Aims & Objectives
Aim:
The board of trustees’ ultimate aim is to provide supported employment for people with learning disabilities, and to provide
stepping stone training and experience, to give them an opportunity to transition into mainstream employment.
stepping stone training and experience, to give them an opportunity to transition into mainstream employment.
Objectives:
- To develop a catering facility to provide supported training and employment of people with learning disabilities.
- To provide tailored and appropriate stepping stone training and employment experience for people with learning disabilities, according to their individual needs. This may be to position them for mainstream employment, or provide a
- “day opportunities” version of supported training for those students whose particular vulnerabilities will preclude them from mainstream employment.
- To identify potential employers, advocate the skills of people with learning disabilities and provide transitional support to place them in paid or voluntary employment.
- To engage people in fundraising activities to support the financial requirements of the Café Project.
- To empower people with learning disabilities to help themselves and to raise awareness of the challenges people with learning disabilities face.