Herefordshire Activities Together Something for everyone to do in our beautiful county
HAT is a partnership of charities, social enterprises, organisations and groups across Herefordshire We are working together to improve the quality of life for children, young people and adults Inside you will find the broad range of our activities We hope there is something for everyone This booklet is free of charge
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WELCOME! Herefordshire Activities Together is a group of local providers who offer interesting things to do for anyone of any age or ability. We are all different and all work in different ways. To find out more about each organisation and what we offer follow the links to the different websites.
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WhatsContents Inside?
Age UK Hereford & Localities 5 Aspire 6 The Cart Shed 7 Choices Foundation C.I.C. 8 Echo 9 Enviro Ability 10 Healthwatch Herefordshire 11 Hereford Community Farm 12 Herefordshire Growing Point 13 Herefordshire Headway 14 Herefordshire Mind 15 Houghton Project 16 Landau Ltd - Building Better Opportunities 17 Landau Ltd - IN2 18 Marches Family Network 19 miEnterprise 20 Walsingham Support Community Solutions 21 Score Community Opportunities 22 Checklist for Herefordshire Activities Together 23 hvoss Contact Details 24
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Age UK Hereford & Localities provide a range of activities and services for people aged 50 and over, their families and carers. Our staff and volunteers help people to maintain their independence and dignity. We support people to remain comfortable in their own homes and remain active in their communities.
Our services include: Information & Advice: we provide free, high quality, impartial and easy to understand information and advice on a wide range of topics, such as benefits and entitlements, housing options, community care, pensions and tax.
Social Activities: Day centres, lunch clubs, social groups and coffee mornings.
Reaching You Home Visiting Service: Our befrienders make regular visits and provide companionship to help alleviate loneliness and isolation.
Care Call Service: our team make weekly telephone calls and provide social support, conversation and friendship.
Reaching You Help at Home Service: we offer practical support to help people maintain their independence. We can help with small DIY jobs and light gardening, shopping, transport and escort.
Footcare Service: this is a basic toenail cutting service which is available at many locations across the county.
Volunteering: we have a wide range of volunteering opportunities available. We are always pleased to welcome new volunteers. We value the skills and experience they bring and the support they give to older members of the community.
To find out more about our services and volunteering opportunities please contact us:
Telephone: 0333 0066 299
Email: [email protected] www.ageuk.org.uk/herefordandlocalities
Registered Charity Number: 1093512 Registered Company Number: 04934760
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Aspire Community – Better Days Aspire supports you to do what you choose, empowering you to be part of your local community and to develop natural friendships. No matter what you like to do, or what your support needs are, Aspire can support you to have a better day, or evening, weekend or holiday!
✓ Better Days. Tailored support so you can do whatever you choose out and about in the community or at Aspire venues, including in the evenings and at weekends.
✓ Monday Social club (Hereford city, daytime and evening) Led and managed by the club’s members, this social group is a perfect way to meet new friends and enjoy activities like discos and karaoke and outings such as to theme parks.
✓ Community Hub (Hereford city). ‘Drop in’ activities including music, drama, yoga and crafts led by people who visit the Hub. Our Canal Board café offers delicious meals and snacks through the day. Do drop in for tea and cake!
✓ Aspire Growing Grow vegetables and fruit in our garden and learn to cook and serve them in our café.
✓ Youth Club and Tea Club (14 – 19 years old). Fun and engaging sessions for young people every Thursday, including learning about a healty diet through cooking your own tea.
Where: In your local community
When: 7 days a week
Costs: Prices vary depending on activity
Address: 18 Symonds Street, Hereford, HR1 2HA
Contact: Kate Evans (Better Days Manager)
Tel: 01432 266881
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.aspireliving.org.uk
Reg Charity Number 1024904 6
The Cart Shed Charity Based in a woodland setting in North Herefordshire, we help those with an imbalance in their lives - to heal, learn new skills, find friendship and a future.
