One of the reasons Share exists is to support more people with learning disabilities and autism enter the workforce. We want our students to experience the benefits of employment, including greater independence, wellbeing, and confidence. Fatima, a...
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Reports | Thursday, July 14, 2022 - 12:23
We had a wonderful day recently at a summer street party held at Springfield University Hospital. The party marked the completion of some of the new hospital facilities at the site. Our students ran a plant sale pop-up stall and we were even joined...
Reports | Wednesday, July 13, 2022 - 16:04
We were thrilled to take part in a millinery fashion show and exhibition at the Royal Academy of Dance, part of the 2022 Wandsworth Arts Fringe. Our students have loved taking part in this unique project, designing bespoke headwear in a series of...
Reports | Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 17:56
In May we hosted our student garden party with music, art, raffles, tombola, dancing and good food!
Later we said goodbye to Annie McDowell, our CEO of 19 years with a drinks reception to mark her extraordinary contribution to Share.
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Reports | Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 15:36
Go Anywhere, Do Anything, Share’s established social inclusion project supporting disabled adults to enjoy a social life, has started a new initiative based at Share’s Clapham Junction site. The idea for the event (that we're calling a hangout)...
Reports | Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 15:39
Students on our community-based programmes, My Community and Me, and Get Out and About, visit a variety of public venues and other spaces to learn more about their communities, gain confidence in public, and integrate more in society. We aim to...
Reports | Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 12:44
Thanks to funding from London Borough of Lambeth we’ve developed a new kitchen facility at our teaching site at We Are 336 in Brixton. Our students can now learn home-cooking skills and the know-how to prepare simple healthy meals independently....
Reports | Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 16:13
Thanks to support from the Wandsworth Grant Fund, last month we partnered with Healthy Living Platform to run a cooking event to teach our students how to prepare and cook nutritious meals. Five students, together with their parents or carers,...
Reports | Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 13:52
Helping people develop and explore new friendships, Share’s new ‘I Choose My Friends’ scheme has developed out of our successful Go Anywhere Do Anything programme. The aim is to identify and nurture friendships at Share by helping people go out and...
Reports | Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - 15:54
We’re delighted to receive funding from NHS Wandsworth to roll out a year-long programme of initiatives to help our students keep active and look after their health and wellbeing. We’ve provided them with pedometers to track their steps which...