PICTURES FROM OUR OPEN DAY
20th November 2009
Mayor of Swindon Cllr David Wren officially opened our new premises
with special guest Anne Snelgrove, MP for South Swindon.
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The organisation is possibly the only one in the country which provides training, education and personal development opportunities for adults with a range disabilities, whether it be physical and/or social anxiety, depression, self harm or the results of abuse. Courses range from communication skills, using numbers in everyday life, introduction to the internet and email, life skills, stress management and relaxation, counselling, improving personal effectiveness, learning to relax with arts and crafts, tai chi and pain relief. |
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Anne Snelgrove said, “Learning for Life is a revelation both in its location at Basepoint, and the passion tutors and vlearners have about progressing and achieving the best they possibly can.” Bruce Clarke said he was very impressed by the way Learning for Life had set up at Basepoint. “When I was manager of the Swindon Learning Partnership with the borough council we were able to make a major investment in learning for people with disabilities. This is an excellent example of how the independent voluntary sector can deliver imaginative, innovative learning initiatives.” |  |
L4L manager Nalni Sorr said, “each person’s needs are identified and then addressed in a holistic and friendly atmosphere. Many potential clients perhaps don’t recognise that we can create an individual programme to suit them. Learning for Life is about empowerment - giving people the skills to develop and move on.”
Tutor and psychologist Alan MacGregor said, “people are valued for who they are. Learning for Life is not about treating symptoms or meeting targets. It’s about dealing with the whole person and working together positively to move forward in their learning.
“The mutual support amongst the learners is remarkable. People arrive cowering in the corner and leave with heads held high.”
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From the blog of Robert BucklandConservative PPC for South Swindon
Helping people to help themselves November 22nd, 2009
The past week or so has brought me into further contact with a number of organisations that in differing ways are helping to get people back on their feet or on their feet for the first time.
On Friday, I was a guest at an Open Day hosted by Learning for Life at their new premises at the Basepoint Business Centre in West Swindon. Learning for Life is an independent charity providing education, personal development, counselling and guidance for people with disabilities and other problems. Over seven hundred people are currently being helped by L4L, some of whose tutors – Dick Hilling, Trish Rawlins, Alan MacGregor and David Reeves are friends whom I have met in the past few years.
It almost goes without saying that the work of L4L has a huge value. It is always striving to reach more and more people, and their new, attractive premises will help. A slight diversion in the bus route to take people that bit closer to Basepoint would also be of help, I think.
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