Welcome to Forest Town School Foundation Trust Fund

The Foundation Trust Fund is dedicated to sourcing financial and material support to enable essential, diverse and far reaching services offered to children at Forest Town School, and those who care for the disabled at the Sunbeam Caregiver Training Centre, to remain at the forefront of initiatives in the field of disability, and to ensure long-term sustainability.    The Board of Trustees, made up of dedicated and long serving volunteers from the corporate world, and in the field of disability, have between them 140 years of experience.

Please note that for education and therapy related business, to speak to the Principal and staff, and for admissions please phone 011 646-0131/2/3/4.   All business related to this website and Forest Town School Foundation please call Marion Leatherbarrow : Grant and Donor Funded Programme Manager on +27(0)11 791 5283 or +27(0)829733711 Email: ftstrust@global.co.za Fax: 0865548317 Hours:  Monday to Friday 0900h – 1600h

Registered NPO, PBO, Section 18a Tax Exemption.

  • FOREST TOWN SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
  • SKILLS AND WORK EXPERIENCE TRAINING CENTRE
  • IMIKHONTO LITTLE SPEARS TRAINING CENTRE FOR YOUTH WHO ARE PROFOUNDLY DISABLED
  • SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AT FOREST TOWN SCHOOL
  • PRIMARY AND SPECIALIZED MEDICAL CARE FOR CHILDREN AT FOREST TOWN SCHOOL
  • PROVISION OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES FOR MOBILITY, COMMUNICATION AND FOR DAILY LIVING.
  • TRANSPORT TO AND FROM SCHOOL IN CONTRACTED TAXIS AND A FLEET OF 8 BUSES
  • BOTOX CLINICS FOR CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AT FOREST TOWN SCHOOL
  • NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY IN OCCUPATIONAL, SPEECH AND PHYSIO THERAPY
  • SUNBEAM TRAINING CENTRE FOR CAREGIVERS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY WORKERS
  • FOREST TOWN SCHOOL BEAUTY THERAPY TRAINING CENTRE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
  • FOREST TOWN SCHOOL TSOGO ARTS AND CRAFTS COFFEE SHOP OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

NEW INITIATIVE:    THE SUNBEAM TRAIING CENTRE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING MANUAL FOR CAREGIVERS WORKING AT GRASS ROOTS LEVEL, AND WILL EXTEND THIS FURTHER TO PRODUCING TRAINING DVD’S AND AN ONLINE TRAINING WEBSITE.     WE ENCOURAGE DONORS TO SUPPORT THIS INVALUABLE SERVICE WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE WHOLE OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Beneficiaries of the above programmes are 84% BBBEE compliant for Corporate Social Responsibility granting. This indicates that the majority of beneficiaries are in dire need of resources and support. Bequests, public, corporate, aid agency, private and monthly or long term funding would be most appreciated. The school receives an annual grant which is not sufficient to cover the services that must provided to children with disabilities while in school (i.e. clinical, medical, transport, assistive devices, social welfare, etc) and there is no government grant towards the training of those who deal with disabled and vulnerable children.

  • Succes Story

    Established in 1948, Forest Town School catered for a small amount of children with cerebral palsy. Over the years the school has evolved into an organization that provides both mainstream and modified education, speech-, occupational and physiotherapy, social welfare, feeding, transport, training to caregivers and the worker experience programme.

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  • Donate now

    Forest Town School Foundation would like to thank all our donors. Without you, our children would not receive the essential education, speech-, occupational and physiotherapy, assistive devices and many more that you have contributed to our organization.

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  • Latest News

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      GRAND OPENING FOREST TOWN SCHOOL BEAUTY THERAPY TRAINING CENTRE

      This centre was recently built to provide accredited training for senior students to work in the cosmetic industry when they leave Forest Town School. Training ...

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