Springboard Customers Survive Zombie Apocalypse!
December 04, 2017
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Springboard customers survived a three day Zombie Apocalypse Residential! With special thanks to Allerthorpe Lakeland Park, Yormed, Lee and Di at Wild Harvest and Paul Dore Bushcraft. Here is the story day by day… Day One The group gathered together and prepared food and equipment for the trip before heading to Allerthorpe Lakeside Park for some raft […]
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Barnsley Futures Play All Out for Suicide Awareness
October 16, 2017
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Holden House customers and staff attended a six-a-side football tournament in aid of Suicide Awareness Week and a very generous local garage owner, Service Plus Auto Centre, agreed to sponsor the team and paid for team shirts for everyone. Support Worker, Yvonne reports: The event took place at Barnsley Football Ground in September but due to […]
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Durham Co-production and Inclusion For All
October 16, 2017
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Durham customers and staff have been having success with their group activities for some time now. Support Worker, Deb, who leads the groups, puts this down to the fact that the customers co-produce the activities program on a three monthly basis. She shares with us the range of activities that customers enjoy and how the […]
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Young People Fundraise for Foundation Craven
October 16, 2017
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This summer our team in Skipton, Foundation Craven, benefitted from some fundraising by young people taking part in a UFA (University of the First Age) the National Citizenship Service challenge. Our colleague from Craven reports: Bridget and I met the groups at the NCS ‘Making A Difference’ event at Trinity University and promoted Foundation services, […]
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Barnsley Futures Service – Looking Up.
October 09, 2017
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Barnsley Futures is a relatively new service to Foundation. Part of the service is Holden House, an adult hostel. The team and customers at Holden House have been benefitting from the commitment that Foundation has to focussing on people’s strengths and getting to know one another better. The Church Housing Trust have supported this work […]
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Social Inclusion – A Core Building Block For A Positive Future.
October 09, 2017
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At Foundation our core mission is to create ‘inclusive communities where everyone matters’. Through our work we seek to engage our customers in opportunities for building a sense of social inclusion. Often this work is around mental and physical health, changing behaviours, taking responsibility and learning practical skills for keeping home and employment. Yet for […]
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