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Empowering Communities Through Skill Development
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active day time care at our centres!
About us
The Centre originated as a family run daytime service for adults with physical and/or learning disabilities which has grown with a fantastic team of people.
Our service has been open since June 1995 supporting individuals, their families and carers with active and respite support, creating a more productive and enjoyable day for individuals.
Based in both Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill, we support individuals who live in and around the surrounding areas.
There is no age limt for members and our service is available Monday to Friday with options from a full day to half a day as many days as required.
We are always looking to offer new and interesting things to do. Some projects are in small groups and some as individual projects, our new website will show this when re launched soon...
We offer: -
Woodworking,
Wood turning,
Pyrographing,
IT Suite usage,
Horticultural and greenhouse work
Encouraging socialising with regular group sessions ....
We also offer some other activities: -
Fabric stencilling on cotton/Hemp - Tea towels and shopping bags.
Wooden Plaque painting. burning
Glass painting - on Jars / sheets
Bath salt making - mix and put into jars or balls.
Stencil colouring
Word Searching
Puzzles (Jigsaws, puzzle making, Lego etc...)
Xbox multiuser games
Art projects. Pencil/acrylic/water-based paints on canvas/wood/paper
We now have two organs for people to play - practice / have fun.
Over 500 CDs of music to listen to if you wish.
This is not exhaustive as a list: our staff are looking at new things constantly. I may have overlooked some bits; it’s a busy day. We also have a new food hygiene rating from the council at our Haverhill site with employees with catering experience and qualifications and as a taster have looked/completed -
pizza making,
cupcakes making and decorating,
muffin making,
easter egg decorating
and a non-dairy mouse making (Silken Tofu based)
moulding chocolates (white, Milk, Dark) into Molds.
We have employed more staff recently and have a have a higher ratio of staff to clients, we encourage independence in all but are around to assistance help encourage and socialise without clients being dependant on one staff member, even those we offer one to one cover. Our atmosphere is busy, chilled and fun!
We are always trying to expand and improve what we do by engaging the clients, needless to say there will be more to follow....
Hope this helps, and as a last note we have a few days
what we include
The staff at The Centre embrace each individual with a 'person-centred approach' to provide activities that suit each individuals personal needs and preferences whilst promoting creativity and independence in a fun, relaxed and social atmosphere.
At The Centre we provide opportunities to try:
- Woodworking
- IT Skills
- Arts and craft skills
- Horticulture
