Community Connections

Community Connections

This project supports adults with learning disability to develop skills in the following key areas:

• Independent Living Skills: Money management, travel training, decision making, cookery and ICT skills.
• Wellbeing Activities: Fitness, sports, healthy eating  and  developing friendships.
• Enterprise Skills: Based at Orchardville Works, participants have opportunities to complete enterprise projects and work for a small number of businesses who need products assembled and hand packed.
• Individual volunteering opportunities in the community as well as working as a team to take part in group volunteering.

Each month, a timetable is developed with staff and participants which includes activities offered at the base as well as in the community.

Based at:

• Lagan Village Tower, 144-152 Ravenhill Road, Belfast, BT6 8ED
• Orchardville Works, 6-10 Knockwood Park, Belfast, BT5 6GA

Session times:

Places are available Monday – Friday 9.30 – 3.00pm

Cost:

There is no cost to parents’/carers/ participants. Places are available as part of a contracted programme  with the health trust or there is also the option to apply for a Self-Directed Support Managed Budget. Certain activities are not funded and participants are asked to pay  eg refreshments when out for the day, bus tickets or entry to certain places.

Transport:

Transport is not available to any of our services however we have a travel training programme if participants would like to learn how to travel independently. We can also provide links to local community transport services such as DATS or reliable taxi services.

Criteria:

• Reside within the Belfast Trust.
• Aged 18+
• Learning disability is primary disability.
• Our services are not classed as regulated activity therefore we cannot provide support with personal or medical care or if higher staff ratios are required in relation to mobility or supervision.