Life Opportunities
Choice, Control and Independence
Life Opportunities Service supports service users to develop their abilities and gain new skills. It aims to open new horizons, not close doors.
We believe that real choice and control should be central to each person’s life, this is about listening to individuals and acting on their ideas of what is important to them. Service users help us develop our program of activities by choosing the projects that we deliver.
Life Opportunities Service provides a range of creative and educational activities during the day for learning disabled adults and people with mental health support needs. Here are some examples:
Dance, Drama, Pottery, Art, IT and computer skills, Team Skills, Social Skills, Friendships, Peer Support, Independence, Confidence, Positive Self Esteem.
Click here to view or download our: Life Opportunities Service leaflet for service users
Service users feedback:
I come to meet people, it’s a friendly place
Attending Care Co-ops has been a good experience, it has opened the door to catering and I’m now doing an NVQ at City College. Increased my confidence in the work place and unlocked a new skill.
Access to the service and Referrals
If you are a professional or someone’s carer click below for information on the referral process
Click here to view or download our: Life Opportunities Service professionals leaflet
Cost of service: Full day – £50.28 / Half Day - £27.56
Appointments
Contact the Life Opportunities Team on 01273 685300, or e-mail los@careco-ops.org.uk for an appointment for your client and yourself to come to Care Co-ops for an informal look around. Visits are normally arranged for Tuesday mornings, but if this is not a good time for you, alternative arrangements can be made.
Self-directed Support
We support service users with self-directed support, by helping people to develop their confidence to purchase their own services through personal budgets and direct payments.
Community Farm
The Community Farm is part of the program and this provides a range of gardening and horticultural activities.
Members joining the Farm group:
- Should have an interest in working outdoors (please note we work outdoors in all weathers)
- Transported to and from the Farm is provided by us Should be able to work as part of a team, having some awareness or sensitivity regarding the needs of others.
- With staff support, should be able to work safely in a group whose members include vulnerable adults.
- With support, should be able to follow a supervisors instructions including Health and Safety Guidance.
Work with us
We welcome new and creative ideas from professionals who want to deliver activities and projects within our services. The range of activities that can be offered are diverse and we particularly welcome any innovative and imaginative ideas that people may have for a group. In order to tender for a group at Care Co-ops, a tendering application form will need to be completed.
Each tendering period is for a 25 week period. During the evaluation week, service users evaluate each group and comment on whether the group is to their liking, which aspects they enjoy, and which ones they do not. The facilitator that runs each group is provided with the results of the feedback given by participants within their group.
For further information about obtaining a Life Opportunities Service tendering pack, or to find out details of deadlines for submitting applications, and all other tendering enquiries, please contact the Life Opportunities Team on 01273 685300, or e-mail los@careco-ops.org.uk .
