OPTIONS IN LIFE 

To cover the cost of running and kitchen safety and basic cooking skills course for young people with learning disabilities.

We would like to run a project for groups young adults with learning disabilities at a local Alpaca farm, delivering therapeutic and skills/learning based interactions with the animals.

Wildlife & Conservation

The group will use the funding to continue to deliver online sessions based on participant feedback as these have been requested in addition to the sessions that have resumed being delivered in ....more

The group will use the funding to continue to deliver online sessions based on participant feedback as these have been requested in addition to the sessions that have resumed being delivered in person.

to contribute towards running online support activities for young people with learning disabilities and their families in Fife, helping those who are who are cut off from the people, service ....more

to contribute towards running online support activities for young people with learning disabilities and their families in Fife, helping those who are who are cut off from the people, service provision and respite opportunities they relied on pre-Covid-19

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NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

To contribute towards the costs of a staff member who will re-launch and co-ordinate the newly adapted social groups and activities, previously put on hold due to COVID-19.

COVID19: Options In Life

to contribute towards delivering an educational course for young people with learning disabilities in Fife.

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To fund equipment and materials to support a remotely delivered programme of activities for young people with learning disabilities in Fife.

Running costs

This group expand their social inclusion and skills development programme for young adults with learning disabilities. Young people will develop skills and take part in social activities once they ....more

This group expand their social inclusion and skills development programme for young adults with learning disabilities. Young people will develop skills and take part in social activities once they leave full-time education helping them to more fully integrate with mainstream society.

From Source to Sea

This group, based in St Andrews, help young adults with learning disabilities to continue to develop skills, to be socially engaged and to continue learning post school. The grant will allow them to ....more

This group, based in St Andrews, help young adults with learning disabilities to continue to develop skills, to be socially engaged and to continue learning post school. The grant will allow them to deliver a 12 month financial literacy programme to local young people.

YOYP Kitchen safety & basic cooking skills

We would like to run a 36 week basic cooking and kitchen safety course for isolated adults with learning disabilities.

Options in Life was established in 2011 by members of our community who were passionate about finding solutions to the segregation of our community’s learning disabled. We responded to this issue ....more

Options in Life was established in 2011 by members of our community who were passionate about finding solutions to the segregation of our community’s learning disabled. We responded to this issue by working to develop a service which would help people with learning disabilities build the skills, confidence and knowledge needed to integrate more fully with mainstream society. Our efforts came to fruition in February 2013 with the launch of our social inclusion and skills development program. Our program currently runs two days each week and involves supporting our participants through a diverse program of confidence and skill-building activities. The project we hope to secure funding to help support is the expansion of our current service from two days to three days each week so that we can meet with increases in demand. The reason our service has quickly become so popular is because we operate slightly differently from most other disability service providers in our area. We do not own premises or operate from a central building, instead our work takes place out in the community, allowing us to focus all of our funds directly on the service that we provide. We use a group model of support rather than the more common “one-to-one” model of support which we believe allows us to achieve higher social outcomes. We have also established strong relationships with local service providers which has enabled us to develop quite an extraordinary activity portfolio which is unlike any other we have come across. People with learning disabilities attending our service will build confidence and team-working abilities as they learn to rock-climb, drive tanks or kayak. The will learn new skills through specialist workshops such as this years’ maritime skills course and they will gain work experience which, this year, took place in Ikea.

An Introduction to Cooking

(SSB) Interacting with History

Towards delivery of the Recreation Programme to provide physical activities and employability skills to 50 young people with learning difficulties aged 18-30

The Recreation Programme

This group will run a year long programme of activities for adults with learning disabilities to help promote social inclusion and physical exercise.