Local service gets its show on the road
A local service for people with learning disabilities has teamed up with the Wakefield Road Safety Team to host a special Independent Travel Workshop. The Lawrence service hosted the day to enable the people it supports to live more independently and safely.
The Lawrence is owned and operated by the leading independent provider Craegmoor, who support around 4,000 people with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs and mental illnesses, as well as older people, across the UK.
The Independent Travel workshop was held at The Lawrence itself and was designed to give people greater confidence when travelling around Wakefield’s busy city centre. In addition to lessons on crossing road junctions, the event included information on the importance of using seatbelts and general road safety.
The workshop was led by Tracey Wilshaw and Gemma Wayman from Wakefield Council’s Independent Travel Team. The team has been helping to make the city’s roads safer for almost five years, working with people from across the community.
Paula Stansfield, Manager at The Lawrence said:
“The Road Safety event was a fantastic opportunity to provide people with more information about travelling around independently and safely. Wakefield has got some really busy roads and everyone found it useful to learn about how we can all take greater care when travelling in town.
“At Craegmoor we’re passionate about enabling people to gain greater independence and achieve wonderful things. Workshops like this are just one of the ways that we support people to learn new skills and achieve their goals.”
Tracey Wilsher, Independent Travel Training co-ordinator said:
“The Independent Travel Team enable and encourage people to stay safe and travel safely on public transport. We work with children and adults with educational needs or learning disabilities and teach skills such as Road Safety, Personal Safety, Time, Money, Communication and appropriate behaviour.”
For further information, please call the Craegmoor Press Office on 07590 990 995
Notes for Editors
Craegmoor supports over 4,000 people with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs and mental health illnesses, as well as older people.
This is the fourth year in a row that Craegmoor has held the Artist of the Year Awards. This year’s overall winner was Rob Hooper, who won with his painting of a tiger.
The wide range of services offered by Craegmoor include:
- Supported living services
- Residential care
- Specialist further education colleges
- Transition services
- Independent hospitals
- Recovery centres
- Nursing homes
- Specialist brain injury services
- Independent living in secure accommodation
- Craegmoor is the leading independent providers of specialist support in the UK with a turnover of approximately £170m and employing over 6,000 people
Working alongside Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities, Craegmoor constantly strives to design and deliver new needs-led services, which focus on the principles of choice and independence, enabling people to live with their local community and have fulfilled lives
In addition to these partnerships, Craegmoor also believes that it is incredibly important to work closely with the people who use its services, their families and carers. People using Craegmoor services can expect staff to be passionate about working with them to achieve their personal goals.