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Who Can Help Me With The Transition Process?
Who Can Help Me With The Transition Process?
The Transition Worker in the Disabled Children's Service located at:
The Moor Lane Centre
Moor Lane
Chessington
KT9 2AA
Telephone: 020 8547 6568
Community Learning Disability Team
Address:
Sessions House
17 Ewell Road
Surbiton
KT6 6AF
Telephone: 020 8547 6558
The Health and Disability Team
Address:
The Health and Disability Team
109 Blagdon Road
New Malden
Telephone: 020 8547 6613
Connexions
Address:
Argyll House
23 Brook Street
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2BN
Telephone: 020 8082 6840
Special Education Service
Telephone: 020 8547 5254
See the Useful Organisations page in particular 'Action 19 plus' which is a group of voluntary organisations campaigning for better services and information after transition. They have produced a booklet, called 'A Guide to getting what you need from your Local Authority at 19 plus', which is available from SCOPE on:
Telephone: 020 7619 7100
The Family Fund has produced a very useful booklet called 'After 16 and Then What':
Telephone: 01904 621115
Your Parent Partnership Officer should also be able to help:
Telephone: 020 8547 2751 (answerphone out of office hours).
Kingston Teenage Activity Group (TAG)
Youth club for disabled young people and young people with special needs (16-25 years). This is a youth club for those who are unable to access mainstream clubs. All sessions are teenage related. Run by 2 youth workers and volunteers.
Address:
Hook Youth Activity Centre
Devon Way
Hook
Contact Name: Debbie Mann
Meet Friday evenings: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Costs: £1 per session
Telephone: 020 8397 2216
MENCAP
MENCAP have produced some useful documents relating to the transition phase in your child's life.
Transition Fact Sheet, Transition Checklist, Books on Transition
Address:
National Office
123 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0RT
Telephone: 020 7548 0454
Fax: 020 7696 5540
Email: info@mencap.org.uk
Website: www.mencap.org.uk
Seekers Club
(Part of Kingston Mencap)
Seekers Club is a leisure club for people with learning disabilities from the age of 17 years and upwards. Activities include table tennis, darts and pool all with annual tournaments for all club members. Day outings take place in the spring and summer. The club meets weekly and holds a disco once a month.
Telephone: 020 8546 4147- Shirley Temple
Telephone: 020 8546 7463- June Bright
The Buddy Scheme
The Buddy Scheme based at Kingston Volunteer Bureau provides a befriending scheme, which aims at enhancing leisure opportunities for people with learning difficulties. This involves using volunteers to give one-to-one support to enable members to undertake activities of their choice. This could be as simple as going shopping or having a cup of tea and a chat. It could mean going out for a drink in the pub, having a meal in a cafe or going to see a film at the cinema.
Some of our members have been to football matches, had Jacuzzis, or been to the coast with their buddies. One buddy and partner have been sewing patchwork quilts together.
Whatever a service-user's interest we try and find a buddy who likes doing the same kind of activities.
Co-ordinator: Jan Deane
Telephone: 020 8255 8068
Email: janedeane@tinyworld.co.uk
D.I.S.C. (Disabled Independent Social Club)
D.I.S.C. Meet first and third Wednesday in each month (except August and first Wednesday in January) 7.30pm-9.30pm Annual Subscription £3 and £1 per evening charge.
A social club for physically disabled people and their friends over 16 years of age.
Coordinator: Mrs. Beryl Myers
Address:
The Causeway
New Malden
Telephone: 020 8949 9160
Email: berylmyers1@activemail.com
ROYAD (Reach Out Youth and Adult Disabilities)
Age range: over 19.
R.O.Y.A.D. is a club aimed at young people and adults with mild learning disabilities and who are able to communicate with each other. They offer shared experiences; create a chance to increase friends and to produce awareness and appreciation of others. They provide enjoyment by way of the many programmes they operate throughout the year from such things as a Cinema Club where members visit a local cinema each month to watch some of the latest films. Then there is the Munch Club, which offers the experience of visiting local restaurants and tasting different foods. If they wish they can have the opportunity of actually making some of the dishes at the R.O.Y.A.D. Cookery School. They also have their own Theatre Company and members take part in many sports.
Coordinator: Sue Frett
Address:
53 Elm Road
New Malden
KT3 3HD
Telephone: 020 8336 2768
Fax: 020 8336 2768
Email: Royad@tesco.net
Age range: over 19.
R.O.Y.A.D. is a club aimed at young people and adults with mild learning disabilities and who are able to communicate with each other. They offer shared experiences; create a chance to increase friends and to produce awareness and appreciation of others. They provide enjoyment by way of the many programmes they operate throughout the year from such things as a Cinema Club where members visit a local cinema each month to watch some of the latest films. Then there is the Munch Club, which offers the experience of visiting local restaurants and tasting different foods. If they wish they can have the opportunity of actually making some of the dishes at the R.O.Y.A.D. Cookery School. They also have their own Theatre Company and members take part in many sports.