Opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in Croydon.
Willow are a team of adults with learning disabilities working together to make Croydon better. We make decisions about what Willow does and how it is run, and help run it.
We offer a mix of education, training, and work experience. Our support staff include qualified tutors and an occupational therapist.
All our activities will help you improve your English and maths skills and most people will also work towards a City and Guilds employment qualification. We work with CALAT adult education to deliver qualifications.
Willow is a social enterprise, this means that all the money we make is used to provide more opportunities for people with learning disabilities.
Watch our YouTube video - https://bit.ly/WillowSoar
Guide 2021-22
Opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in Croydon
Contents
Contents
About Willow
Our vision and values
The difference we make
How to join Willow
How much does it cost?
Timetable 2021-2022
Term dates 2021-2022
Course information
Paying for your course(s)
Where to find us
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Work experience
Snack Attack catering
Reception
Community champions
Business enterprise
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Education and training
News and events planning
Drama
Business administration
Eat out peer leaders
Health and fitness peer leaders
Independent living skills
Treat me well and campaigning
Schools project
Secret shoppers and community events
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Health and fitness
Football training
Gentle ramble
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About Willow
We are a team of adults with learning disabilities working
together to make Croydon better. We make decisions about what
Willow does and how it is run, and help run it.
We offer a mix of education, training, and work experience. Our
support staff include qualified tutors and an occupational
therapist.
All our activities will help you improve your English and maths
skills and most people will also work towards a City and Guilds
employment qualification. We work with CALAT adult education
to deliver qualifications.
Willow is a social enterprise, this means that all the money we
make is used to provide more opportunities for people with
learning disabilities.
Watch our YouTube video - https://bit.ly/WillowSoar
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Our vision and values
Why we exist - our vision
We want people with learning disabilities
• to be listened to
• to be given the chance to learn and work
• to be treated fairly and with respect by everyone
What we believe - our values
We believe that people with learning disabilities
• should be treated like valued people by everyone
• have important things to say and their voices should be heard
• have a right to have friends who support them and make them happy
• can make things better for themselves with the right support
• can learn new skills and use those skills -
in a job
to do things for themselves
to be part of the community
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How to join Willow
Our team members
help us make Croydon better
communicate ideas and work together
To become a member of our team you must
have a learning disability
be over 18 (or over 16 for football or rambling)
To enrol for an activity or course -
Please email Tanya - tanya@willowlearningforlife.org - to ask
for an enrolment form
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How much does it cost?
Every session of each of our activities or courses costs us £170 to
run.
We apply for funding to reduce the cost to members
Some of our courses are paid for by grant project funding. This
means the fees are paid by the funder and there is no cost to the
member.
Some of our other courses or activities are not funded by grant
project funding. For these courses we ask each member to pay £4
to help cover our costs.
There is more information about costs on each activity or course
page. There are also details on how to pay your fees at the back
of the booklet.
If you will need additional or 1 to 1 support please contact us for a
chat. We may be able to provide a support package. There is a
charge for this service which you may be able to fund through
direct payments.
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Timetable 2021-2022
Tuesday
morning
Gentle Ramble
10-12
Wednesday
morning
News and event
planning 10-12.30
Health & fitness
peer leaders 10-12.30
Eat out peer
leaders 10-12.30
Reception
10-12.30
Wednesday
afternoon
Drama 1-3
Business
enterprise 1-3
Community
champions 1-3
Reception
12.30-3
Wednesday
evening
Football 5-6
Thursday
morning
Business admin
10-12.30
Snack Attack
catering 10-3
Reception
10-12.30
Thursday
afternoon
Independent
living skills 1-3
Snack Attack
catering 10-3
Reception
12.30-3
Friday
morning
Secret shoppers
10-12.30
Treat me well
10-12.30
Snack Attack
catering 9.30-3.30
Reception
10-12.30
Friday
afternoon
Schools project
1-3
Snack Attack
catering 9.30-3.30
Reception
12.30-3
Saturday
afternoon
Football 12-2
Term dates 2021-2022
Autumn term
Monday 20 September - Friday 3 December 2021
Half term 25 - 29 October 2021
Spring term
Monday 17 January - Friday 1 April 2022
Half term 14 - 18 February 2022
Summer term
Monday 25 April - Friday 8 July 2022
Half term 30 May - 3 June 2022
Courses and activities
Work experience
Snack Attack catering
Thursday 10.00am-3pm
Friday
9.30am-3.30pm
Portland House, Thornton Heath
Join our Snack Attack catering team running our pop up café. You will learn
about health and safety and food hygiene, how to prepare and serve food,
and how to handle money.
Work will include
Setting up
Cooking cakes, snacks and simple meals
Making tea and coffee using a coffee machine
Taking orders and money
Serving food
Clearing up
Cost - Free
These sessions are funded by The Lottery Community fund
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Courses and activities
Work experience
Reception
Wednesday 10am – 12.30pm
OurSpace, Croydon
12.30pm – 3pm
Thursday 10am – 12.30pm Portland House, Thornton Heath
12.30pm – 3pm
Friday 10am – 12.30pm Portland House, Thornton Heath
12.30pm – 3pm
Learn how to be a receptionist.
