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Posted: 20th March 2019

Alpha Club under way!

Our new life skills programme is under way!  Thanks to the funding we received from the Mayor of London's Young Londoners Fund, we were able to start a brand new project aimed at teaching valuable life skills to young people on the autistic spectrum.

Aimed at young people aged 10-16 in Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering with high functioning autism who access a mainstream school, the new project is based at the Royals Club in Rainham on Wednesday evenings between 6.30 and 8.30pm.

The programme consists of five modules designed to to enable our young people to learn the skills required to fulfil their potential and include such topics as basic living, healthy life styles, social skills and safer relationships.  In the first two weeks, the youngsters have learned about road safety whilst walking and cycling, including such activities as planning their route and being aware of vehicles, pedestrians and road signs.

 

 

 

At the end of each session, the members are encouraged to participate in some fun activities as well, including pool and table tennis.  The next scheduled group involves a trip to a fast food outlet, where they will be encouraged to order and pay for their food, thus involving a social interaction and ensuring that they have the right money and correct change.

There are still a couple of spaces availablefor the Wednesday night Alpha Club, so if you'd like to get involved drop and e-mail to Sue at activities@sycamoretrust.org.uk

In addition, we will soon be starting a similar programme at our premises in Dagenham.  Once again, it will be opoen to anyone in the three London boroughs aged between 10-16.  It will be on a Thursday night between 6.30 and 8.30pm and if you're interested, please get in touch with us at activities@sycamoretrust.org.uk