We work with adults and young people, members of the Armed Forces, Veterans, ex-police officers, paramedics, teachers, medical staff, factory workers, carers, the unemployed and school children to learn to manage their own mental and physical health and well-being in a sustainable way.
Our green woodworking basket making gardening coppicing courses are an opportunity to learn new skills or improve on old skills, whilst gaining all the wellbeing benefits of being in the outdoors in our safe and supportive learning environment.
Additional courses include the 5 Ways to Wellbeing music in the woods volunteering skills woodland knowledge time- management personal financial management.
Transport: From: Hereford, Leominster, Kington (free service) When: Monday - Friday Costs: Fully funded places available subject to eligibility Address: Devereux Wootton, Norton Canon, HR4 8QN Tel: 01544 318 231 Email: [email protected] Website: www.thecartshed.co.uk Reg Charity Number 1167802
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Telephone: 01432 352010
Choices Foundation Registered CIC Number 8661528 Widemarsh Venture registered charity number 514862 8
Day opportunities
Supported activities where people work together to learn new skills. Join one of our 28 activities such as: ✓ Painting and woodwork at Studio Mirai ✓ joining About Face theatre company ✓ working at Saxon Hall cafe ✓ learning new skills at Eaton Barn community garden ✓ joining a volunteering project in Hereford
Where: Hereford and Leominster When: Monday to Friday Cost: £41 a day or £120.90 for one to one support Leisure and social activities ✓ Keeping fit - badminton, football, yoga, walking and discos ✓ Art and craft workshops ✓ Yam Jams music sessions ✓ Summer outings and visits ✓ Volunteer and make friends in the community
Where: Hereford and Leominster When: Monday to Sunday. Day and evenings Cost: £2 - £7 a session (depending on activity)
Contact us to find out which of our activities will meet your needs. Address: 40 West Street, Leominster, HR6 8ES Contact: Maggie Percy Tel: 01568 620 307 Email: [email protected] Website: www.echoherefordshire.co.uk
Reg. Charity number: 1096449 9
Day Opportunities Offering adults from disadvantaged groups the opportunity to have valued roles in their communities whilst receiving the appropriate care and support. Become a contributing and valued team member by getting involved in our range of different community projects:
• Re-Threads: Recycle and upcycle furniture and clothing. • Grow a Lot: Grow your own organic produce. • Take a Pew: Restore and upcycle old church pews • We Do Books: Running a second-hand bookshop. • Spread Our Wings: Bagging bird seed at our community Cabin in the countryside and delivering to various local retail outlets. • Can Do Crew: Gardening for local people and industrial recycling for local businesses. • Bobs Bikes: Refurbishing and selling donated Bicycles • Leisure Link: Evening social events and activities
Where: Ross-on-Wye When: Monday to Friday Costs: £40 a day Address: EnviroAbility, The Old Mill Brookend Street Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7EG Tel: 01989 763388 Email: [email protected] Website: www.enviroability.org
Charity number: 1076428 10
As part of a national scheme, every local council in England has their own Healthwatch. Healthwatch Herefordshire is your INDEPENDENT consumer champion for health and social care.
‘’We know that health and care services work best when they are shaped by local people
. . . just like you.’’
We: You can give us your views Listen to your views via our: Make your needs known to those who Feedback Centre plan services Online surveys Help improve services today and shape Feedback kiosks in local services them for tomorrow Current projects include: mens health, Visit groups across Herefordshire mental health, reasonable adjustments and communities to hear your voice falls prevention. Give you information to make decisions Our online feedback centre and online surveys can be found on our website. about your health and care
We also provide information and
Youthwatch advice about local services and how to access them. We want to work with schools, colleges and youth groups to give pupils a louder voice. Volunteering Through various activities, pupils can let We always have plenty of opportunities for us know what they think about services volunteers of all ages and from all walks of and how they can be improved. life. You don’t have to make a long-term Pupils can design promotional material, commitment. feature in videos, plan projects and You can help by distributing posters, posters or simply give us their opinions. gathering surveys, helping with exhibition We’d love to hear from schools, colleges stands at local events, gathering people’s or youth groups who are interested in views or proofreading our reports . . . the list making a difference with us. is endless.
