Bath And North East Somerset

South Gloucestershire

Bristol City

People With Disabilities

Disability

Avon-North Mencap provides support to young people and adults with learning disabilities. This grant will enable 55 adults to complete the Gateway Award and become more confident and independent.

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

Grant to Avon-North Mencap

People with a learning disability will be supported and empowered to live more independently as they choose; playing a full and active part in the community in which they live.

Grant to The Hive Avon

To hold an Art Exhibition to showcase the work of some of the members of a drop-in centre in Kingswood that caters for individuals with learning disabilities.

Quartet Community Foundation

Grant to The Hive Avon Ltd

Toward the annual cost of the national Gateway Award scheme benefiting people with a learning disability.

Gateway Award

To develop and run a gardening group for individuals with learning disabilities wishing to become involved in outdoor activities and horticultural skills.

Grow with Confidence

As requested by the donor towards support, information and social activities for people with learning disabilities, their families and carers.

PQASSO

To run money skills courses for the benefit of 12 people with learning disabilities.

Money Skills Workshops

For a men and women's Wellbeing Group which will meet monthly to provide information and peer support around all aspects of well-being to benefit individuals with learning disabilities.

Wellbeing Groups

To run a pilot course on relationships for the benefit of people with learning difficulties.

Healthy Relationships

To support service users who are isolated and to run sessions (some online) on the 'new normal' covering the new rules and how to live within them.

A project by this group based in Bristol to establish an IT suite in their recently refurbished drop-in centre. The project will provide a range of IT equipment and learning aids for use in one-to-one sessions or work in small groups. This will enable people with learning disabilities to gain new skills in IT as well as enhancing their ability to access training and employment.