Based in Hillsborough, SHASBAH is the only organisation in South Yorkshire that provides support for people with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus within the Sheffield district postcode.
The charity aims to support everyone with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus to get the most out of life. It helps individuals, families and carers by befriending and introducing them to the SHASBAH community and inviting them to their social events aimed at reducing isolation. The charity also provides specialist advice in areas, such as care, treatment, education and housing, as well as small-scale financial aid based on people’s specific needs.
For more information about SHASBAH’s story so far, services and more, visit: https://www.shasbah.co.uk/
Jenx’s equipment has played a vital role in the lives of many of SHASBAH’s members, including the lives of the families of some of its staff. This includes the charity’s Director of Services, whose daughter used Jenx equipment in her early years.
Where possible, we always try to support national, regional or local causes that are working to support children and families living with special needs, just like we are.
“We received many brilliant applications to be our Charity of the Year in 2025. After much deliberation, we chose SHASBAH due to the unparalleled alignment between our organisations. Their dedication to empowering disabled people in our shared local community reflects our vision of a bright and inclusive future for all children.
At Jiraffe, we focus our support where we can make the biggest impact, particularly in areas that align with our mission to enable every child to have the best possible opportunity for a functional, pain-free future. We know that small, local charities like SHASBAH face unique challenges, and we’re confident that our partnership will create meaningful, long-term change. We’re so excited to work with SHASBAH throughout 2025 and can’t wait to see all that we’ll achieve together!”
Towards the end of each year, we invite charities to apply to become our Charity of the Year, and every year, we are inundated with so many fantastic applications from so many worthwhile causes. The 2025 applications we received – 6 in total – were no exception, and deciding on who would become our chosen Charity of the Year was, as always, no easy feat.
Our Charity Committee has already been hard at work, developing a 12-month programme of activities aimed at making sure SHASBAH will remain firmly front of mind organisation-wide.
All of the proceeds from the fundraising activities we hold this year will be donated to SHASBAH. Jenx and Jiraffe raised over £6,100 for our last charity of the year and we can’t wait to top that in 2025!
We’ve been running our Charity of the Year initiative for 7 years. So far, we’ve supported 4 charities and have raised in the region of £50,000. The charities we have supported in the past are: Newlife, Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, Paces, and CP Teens UK.