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The Brondyffryn Trust was a charity for autistic children based in Wales.

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The trust was formed by parents and governors at Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn, a school for autistic children in Denbigh, Wales, in 2002, to raise money for residential facilities and a support centre for parents with autistic children. [1] [2] It sought to raise £1.3 million for the residential facilities and £2.2 million to build a 16 plus college and parent centre. [3] By May 2003, the Trust had raised £500,000 enabling work to begin on the residential phase of the project. [4] Building was expected to begin in 2004, [5] but following a failure to agree a partnership agreement with the local governing body Denbighshire County Council, by which the Trust would have financed the building of the residential centre and the furnishings while Denbighshire County Council would help to run the centre, the Trust was dissolved in March 2004. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Debate over autistic school". BBC News. 30 January 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  2. ↑ "Work begins on special school". BBC News. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Rock concert for autistic charity". BBC News. 17 February 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Work begins on £3.5m centre for autistics". Daily Post (Liverpool). 7 March 2003. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  5. ↑ "Go-ahead for autism centre". BBC News. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Autism Centre Trust Folds". BBC News. 2004-04-15. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  7. ↑ Hughed, Gareth (25 March 2004). "New autism centre faces major setback". Daily Post (Liverpool). Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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