www.healthwatchherefordshire.co.uk [email protected] Tel: 01432 277 044 11
Hereford Community Farm: Working with the community, for the community We provide inclusive, land-based therapeutic activities in a welcoming and supportive environment, just a mile from the city. Work at your own pace with our experienced team to learn different skills and make new friends. • Green woodworking – using traditional skills to make small items, coffee tables and chairs • Eco-carpentry – recycling timber into bespoke items • Organic gardening – growing produce for the kitchen in our accessible gardens, orchard and large greenhouse • Working with our friendly animals – heated small animal room, sheep, goats and ponies all waiting to meet you, offering a range of learning experiences for personal development • Arts & crafts – cookery, life skills and more!
Where: Breinton, near Hereford When: Monday to Friday, 51 weeks a year Costs: £45 per day, group or sessional rates by arrangement Address: Correspondence to be sent to: 75 Breinton Road, Hereford, HR4 0JY Contact: John Trimble or Julie Milsom Tel: 07791026880 / 07971423817 Email: [email protected] Website: www.equine-animal-assisted-therapy.org.uk www.facebook.com/herefordcommunityfarm
Company no: 10009000 Animal Activities Licence No: N-PERF19
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We provide sessions of supported social and therapeutic horticulture to vulnerable and disabled people of all ages, to enhance their quality of life and promote social inclusion. Sessions are tutor-led lasting 1 or 2 hours and take place at our specially adapted garden at Holme Lacy or at various residential homes throughout the county. Adapted tools and techniques can be used to help. We run different groups for people with differing needs. Attend as part of an organisation or join in with an existing group. We run daytrips to local gardens, hold an annual show and offer craft or cookery sessions in bad weather. We have fun! Where: Holme Lacy Campus, Holme Lacy, Hereford HR2 6LL or enquire at various residential homes. When: Weekly, groups have a set day and time. Cost: £4.00 per hour for individuals or £20 for sessions at residential homes. Contact: Charity Manager 07816 257983 Email: [email protected] Website: www.growingpoint.org.uk
Charity no: 1006625
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Help at any stage of the recovery journey following your brain injury (Including Post Stroke Support)
Lottery Funded Community, Nurse Led Enablement Support:
• Support while you are still in hospital • Support with day to day challenges you face in your own home. • Mentor support to get you out and about accessing the services you need what ever they may be • Guidence on how to make best use of aids and adaptations • Support with paperwork, help to complete forms and applications
Day Centre Activities:
• Leisure activities: Art, pottery, choir, woodwork, gardening, creative writing, yoga, and photography classes • Independent living skills: using information technology to assist communication, cognition and independence skills. Improving functional reading and writing skills. Thinking skills and activities to overcome the barriers faced in everyday living • Activities led by Registered Therapists: Speech and Language group support improving functional communication skills. Music therapy uses music to regain physical skills and emotional awareness. Art therapy helps to develop fine motor skills and self-awareness
Carer Support Activities
• A drop-in self-help group, organised social activities, individual support, quick access drop off service
Costs: Community services: Free of charge although a charge is made for longer term support Day centre: Full day including activities of your choice £46.13 (charitable bursaries are available) also half day and single activity session Contact: Telephone: 01432 761000 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.Herefordshire-headway.co.uk Address: Headway House, Trenchard Avenue, Credenhill, Hereford. HR4 7DX
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Herefordshire Mind
We’re your local mental health charity, affiliated to Mind; the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We’re here because we believe that no-one should have to face a mental health problem alone.
From our Community Hub in Hereford, we run a range of activities designed to help you to work towards or maintain good mental health. We also offer a Community Support Team service, which works with people in their own homes to help them find positive ways to feel valued and live well, as well as a range of supported housing and residential services – please visit our website for more information.
