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Zodiac Arts sees it’s self as a Colony
the hub of a society living in a hive
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The Beehive project will collect information
from stakeholders to provide recreation activities
for people with learning disabilities
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Using the information from support workers,
the need required to support their service
users, we can reproduce and build activities
to suit their group’s needs.
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Through training, we provide. Each person
will become a worker bee, which will build
and give support to new members of staff with
recreation duties.
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The information collected about the participants
or groups needs, we can set up and deliver
activities to build confidence independence
and self worth
• This project aims to increase physical
activities of people with learning disabilities
in Westminster, thereby ensuring that the
targets outlined in the London Sports Plan
of improving participation (health and well
being, stronger communities etc) apply equally
to this group of people.
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Using an approach based on the ‘Inclusion
Spectrum’, a process by which people
choose the type of activities to meet their
capabilities, more sports opportunities will
be created. Suitable leisure and sports activities
will be identified for individuals in a person
centred way. This means supporting people
with learning disabilities and their carers
in deciding on suitable exercises depending
on disabilities and motivation.
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of the desired exercise programme, this project
will form partnerships with local leisure
services, specialist learning disability teams,
voluntary organisations, and other stakeholders
involved.
Access to mainstream leisure services
will thereby be increased and more specific
sports sessions will be provided that are
tailored to meet physical and learning needs
of the individuals. Acknowledging that maintaining
behaviour changes can be difficult, Health
Action Plans, an initiative by the Department
of Health (2001), will be used to ensure that
there is coordination and individual support.
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Through workshops and work experience we hope
to attract more special needs coaches to deliver
recreation activities.
Most
people have limited or no experience of working
with or being in contact with people with
disabilities. Their beliefs and attitudes
regarding disability may have been informed
by negative perceptions or incorrect assumptions.
Zodiac Arts aim to help people expand their
understanding of disability and to challenge
attitudes to disabled people, looking also
at the potential implications of the Disability
Discrimination Act.
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