The day programme comprises a wide variety of workshop placements which run from Monday to Friday. The primary purpose of our workshops is to provide ‘meaningful work’, that is work that has a real impact on life, the individual’s and the community’s.
Our workshops take different forms, designed to meet different needs and provide different ways for our students to progress. Progress is enabled through therapeutic inputs, fine and gross motor skills development, sustained application, confidence in achievement, social development, independence, work, and team-working skills.
We run four
different types of workshops: therapeutic, production, service and land
workshops.
Therapeutic
Therapeutic workshops, for example the Weavery, Arts & Crafts and Sculpture workshops, emphasise calm and quiet environments with a non-pressurised approach to handling natural, colourful materials at the student’s own pace.
Production
Production workshops, for example Leatherwork, Candles and Tools emphasise the end product as a result of a series of ‘craft processes’ which students may participate in depending on their skill level.
Service
Service workshops are designed to meet the Community’s needs, for example the Laundry, Kitchen and Roots and Fruits workshops, where there is a requirement to complete a task needed by others, e.g. getting a meal on the table, delivering fruit and vegetables and the clothes washed.
Land Work
The land workshops, the garden, estate, herb garden and farm, combine all of the above elements in outdoors settings.
