Grace Peeling Memorial Fund and Library
The Grace Peeling Memorial Funds exists to support Red2Green clients with Autism
Spectrum Disorders to move towards independence. Clients can apply to the fund at
any time for money to support their journey to independent living. For example, the fund
could buy a suit for a client to attend a job interview, pay for a course or pay travel costs.
The Grace Peeling Memorial Library contains books, both fact and fiction, about Autistic Spectrum Disorders. The library is run by and for Aspirations clients to aid their understanding about themselves.
The fund and library were set up by the family and friends of Grace Peeling who died after a short illness in June 2007. She was aged 26.
At the time of her death she was studying for an MA in Education at Brunel University. Her specific area of interest was Special Needs Education with particular reference to Autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Following a degree in installation art at Huddersfield University, Grace worked for two years in the Supportive Education Department at Cambridge Regional College prior to starting at Brunel.
In the early days of Red2Green, Grace was a volunteer for the organisation and throughout her life she felt for those whom society often rejects.
The generosity of Grace's family and friends means that the fund will exist as a permanent memorial to Grace.