Work will include
Welcoming visitors and helping them to sign in
Checking appointments and showing visitors where to go
Answering the phone
Taking messages
Giving out information leaflets and forms
Cost - Free
These sessions are funded by The Lottery Community fund
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Courses and activities
Work experience
Community champions
Wednesday 1pm-3pm
These sessions run all year round.
Meet at OurSpace, Croydon
Join our team of champions to help make Croydon great.
Work will include
Litter picking
Working on our community allotment
Helping cut back bushes in community green spaces
Bagging up and moving donated soil
Cost - Free
These sessions are funded by The Lottery Community fund
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Courses and activities
Work experience
Business enterprise
Wednesday 1pm-3pm
OurSpace, Croydon
Learn to make and package beautiful soaps to sell. You will learn about
health and safety, making, pricing, and selling a product.
Work will include
weighing and mixing ingredients
preparing moulds
cutting soap
wrapping and labelling
checking orders
packing and posting
You will be able to keep some of the soap you make.
Cost - Free
These sessions are funded by The Lottery Community fund
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Courses and activities
Education and training
News and event planning
Wednesday 10am-12.30pm
OurSpace, Croydon
Learn how to research and write news reports about what’s going on in
Croydon. Your articles will be featured on our social media sites and in Club
Soda’s Leisure Link magazine.
This group also finds out what people with learning disabilities want to do
and organises events including day trips and rambles.
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Drama
Wednesday 1pm-3pm
OurSpace, Croydon.
Join in games, role plays and performances to build your confidence, learn to
speak up for yourself, manage difficult situations, and work as a team.
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Business administration
Thursday 10am- 12.30pm
Portland House, Thornton Heath
Gain a business administration qualification.
You will learn about administration policies, how to use Word and Excel,
good telephone and message taking techniques, and working as a team.
You will also help with Willow’s administration.
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Eat out peer leaders
Wednesday 10am – 12.30pm
OurSpace, Croydon
You will plan group meals out with friends, trying the culturally diverse range
of food available in Croydon.
You will learn about staying safe, first aid, travel, dietary needs, budgeting,
and communicating well with a group.
Your team will eat out once every 2 weeks.
At the end of the course you will be able to confidently arrange and manage
nights out with friends.
This course is funded by The Peoples Health Trust and is designed
to help reduce isolation and improve mental health. The course is
free, but you will need to pay for your own food when you go out.
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Health and fitness peer leaders
Wednesday 10am – 12.30pm
OurSpace, Croydon
You will plan weekly gentle group walks in Croydon, and longer walks in
surrounding areas.
You will learn about leadership skills, staying safe, first aid, travel, assessing
risk, budgeting, and communicating well with a group.
At the end of the course you will be able to confidently arrange and manage
rambles with friends.
This course is funded by Transport for London and is designed to help
people with learning disabilities improve their physical and mental health by
walking more often.
Cost - Free
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Independent living skills
Thursday 10am – 12.30pm
Portland House, Thornton Heath
This course is about helping you live more independently, the students will
decide what they want to learn.
Subjects could include
standing up for yourself
managing staff
staying healthy
managing money
travel training
finding things to do
making friends
cooking
keeping your home clean
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Treat me well and campaigning
Friday 10.00 – 12.30pm
Portland House, Thornton Heath
Have your say on the things that matter to you.
You will feedback to the staff at Croydon University hospital on what they
do well and what needs improving, and help train them to be better.
You can help decide what other things you want to make better and
campaign for positive change.
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Schools project
Friday 1.00-3.00pm
Portland House, Thornton Heath
Help design and teach sessions for children in schools and online.
You will teach children about the great things people with learning
disabilities can do. And teach them to understand what it’s like to have a
disability, and what they can do to help.
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Education and training
Secret shoppers and community events
Friday 10-12.30pm
Portland House, Thornton Heath
Join our team of secret shoppers to help find out which Croydon businesses
treat people with learning disabilities well.
You will learn how to measure how good services are, and write a review on
them.
Your reviews will be shared on our social media to help other people decide
where to go.
Cost - £4 a session (20% discount when paid in advance)
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Courses and activities
Health and fitness
Football training
Join our team the Croydon Knights.
Saturday 12noon-2pm. These sessions run all year round.
Practice football skills, work as a team and play friendly games at Arena
South Norwood. The first hour is warm up and skills practice on the grass,
followed by a game on the five a side pitch.
£4 per session
Wednesday 5pm-6pm (April-September).
Practice football skills, work as a team and play friendly games at Ashburton
Park. These sessions are held when it is light in the evenings.
£2 per session
Follow the Croydon Knights on Instagram @croydonknightsf
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Courses and activities
Health and fitness
Gentle ramble
Tuesday 10am-12 noon
This is a gentle ramble aimed at people of all abilities who want to keep fit,
meet friends, and see some of our beautiful local parks.
We meet at a tram stop each week and walk for an hour.
This course is funded by Transport for London and is designed to help
people with learning disabilities improve their physical and mental health by
walking more often.
Cost - Free
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Where to find us
Wednesday
term time only
OurSpace Café and Hub
50-54 High Street
Croydon
CR0 1YB
Thursday and Friday
term time only
Portland House
678 London Road
Thornton Heath
CR7 7HU
Football training -
Wednesday evening
April to September only
Ashburton Park
Lower Addiscombe Road
CR0 6RX
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Saturday afternoon
all year round
Arena
Albert Road
SE25 4QL
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