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East Kent Mencap - Sheerness Hub


Promoting Wellbeing Service

Programme of Activities

We provide a range of activities which develop and enhance the health and wellbeing of people who use our services. We ensure people are supported to make choices which enable participation within our own services by accessing community resources.

Our activities include:

  • Health and Fitness
  • Lifestyle and independent living skills
  • Survival cooking and food safety
  • Accessing community resources – Leisure centres and clubs which include:
  • Bowling
  • Swimming
  • Sailing
  • And other sports
  • We make use of other resources which include Birdwatching, learning computer skills at Libraries.
  • Staying safe
  • Travel training
  • Road safety
  • Creative workshops including Drama, Dance and Music, Photography, Art, Craft and upcycling.

 

Additional Support

We have developed new services and resources which offer further opportunities for people with additional needs.

These services offer additional communication and sensory activities which increase interaction, engagement, physical health and self-determination.

We employee a dedicated team to provide 1:1 support which enables people with additional health, physical and communication needs to access activities of their choice.

We will build services around people who choose us to support them. We provide opportunities for people to access their community resources.  

We provide support to Children and young people.

We successfully bid for additional funds which enable us to provide activities and special experiences for people who use our services.

 

Promoting Independence Service

Programme of Activities

Activities will require some formal building based delivery, however, to encourage real life approaches, a much higher emphasis will be placed on learning within community based settings.

Our proposed sites will serve as Hub and meeting points.

Sessions/Activities:

What is a person centred plan – How do I achieve my ambitions?

Skills and confidence assessment

Setting my targets and how to recognise that these have been met?

Moving On

How to use our resources to develop your independence

What is risk?

Speaking Up – Basic induction

Travel Training

Keeping Safe – HATE, MATE, PREVENT – How to avoid and resolve – Online safety

Healthy Living – Good Nutrition and Fitness

Wellbeing – Emotional Awareness – Developing and Maintaining friendships – what is loneliness?

Sexual health

Home skills – Budgeting, Paying Bills, Maintaining your benefits, cleaning, cooking, security, recognising home based hazards, minor home maintenance, housing options, Telecare, How to use social media, How to set up service contracts (Utilities bills), GPs and Dentists – When to use A&E

Information and Advice – How and where to find it

Speaking Up – Exploring self-advocacy – Local groups – Self Help – Methods and approaches

Self-help – Testing community based activity – Developing hobbies – creating social networks to share interests – What community based activities are available to you?

Future Options – Work, Further Education, self-directed support – Direct Payments

When to recognise a problem and how to ask for help – Personal resilience and coping skills

 

 

Who to contact

Contact Name
Lauren Kay
Contact Position
Manager
Telephone
01843 808 964
E-mail
info@eastkentmencap.co.uk
Website
https://www.eastkentmencap.co.uk/
Parent Organisation
East Kent Mencap

Where to go

Name
Trinity House
Address
2 Trinity Road
Sheerness
KENT
Postcode
ME12 2PJ
Notes

New resource in the centre of Sheerness, close to shops and leisure facilities offering a wide range of activities.

When is it on?

Date & Time Information
Open Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm
Time of day
Afternoon
Morning

Other Details

Cost details
Speak to Karen Roberts: karen.roberts@eastkentmencap.co.uk
Referral required?
No
Referral and availability notes

You can self fund, and we accept direct payments, or a referral from KCC.

Notes

The activities are provided for men and women over the age of 18.  We are able to offer places to people who need one to one support if they are accompanied by their own Support Worker.

 

 

Disablities:
Autism, Learning difficulty, Physical sensory/medical, Profound, severe or complex,

Local Offer

Links
East Kent Mencap
Local Offer Disabilities
Learning difficulty
Autism
Physical sensory/medical
Profound, severe or complex

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