Teaming up with Optua in 2011 thanks to funding boost! Optua

charities / Events in Norfolk and Suffolk / Health & Wellbeing / Waveney Valley March 30, 2011

Teaming up with Optua in 2011 thanks to funding boost!

This April will see the launch of another year of exciting social activities for young people with disabilities in Suffolk.

Disability charity Optua has received additional funding for the ‘Teaming Up’ project from Suffolk County Council’s Activities Unlimited Service.

Teaming Up aims to give young disabled people the opportunity to gain more independence, confidence, self esteem and vital social skills, whilst taking part in everyday fun leisure activities. The funding will mean the project will be running evening and holiday sessions for young people aged 14-25 with disabilities or additional needs from April 2011 to March 2012.

The evening sessions are aimed at 18-25 year olds and kick off next week across Suffolk as follows:

· Lowestoft – Monday nights from 4 April to 27 June

· Ipswich – Tuesday nghts from 5 April to 7 June

· Bury St Edmunds – Tuesdays from 12 April to 14 June

Later in the year sessions will also be running in Haverhill, Sudbury and Stowmarket and there will be other regular sessions in Lowestoft, Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds. The evening activities will include bowling, cinema, swimming, meals out and visits to interesting places.

For 14-21 year olds there will also be a full programme of daytime school holiday sessions which start with a range of fun activities this Easter.

Ipswich:

11 April – Fencing at Northgate Sports Centre

18 April – Trip to Norwich on the train

Lowestoft:

12 April – Flixton Aviation Museum

19 April – Pleasurewood Hill

Bury St Edmunds:

13 April – Swimming and archery at Bury Leisure Centre

20 April – Trip to Cambridge by train.

Karl Daniels, Teaming Up Co-Ordinator, said: “We’re really excited and pleased to receive funding for this project for another year. Everyone who came to Teaming Up sessions last year really enjoyed themselves and we’re looking forward to another year of fun! I hope we can build upon the success of last year and reach lots of new people too.”

Optua is also looking for young people to volunteer at the Teaming Up sessions.
For more information or to register for any of these activities please contact Karl Daniels on 01473 836770 or email [email protected]

There’s more information on Optua’s website at – www.optua.org.uk/Leisure-teamingup.asp

You can download a booklet with more information about Teaming Up and the activities planned near you from April 2011 to March 2012. To view it please click here.