FSDP SAY THANKS TO SANTANDER FOR THEIR SUPPORT

FSDP have said a big thank-you to Santander UK for their generous match funding donation of £1,150 as a result of fundraising by their employee and FSDP scholar Matthew Monaghan. Matthew was awarded a scholarship to learn to fly in 2017 and was awarded the George Stewart…

POOLEYS OFFER DISCOUNT TO FSDP FAMILY MEMBERS

FSDP are delighted to announce that Pooleys – the Flight Equipment company – have offered members of the FSDP family a 5% discount off goods purchased on their website.  FSDP will also receive a donation on any purchase made. Visit pooleys.com and enter the code FSDP at the checkout!…

STEVE ROBINSON AWARDED BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL IN NEW YEAR’S HONOURS LIST

FSDP scholar Steve Robinson – known to many as The One Arm Pilot – was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to people with disabilities. Steve was involved in a motor-cycle accident in 1982 which resulted in his right arm being amputated. Steve was awarded a…

SCHOLARS’ SCHOLAR 2017

Mathew Monaghan, aged 27 from Northern Ireland and who suffers from muscular dystrophy, is the first recipient of a scholarship funded by the Scholars’ Scholar campaign and will be training at Shadow Aviation in the summer.

Following the success of the Scholars’ Scholar campaign in 2016, FSDP are pleased to announce that they have launched a follow up campaign for 2017. Last year FSDP launched the Scholars’ Scholar campaign to enable its scholars to raise enough money to fund a scholarship in 2017,…