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 […]
Dylan is a learner on our Skills Bridge Prorgramme as well as a resident at our Brackenley Care Home. We asked Dylan to write a little blog post during his writing classes. The glint of the sun reflecting off the top of fluffy white clouds, the weight of life’s pressures ebbing away as hours stretch […]
James is one of our learners on our Skills Bridge Programme - we asked him to write a short blog post in his writing class about himself and how he has found and is finding the current lockdown. My 19th birthday was spent in lockdown in April 2020. What a disappointment I had nothing to […]
Coming out of the first lockdown meant that companies and businesses were not hiring or taking on people for work placements. This left our Skills Bridge interns with a lot of gaps to fill on their timetables. The idea was to set up a social enterprise that the interns could run, teaching them about designing […]
Staff and learners alike are incredibly proud of James Owen Thomas, a current learner on our Skills Bridge Preparation for Adulthood programme, who recently donated his original artwork, “Over the Rainbow” to his local NHS surgery Feastfield Medical Centre, Pateley Bridge. James’ unique artwork combines his passion for nature and the environment, using waste materials […]
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 […]
You may of seen our blog post by James last week which introduced you to the latest Christmas enterprise group set up by learners on our Skills Bridge Programme. If you missed it let us give you a little recap.... The Craft Tree is a new enterprise started by the staff and learners on our […]
