Bright Lives - Learning Disability and Autism Day Service Colchester and Tendring

Bright Lives - Learning Disability and Autism Service Colchester

Bright Lives
Day Opportunities Centre
Colchester and Tendring

We specialise in Autism, Learning Disabilities and can support other mental health conditions.
For further information please contact us on 01206 615165

Email:
enquiries@brightlives.org.uk

Transport is available.

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We are adding new sessions starting with our fantastic multimedia Session on Wednesday afternoons.

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PLEASE NOTE: BRIGHT LIVES are only closed on Bank Holidays.

We are open during the school holidays so why not contact us or use our online booking system.

We accept "Pay as You Go" bookings and we can provide a full day support.

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Latest DAY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAMME

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Bright Lives had a visit from BBC Essex when two of our students spoke to the Reporter we were also joined by the Colchester Catalyst representative Rodney Appleyard to make this recording. Click on the link below to listen to this event.

BBC Essex Broadcast

BOOK YOUR TASTER SESSION: By using our online booking system, enter TASTER-SESSION as a code for a free session:
or call 01206 615165 TODAY.

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Details of our Independent Living Resource Centre
www. ILRC.co.uk

Email for further details
info@ilrc.co.uk

ILRC

Bright Lives Policies & T&C'S CLICK HERE

***** BRIGHT LIVES IS AN APPROVED ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL SUPPLIER *****

CALL FOR FURTHER DETAILS - 01206 615165

Progression and Personal Development

Bright Lives Independent Living development centre is set up to support people with additional learning needs including Autism and other mental health conditions. Centred around the Care Act 2014. We are based in Colchester our transport enables access to our services throughout Essex.

We offer engaging programmes to develop the skills through workshops and continuous assessment, in order to maximise the potential of our students. Accreditation is provided through ASDAN. Bright Lives offers progress reporting 6 and 12 monthly where requested. A portfolio is created by the student that is available for inspection at any time by our accrediting body ASDAN as well as by the Social Worker or Guardian to show the progression of the individual.

Select the tabs below to get an overview of some of our services

Bright Lives offers a range of sessions that are 2 hours in length focused on Independent Living. These sessions are specifically designed to encourage the involvement of the PA or Carer to work with the client in order to continue the progression and development of the client away from the centre. We use specialist Tutors to run these sessions working on confidence, self esteem , team work, and communication. We look for areas of development and encourage progression through the support of the PA or Carer.

The sessions we offer:

Arts and crafts
Mixed Media
Sensory Fun
Cookery
Party fun and keep fit
Karaoke and music fun
Drama

In addition to these we also run external activities away from the centre, subject to weather conditions.

Bright Lives also offers full day placements for adults over 18 years, please contact us for further details 01206 615165

Bright Lives run a number of structured courses designed to provide external accreditation and structured formal progression, these classes require the student to work on their own or part of a team, developing a number of skills in communications, numeracy, literacy as well as developing self esteem and confidence.

We use ASDAN http://www.asdan.co.uk for our accreditation. Bright Lives is a fully accredited college and deliver the course to the student whilst gathering the evidence required through a number of means verbal, written and through video. These courses vary in length from a few months up-to a year. Prices available on request, our ASDAN courses of which some are one day and others are two days per week.

We also bundle a few course in order to meet the requirements of the Care Act 2014.

Route to Independent living
Route to Employment.

Our courses are person centred to develop the skills of the individual to develop greater independence. Further details can be found in the above links however all courses are person centred and developed on a one to one bases, these can be discussed by arranging a meeting with us.

Bright Lives has worked with many students that are Autistic, through which our staff have learnt many new skills in this area to really make the difference in the life of the individual. We have a well known case study that has regularly published his successes to our facebook page. His name is Tyler who over a three year period is now working independently in the evenings and weekends carrying out charity work for his own chosen charity "Help the Heroes" This is a massive success story. however, we have many other students that have this condition that are also enjoying a much greater awareness of their condition and some of the many strengths this can bring to their lives. We are proving that Autism does not have to be a disability but a difficulty that can be better understood and skills developed around it to live a full and enjoyable life.
https://www.facebook.com/BrightlivesCIC/

Bright Lives are also offers day time respite for young people over 18 years old looking to do field based day trips