Sólás looks set to start building next year after the local community helped fill a funding shortfall.
India Chapman Webb, whose autistic son is six years-old, says the parents will continue to fundraise and fight for funding
Sólás looks set to start building in 2025 after the local community combined with a recent cash injection from Westminster filled a funding shortfall. The fundraising, along with an £800,000 grant announced on Monday by the government, means Solás is now well on the way to being able to build a new premises, which will cost £2.5m.This time last year, Sólás was told £800,000 of earmarked Belfast City Council funding for its new home had been reduced to £308,000.For those that use the services, they say they would be lost without the charity.
Emily said that without Sólás the family "would be very much on our own, it would be school and then isolation".
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