Our 2016 New Year Wish goes to About With Friends. Lets Do It Anyway will buy Walking boots & walking clothes & offer walking support and advice to the new #WalkingGroup in 2016 and beyond.
What is About With Friends?
About with Friends and are based in Cromer offering support to adults and children with learning disabilities and autism. They have a varied programme of trips out, swimming nights, chillout night at their Base with films, xbox, pool etc and respite holidays, a group have just been away to Harry Potter and some others to Spain.
About With Friends also have a Workskills service where members join to gain real work skills in real environment such as a fully equipped catering kitchen, gardening, production – bird boxes, candles etc and a community café in Cromer which opened last year.
And for those members who have more complex needs and require 121 support About with Friends have a bespoke programme which has gained a reputation locally for a high quality service with real outcomes for the members who are on it
As part of the social programme for 2016 and to promote a fit healthy lifestyle to About With Friends members, Tara, who delivers their adult social and transition activities would like to start up a walking club, initially once a month whilst interest builds. "We are confident we will get take up as our members, who always choose their own respite breaks chose Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Scotland last year and loved getting outside in the great outdoors, however we know that some members do not have the correct walking gear and this we feel may be a barrier to getting them started".
With the above in mind, we will be supporting the About With Friends Walking Group & initially we will buy Walking Boots & Walking Clothes & I will personally offer full support with Walks & Hikes for the Walking Group in 2016 and beyond.
This is an extremely exciting project, we can't wait to encourage the 'About With Friends' Walking Group to get started. Not only is Walking a fabulous exercise, the group will encourage 'Social Inclusion' and personal empowerment, which is so important.
We are really looking forward to a year filled of fabulous walks with a fabulous Group.