We are delighted to have received a £10,000 funding boost to support and grow our Nurture programme for young people with complex or profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).
Thanks to the Movement for Good Awards, part of Benefact Group, we have received this generous donation towards our highly personalised programme which benefits students’ communication, social interaction, independence and wellbeing.
The Nurture programme aims to maximise skills for students’ adult lives, including moving into supported living, and increased community participation in social mobility.
Nurture programme lead Bev Simmonds said: “We are so thrilled for the expansion of Nurture to be going ahead, knowing we will be able to broaden the range of students we can support in a personal and individual way.
“The expansion to Nurture offers us a dynamic teaching space where students can develop their communication, social and independence skills.”
Mark Hews, Group Chief Executive at Benefact Group, said: “We would like to thank every single person who took the time to nominate a good cause as part of our Movement for Good Awards.
“Benefact Group is a family of award-winning specialist financial services companies and the third largest corporate donor to charity in the UK.
“Owned by a charity ourselves, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do.”
Support to communicate and make choices
Our Nurture programme has already seen students graduate from College having made incredible progress towards greater independence and communication.
For example, ‘Student A’ who is non-verbal. Through the curriculum, the Nurture team used a range of communication approaches, eye gaze technology and physiotherapy to ensure that he was in control of his choices. As his confidence in his learning grew, he joined our Student Council helping to raise awareness of accessibility around College. He is now able to communicate meaningful decisions about his life, and can confidently express his needs and wishes.