Giggs Partners to Open Special Education School in Kent

The 45-year-old Peckham-born rapper Giggs has partnered with the OMG Foundation to establish a new facility for students with special educational needs in Gravesend, Kent. Named St James House, the school is scheduled to open in January. Ahead of the school opening, an assessment center staffed by educational psychologists, occupational therapists, and speech-language specialists officially opened this month.

To fund the launch of the project, the OMG Foundation is currently on track to raise £930,000. As part of the fundraising efforts, artist Damien Hirst donated seven artworks to be sold in a charity auction to support the required funding target.

Giggs has four children, and his three older children are all autistic. His eldest son ML, who is also a rapper, received his autism diagnosis over ten years ago in his early teenage years. Last year, Giggs and ML released a collaborative song called Own Motion about living with autism. Two weeks ago, Giggs and his fiancée Valerie welcomed their fourth child, a daughter named Noa, who was born in New Jersey.