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Status
Received: 4 days late
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Income
£185.5K
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Spending
£171.2K
Public benefits
Direct Benefit: our beneficiaries who are young people with a physical disability who are either in education, leaving school, college or unemployed. Public Benefit: The direct benefit which flows from our purpose includes: An increase in the self-confidence of young disabled people. Increased independence due to the acquisition of skills to
develop giving them more opportunities to make choices in their lives. Ensuring young disabled people are supported to access mainstream schools through the provision of information, training and advice thereby increasing access to mainstream schools. Quantifiable Benefit: is assessed through feedback from the young people and their parents, an online forum to receive feedback, questionnaires circulated before, during and after a programme to the young people. Incidental Benefit: Any incidental benefit would cover the work of volunteers such as students who would benefit from involvement which may have an impact on portfolios, curriculum vitae or evidential support for educational courses. We would assess this as acceptable as volunteers can act as befrienders and role models. Harmful Outcomes: having assessed our work there are clear indictors that any harm is outweigh by the benefits of our work. Harmful outcomes may include unexpected issues around the hopes of the young person being unfulfilled, such as departure from the project due to lack of confidence, lack of parental support or peer pressure we have assessed our response and have put in place strategies to support the young person to minimise harm. Public Element: The flow of our work includes a public element as we work with parents, siblings, educators and health professionals. We also raise public awareness of young people with disabilities as viable, functioning members of their community.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Autonomie works to support disabled young people in mainstream schools ensuring they will not experience the same transitional challenges as those from special schools. Working with young disabled people for leaving school and entering further education, training or employment by providing practical skills in building self confidence,
independent living, and providing relevant emotional and mental health support during this transition. By providing opportunities for visiting and participating in social and leisure actvities and programmes empower the young people to access local amenities and services in their chosen community. By providing a specialist counselling service dealing with issues such as depression, anxiety, coping with transition and sucidal ideation for this client group.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Carers
- Learning disabilities
- Parents
- Physical disabilities
- Sensory disabilities
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Disability
- Education/training
- Volunteer development
- Youth development
