Journey Enterprises Ltd, Acomb

What can you do at Journey Enterprises?

Journey Enterprises is a North East based charity, with branches in Acomb, Coundon, Kenton and Blyth. They work with adults with a learning disability (LD) in areas around life skills, socialising, community, volunteering, sports, leisure and employability/work. The provision is a day service.

What specific activities and skills can you learn?

• Gardening and growing
• Woodwork
• Cooking
• Baking
• Art
• History
• Women’s group
• Local trips
• Seasonal activities like surfing
• Cycling
• Gym trips
• Bowling
• Volunteering in the community
• Planning trips
• Open days for ocassions like Easter and Mother’s day
• Coffee mornings
• Seasonal events
• Nature walks
• Food shopping
• Model making
• Jewellrey making
• Animation
• Lego spike (automated lego)
•  Forums to make decisions
• County hall visits for care plans
• Plant sitting service

How can I refer into Journey Enterprises?

If you or someone you know would like to access these services, you can self refer through their webpage. You can also get referred through social services, family and healthcare professionals.

Who qualifies to come to Journey?

• People over the age of 18 with a learning disability
• People who dont require personal care

Why should you come?

• Meet new people and make friends
• Develop and learn new skills for home and work
• Gain a more active social life
• Take part in community work
• Get out into the community and build connections
• Play and learn new sports
• Find out new interests you enjoy
• Volunteering or working here means you can develop your CV
• Gaining qualifications. For example AQA certs with Eric Knows, Food and Hygiene
• Visiting venues for information and leisure
• Forum meetings to give our clients a say on what they would like to do. For example, events, visits to venues, activities at the Hub.
• Chances of employability, work expierence and volunteering expierence
• Being able to help people in need and making a difference

Accessibility of the building at Journey Enterpises LTD. Acomb

• A car park located just outside the building
• A door bell to notify staff to let you in
• Wheelchair accessible entrance
• Door thresholds
• Doors wide enough so wheelchairs can go through
• Lifts
• Chair lift
• There is a ground floor and a first floor
• There is a stepped fire escape
• Fire sledge
• Accessible toilet only on the ground floor
• Male and female toilets on the ground and first floor
• The conservatory has a ramp that leads to the garden
• Lights are able to be switched on and off at any time but cannot be dimmed
• There are quiet rooms if the place is busy or noisy
• Colour coded accessible tools in the kitchen
• An adjustable chair can be provided
• 1 adjustable table
• Acessible sporting eqipment
• Raised flower beds for gardening
• Clients or able to bring in their own walkers
• Clients can bring in one support worker
• Volunteers are welcome to give extra help

Additional Information

Attending Journey is a fee paying service at aproximatley £40 a day and transport is 45p a mile. People can be refered through the NHS and as a result of this, in some cases funding or direct payments can cover some or all of the cost. This depends on the assesment and eligability of the individual. To find out more visit the contact us page.

For further information on what else to do in Hexham, visit this page on the Eric’s Atlas website.