled people during the #CostOfLivingCrisis’.

Voiceover: Thank you to everyone who joined us to campaign for change.

The text changes to ‘80,000 of you signed our cost of living campaign petition’. 

Voiceover: 80,000 of you signed our petition calling for greater financial support to disabled households during the cost of living crisis.

As the screen changes again, the new text in the purple circle reads ‘Our groundbreaking research revealed…’

Behind the text, footage plays. Two women sitting on the floor of a brightly lit tent point and smile.

Next, a man is walking through his garden. He holds a rope to guide him and his other arm is linked with his support worker’s.

On the next screen, the text reads ‘1.6 million people living with complex disabilities in the UK’.

In the background footage plays. A woman is sitting outside in a field of flowers. She lifts one to smell.

The next clip is a young boy with blond hair banging a drum that his dad is holding for him.

Another clip shows a young man with two smiling support workers. They are sitting in front of an indoor climbing wall.

Voiceover: Ground-breaking research has shown that there 1.6 million people living with complex disabilities in the UK.

A full screen video clip plays, showing a young girl rolling on the floor in front of a bookshelf. She’s playing with the books that are scattered around her.

Voiceover: Together, we can keep expanding our reach, ensuring that even more children and adults who are deafblind or have complex disabilities can take part in life.

The film returns to the two men on the golf course. They hug, pat each other on the back and first bump in celebration.

A final clip shows a man wrapped up in a thick coat walking down the street with his support worker.

A purple brushstroke appears at the bottom of the screen. We see orange and white illustrations of stars, brush strokes, speech bubbles, people high fiving and signage. Text appears on screen that reads ‘Thank you. Find out more about the difference you’re making. Sense.org.uk/Our-impact. Registered charity number 289868’. 

Voiceover: Find out more about the difference you’re making. Sense.org.uk/Our-impact. Registered charity number 289868 

Video ends.