Our current Community Hub activities: Shared Reading (Mondays, 11:30am); ArtSpace (Tuesdays, 10:45am and Thursdays, 10am); Poetry Workshops (held monthly – contact us for dates); Mindful Rhythms Music (Wednesdays, 1:30pm); Active Minds (Fridays, 10:45am); and Well Springs Songwriting (Fridays, 1pm).
We have also just opened a Safe Haven service, which provides out-of hours support for people who are experiencing emotional distress. Run in partnership with Vennture, the Safe Haven is open from 6pm to 11pm on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. You can refer yourself to Safe Haven or you can be referred by a professional, such as your GP.
When: Activities: Monday – Friday, Safe Haven: Sunday –Tuesday Costs: Dependent on activity Address: 130-132 Widemarsh Street, Hereford, HR4 9HN Tel: 01432 271643 Email: [email protected] Website: www.herefordshire-mind.org.uk Registered Charity Number 701260
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The Houghton Project
A RURAL SKILLS FARM BASED PROJECT
Are you in interested in working outdoors? • Gardening and growing food • Looking after animals • Working in the woods • Tree planting and care
Are you interested in making and creating? • Carpentry and woodwork • Art and crafts • Indoor and outdoor Cookery • Making goats cheese, apple juice, cider and perry
To support and develop self-reliance and confidence we also run 6-week courses such as Gardening and Cookery, Creative Arts, Farm Animal Care, Woodwork and Woodland Craft.
Where: Bodenham near Leominster When: Monday to Friday Cost: From £40 per day (depending on support needs) including transport where possible. Address: Houghton Court, Bodenham, Hereford HR1 3HZ Contact: Tim James-Moore Tel: 01568 797900 Email: [email protected] Website: www.houghtonproject.co.uk
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Building Better Opportunities Herefordshire Building Better Opportunities (BBO) is a partnership of organisations located in Herefordshire and through these partners we can provide personalised support to equip you with the abilities needed to move towards and into employment.
Support includes: ✓ Volunteering opportunities
✓ Training
✓ Job searching skills
✓ Help with increased confidence and motivation
People can self-refer or be referred by contacting Landau’s BBO Herefordshire team.
Where: Throughout the county
When: Monday – Friday by appointment, also courses offered throughout the week at various days/times
Costs: Free support for unemployed individuals who are 19 years old or older
Tel: 01432 530 041
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.landau.co.uk/building-better-opportunities/bbo-herefordshire/
Reg Charity Number 1048645
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IN2 Programme – Support Services for Young People 15-24 yrs
IN2 is a flexible programme for 15-24 year olds that offers support to help you plan and achieve your next steps. The aim of this programme is to help you to get the skills and confidence you need to make the right choices for you to go forward.
Support includes: ✓ Personal skills – building resilience, stress and anxiety management and managing change
✓ Further education
✓ Employment support
✓ Help with increased confidence and motivation
Young people can self-refer or be referred by parents or support services by contacting Landau’s IN2 Co-ordinator, Jacob Hawkins.
Where: Throughout the county
When: Monday – Friday by appointment, also courses offered
throughout the week at various days/times
Costs: Free support for young people who are 15 -24
years of age who are NEET (Not in Education,
Employment, or Training) or ‘at risk’ of becoming NEET
Tel: 01432 530 112
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.landau.co.uk/training-learning/in2/
Reg Charity Number 1048645
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Marches Family Network and Allinteractive Marches Family Network delivers social projects, events and opportunities, throughout Herefordshire, for children and young people with disabilities. We aim to empower and include all disabled children and young people and their families in the county. We offer,
✓ KITE (Knowledge, Inclusion, Teamwork, Equality) sessions - Activity sessions across Herefordshire for 3 – 25 year olds.
✓ Connect Club - Evening activity sessions in Leominster and Hereford, aimed at 10 - 25 year olds.
✓ Play+ - Specialist social opportunities for 3 – 25 year olds with complex needs.
✓ Allinteractive – promotes Herefordshire inclusive activities with activity providers and families.
