We want to say a huge congratulations to our CEO, Hadyn who completed the Windermere Lap at the weekend! The Windermere lap is a beautiful 75K/47 mile, fully signposted trail ultra marathon, following some of the most stunning, runnable and best way-marked trails in The Lake District. Our CEO said " I signed up for a […]
Some of you may know pre-covid we would take all our day centre learners on a summer day trip to Scarborough every year but once covid hit like many other things it put a stop to our trips. We are so excited to say we made it back to Scarborough this year...we were so lucky […]
We had a busy few months with the build up to the Coronation of the King at Harrogate Skills for Living. The excitement of the event filled the day centre and our craft groups were very busy making lots of handmade decorations to make the classrooms look fit for royalty. We celebrated in the weeks […]
We're delighted with this short new promotional film about HS4LC and particularly the Harrogate Chocolate Factory Cafe. Laura and Kelsie talk about their experiences as supported interns. We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we did making it. Huge thanks to George from Leeds TV for making it happen.
You may well have noticed all the work going on at what was the 'big red bike shop' - attached to the Odeon cinema! Our wonderful contractors OKS construction have been working hard over the past 3 months and they've finally finished all the major work. We're left with a few finishing touches to complete […]
So when the individual routines and daily schedules for 13 very different adults in our service are put on hold for an indeterminate amount of time, we had to ask ourselves: - How do you keep up a schedule of interesting and varied activities? - How do we keep spirits up, keep residents moving, and […]
Time to Talk Day 2021 takes place tomorrow - Thursday 4th February. We understand how important it is to get everyone talking about mental health this Time to Talk Day! This year’s focus is on the power of small, because however you have a conversation about mental health – whether it’s a quick text to […]
COVID-19 National Lockdown November 2020. As you will be aware, the government announced that England will enter a month-long lockdown starting on Thursday 5th November. Harrogate Skills 4 Living Centre has taken the decision to close day-centre activities at 9 North Park Road, St. Georges Community Centre, the Baptist Church and Bilton Area Methodist Church […]
Our Computers: Films and Animation group is a creative computer course in which clients take part in filming activities, create animations and place themselves at the heart of their own computer generated world. The group have been busy making some halloween inspired animations. We wanted to share a couple of them with you. We hope […]
What else do we like that comes from deepest darkest Peru?
26 October 2020
In 2018 we started running a 12 month supported employment program where students have the chance to work for an organisation with additional classroom sessions designed to enhance the skills needed to survive in employment. We realised early on that many of our students are not ready for this without significant support and time invested […]
