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Having a learning disability or other learning difficulties should not prevent adults from living an active, enjoyable and independent lifestyle. For people who feel restricted or limited by their condition, community-based day services are an ideal way to encourage their independence and improve overall wellbeing by allowing them to experience satisfaction at completing a project.
Here are just a few reasons why community day services are so important for adults:
By experiencing a safe, non-judgemental and supportive environment, adults who learn differently can feel safe to take part in activities with others without the fear of abuse. Support workers are on hand to treat everyone equally and with respect and dignity.
Day services for adults who learn differently can help people to develop a stronger feeling of independence by helping them to conquer their disbeliefs and enjoy their triumphs in each activity. By encouraging positive and proactive attitudes, community day services can help adults to develop more and more independence.
Community day services can take a practical and fun approach to learning new skills. With a wide range of projects available, service users can experience many different opportunities. Woodcraft projects range from furniture restoration to designing and building bird boxes and tables and even working with wildlife trusts to place bird boxes in key breeding areas!
Other skills such as bike servicing and car valeting also help adults to develop skills that could help them to find employment in some cases. Most importantly, by teaching new skills, service users can increase their confidence and self-belief, whilst enjoying themselves.
By building self-belief and confidence, day service centres help encourage adults to set their own goals for self-improvement and development, in an environment that doesn’t place any extra pressure on them.
As well as helping to make huge changes to the lives of adults living with learning difficulties, disabilities, brain injuries, autism or mental health problems, day provision also provides much needed support for their carers.
Carers benefit from some time to themselves whilst the adult that they care for is enjoying a range of day activities, but the support goes further than this. By helping adults who learn differently to build their self-confidence and social skills, as well as a range of life skills, they may be able to live a more independent and full life, needing less support from carers.
To find out more about day services for adults in the West Midlands, you can visit www.communityprospects.org.uk or call 0121 308 6555 to learn more about the range of services provided by non-for-profit service, Community Prospects CIC.
