Covid Contingency - Zoom Activities (360G-HertsCF-A573883)
Funding Organization
£1,876
Recipient Organization
Grant to The Waterside Centre
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 1875.93 |
| Amount Awarded | 1876 |
| Award Date | 2020-10-23T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01023406 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Dacorum 022A |
| Grant Programme: Code | Round 8 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Phase 2 Covid19 Small |
| Impact Category | Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety |
| Last Modified | 2021-03-10T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 5 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2021-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2020-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Adults (26 – 65) |
| Primary beneficiary | People with learning difficulties |
| Primary ethnicity | White |
| Primary issue | Disability and Access issues |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1001330 |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | 02543708 |
| Recipient Org: Description | The Waterside Centre started in 1990, primarily as a training centre for adults with learning disabilities to help them learn work related skills, to further their chances of employment. Over the years, our client group has changed somewhat, and those who attend now have moderate to profound learning disabilities (many also have other disabilities such as autism, mobility problems, mental health difficulties, sensory loss, communication difficulties or epilepsy), so finding work is not really a possibility. We therefore provide meaningful activities, offer new experiences and help people to gain new skills in a fun and caring environment. The Waterside Centre is also a very social place, so people can make and maintain friendships here. We have a stable and dedicated staff team, we do not use any agency workers. Our staff provide a huge range of activities and opportunities, these include include such things as cookery, arts and crafts, contract work, drama, IT, physical exercise, literacy, numeracy and gardening. Most is provided on site, others take place in the local community – the gym, leisure centre (pre-Covid) and allotment. In addition we welcome teachers from the local community to lead classes in such things as Zumba, Boxercise, Pilates, Self Defence and Yoga (at present exercise classes are being provided to us via Zoom), and those not actually in the centre on the day can also take part at home. We also enjoy trips out into the community, to use local facilities, such as cafes and restaurants and theatres, and we go further afield for day trips too. We encourage a healthy lifestyle as weight gain can be a big problem amongst those with learning disabilities, and the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities is 20 years less than that for the general population. Our kitchen provides healthy two course lunches freshly prepared each day at a minimal cost, for some these are the only meals cooked from scratch that they receive during the week. We also provide a lot of classes about food - what is healthy and unhealthy, how to read packaging etc. This needs to be revisited frequently because our service users all struggle to understand the concepts. Each year for the first six months we hold our own "Biggest Loser" competition, which most of our service users and some of our staff take part in. Those who lose the most weight each month are celebrated. We have had some great successes, with service users losing as much as a stone or more. Our grounds are rather small, and we lack outdoor space, but we have an allotment just along the road from the centre, which provides new activities for us, exercise and healthy food to cook in the kitchen, or for service users to take home. The Waterside Centre does not feel like an old fashioned day centre. It is a vibrant, busy place to spend the day, full of fun and laughter. At the same time, we are well placed to help our service users with aspects of their lives outside of the centre, for example with letters they don't understand, or to help them to resolve issues with their care provider, or family members. Our service is person centred, and each person has an individual support plan, and their own timetable of activities for the week. There are always lots of activities to choose from. Throughout the week we support approx. 55 people, with no more than 30 on any one day, and provide a six hour day. Obviously, since the Covid crisis we have had to organise new ways of working so that we can maintain social distancing. We are opening longer - for 8 hours, and our service users do either a morning or afternoon session, instead of the whole day. We are also offering activities on zoom that can be accessed at home. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://www.thewatersidecentre.co.uk |