RICHMOND PARISH LANDS CHARITY
ANNUAL REPORT 2007 - YOUTH DISABILITY GRANTS
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YOUTH DISABILITY GRANTS
Following the publication
of Sukey Tarr's report on opportunities
for Young People with Disabilities
commissioned by the RPLC in 2005, the
Trustees have awarded grants to a range
of organisations in the borough to
encourage and support a broad spectrum of
activities. In order to facilitate
collaboration between interested groups a
Youth Disability Forum was established.
Members met to discuss their work and
current aspirations at two meetings at
the Vestry House. These lively and
informative meetings produced a number of
applications which Trustees were pleased
to support. These grants, which totalled
more than £70,000 are described below:
Crossroads Saturday Club
The Mortlake based club for around 20
childrEN, cooking and dance. A four day
workshop in collaboration with Orleans
House was enthusiastically received.
"…’brill,
brill…You have all made me very, very
happy’"
Grant £2,144
Residential for Hearing impaired young
people.
This weekend residential, the first
of its kind in Richmond, took a group of
young people with sensory impairment to
the New Forest. New friendships and
increased confidence were among the
positive
outcomes.
Grant £3,000
Octagon Project
This project enabled 10
children with moderate and severe
learning difficulties. This inclusive
project helped to build self-esteem and
promote mental well-being .In
collaboration with Strathmore School,
Crofters Club and the Three Wings Trust
these young people were given the
opportunity to work with artists, dancers
and musicians. The project culminated in
an exhibition of their work in the
Octagon room and Orleans House Education
Centre.
"……We
painted on the floor with ink and string
and balls. We got messy hands! Another
day we made
costumes for the Twickenham carnival and
listened to
steel drums."
Grant
£11,000
Access to After School clubs
The need for one to one carers to be
in attendance can restrict access to
after school clubs and inflate the cost.
RPLC supported a new initiative which
will create a pool of carers available to
mainstream clubs
Summer Expressive Arts Project
The
Three Wings Trust in collaboration with
–the bridge- received a grant for a
three day workshop which will help
children with communication and moderate
learning difficulties to participate with
carers and siblings in this initiative
which will take place in summer and
Christmas 2007 and in the summer of 2008.
Both phases of the project received
funding
"All the children in our family
special needs or not had a wonderful
time.
A smash hit! normal"
V+
Project
This project was an extension of
the supported volunteer project which has
run successfully at Richmond Council for
Voluntary Services for the past two
years.
Futures Project
This
project, run by Advocacy Partners, seeks
to empower young people with learning
difficulties to make life choices. It
builds on the successful models in other
boroughs and will take place over two
years.
12 young people in the 16-25 age
group and two self advocacy groups will
be helped in the first year.