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The Life Skills centre (Folkestone) Ltd


The Life Skills Centre runs Monday to Friday, closing on bank holidays and a short break over the Christmas period. We have a 15-seated minibus, which transports some of our service users to & from Life Skills & also is very handy for our off-site activities.

The Centre itself has 5 classroom-based activities, these being Art & Crafts, Discovery Room, STAR ( Skills, Training, Achievements & Rewards) Room, Computer Skills & a fully functioning workshop offering Woodwork Skills & Hobby Craft.

Twice weekly (Wednesday & Friday), we go to a gym, this is at PVLC, a disability inclusion gym with qualified gym Instructors who provide individuals with their own training program to work on. We also access Hythe swimming pool twice weekly, Monday is a session where we swim with other members of the public & Thursday we have the pool to ourselves, this is more of a fun-based session where we use balls & floats and thoroughly enjoy ourselves!

As a Centre, we regularly have trips to Folkestone Town Centre, which is only a few minutes away.  During this off-site activity, we focus on budgeting skills and the value of money and also building confidence to shop independently.

We also access local art galleries as part of the Art & Crafts group.

During the summer months and dry weather, we have some off-site trips, for example to Brockhill Country Park or Kearsney Abbey. We also hold regular client meetings to ensure that our service users have their say and inform us of trips they’d like to do. These are all highly organised and booked in advance, with letters sent to parents & Carers.

We also have cinema trips & football tournaments!

 

 

 

Who to contact

Contact Name
Francesca Lawton/Sophie Newman
Contact Position
Managing Director/Centre Manager
Telephone
01303 221855
E-mail
francescalawton@btconnect.com
Website
https://www.facebook.com/

Where to go

Name
The Life Skills Centre
Address
Channel House
Cobbs Mews
Folkestone
Kent
Postcode
CT20 2SS
Notes

Very central and has a small car park. Close to local shops, bus routes and train stations.

When is it on?

Date & Time Information
Monday-Friday 10am-4pm

Other Details

Table of costs
Table of costs
AmountCost Type
£43.32 Per day
If using our minibus service from the Ashford area the cost is £33.75
Cost(s)
Referral required?
Yes
Referral and availability notes

Please contact the office for any enquiries. All appointments should ideally be booked in advance.

Notes

We are not a one-one service.

Certain criteria must be met to attend.

We are unable to p[rovide intimate/personal care

Age Range
Ages 16-18, 18-25 (Transition)
Disablities:
Learning difficulty,

Local Offer

Local Offer Disabilities
Learning difficulty
Local Offer Age Bands
Transitions to Adulthood (16+)
Needs Level
Medium
High
Low
SEN Provision Type
Targeted
Specialist

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