✓ Young Explorers – Exciting day trip opportunities for 3 – 25 year olds
✓ Under 5’s – Inclusive group for disabled and non-disabled children, learning and exploring together.
✓ All in HEREfordshire Outreach – Social opportunities for 3 – 25 year olds in some of the most rural areas of our county.
Where: In your local community When: Session days/times vary Costs: Prices vary depending on activity Address: 11 Corn Square, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 8YP Contact: Rebecca Hemming/Angela Martin Tel: 01568 614908 Email: [email protected] Website: www.marchesfamilynetwork.co.uk
Reg Charity Number 1047075
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Do you like food? miEnterprise is a small social enterprise. You can just join us and learn more about cooking and how to make really nice food. But if you would like to do more we also support people with learning disabilities to make and sell different food products and earn some money. We all work together as a co-operative. We help with doing everything properly, managing money and working with Jobcentre so you can earn some money and keep all your benefits. We are based at Grange Court in Leominster where we have a 5 star catering kitchen that our members use. We also run a cafe, go to a local food market and deliver to local shops. We are a friendly club for supported enterprise.
Contact Jon or Jane on 01568 611659, [email protected], and come and visit us.
Where: Grange Court, Leominster
When: Monday to Thursday
Cost: From £52 - £44 per day.
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Day Activities for Skill-based Learning ✓ Learn, develop or maintain skills and interests. ✓ Achieve personal outcomes and extend college learning. ✓ Develop skills for independent living or employment. ✓ Gain confidence, social skills and have fun! ✓ Our weekly timetable offers whole or half-day sessions in small groups. Current activities focus on these skills: working with animals, land, bushcraft; cooking and catering; using numeracy and literacy; computers; arts and crafts; clay; textiles/sewing; woodwork; healthy living; morning club (activities in the community). We are also about to start a new group selling crafts at Ledbury market.
Where: Our beautiful site near Ledbury and some venues within a 15-mile radius.
When: Monday to Friday, occasional weekend activities.
Costs: £20/£22 per ½ day (3 hr) session. £40/£44 per whole day (depending on activity)
Address: Salters Hill Barn, Keepers Cottage, Falcon Lane Ledbury, Herefordshire, HR8 2JN Contact: Debra Thomas or Caroline Pickering Tel: 01531 671080 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Registered charity number - 294832
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Score Community Opportunities Score is a city-centre location supporting adults with learning disabilities to access activities, experiences and opportunities in the community that they may not be able to do without the right support. Score provides a sociable and safe environment for people to build their confidence and challenge themselves to reach new goals. With a range of activities chosen by the people we support, why not take advantage of a half- day free trial to see if we are the right fit for you? Staff support with a Person-Centred Active Support approach, meaning everyone who attends will develop new skills. And, as we are led by the people we support, people who attend grow in confidence at making choices.
Score operates Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm.
Cost £41.50 per day (half days available) Contact number 01432 379 380 Contact email [email protected] Website www.affinitytrust.org/score
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Checklist for Herefordshire Activities Together Money Charges vary depending on what you are doing. Some activities are free. You need to check the cost and how to pay before you book with each activity provider. If you have a Personal Budget or Direct Payment you may use it to pay for activities or courses.
Food You will need to check with each provider what refreshments they provide and what you need to bring, some may make a charge for refreshments.
Transport A few activities provide transport please check with each provider. Generally you will need to find your own way to your chosen activity.
Personal support If you have personal care or support needs, you may need to bring your own support worker. Please check with your chosen provider.
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If you cannot find what you are looking for or if you’d like to be included in the next edition please contact [email protected] 52 Broad Street, Hereford, HR4 9AB Tel: 01432 343932 www.hvoss.org.uk
We are extremely grateful to Pepper Pot Studios for allowing us to include their lovely copyright image of our Herefordshire on the cover of the brochure and supporting our work. If you would like to see more of their maps please visit their website: https://pepperpot-studios.co.uk
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