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From Hampshire Gateway
Buddies
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The buddy scheme has been developed to enable disabled young people to access the Community and local Leisure Centres. There are two types of buddy schemes available in Hampshire: Community Buddies and Activity Buddies. Please see below information about the Community Buddy scheme and an overview of the buddy providers participating in the scheme. To find out more about activity buddies in your area please click here.
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Buddy List
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Andover and District Mencap
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Supporting children and adults with learning
disabilities and those who care for them
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We have a rich history spanning 45 years which has steadily grown to being one of the largest local learning disability organisations in the country. We have a fantastic team of experienced staff and volunteers who can provide the Buddies for your child. All staff are DBS checked and receive a wide range of training.
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Appletree Support ltd is a local organisation based in Havant
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We offer support to disabled children, young people and their families (age 0 -25). We have a dedicated team of workers who are appropriately trained to meet the needs of the children and young people we support. We carry out all aspects of support from personal care to social care and developing skills for independence. We are a provider of the community buddy scheme offered through Parent Voice.
As a provider of your buddy, we are dynamic and innovative and recognise and understand the individual needs of children young people. In order to offer the most effective service for you, we encourage all children, young people and their families to participate in the design and choice of their buddy time in order to tailor it to the young person’s needs. Through buddy plans we enable children to maximum their independence and potential and to develop new skills.
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Family Resource Centre UK
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An established and trusted charity that has been working in the provision of support services for children, young people and families for 20 years
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We are currently working in Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire and London.
We provide various services and support programmes including Family Information Services, Special Needs Information Services, GO! (Our family inclusion project) Renewed Counselling and business support services and training.
We have over 10 years experience in providing buddying programmes and are pleased to now be working with families and organisations/groups in the Basingstoke and Hart & Rushmoor areas to provide the Community Buddies scheme for children and young people with special needs there.
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Greenbuttercup
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Greenbuttercup is a community and voluntary organisation based in Romsey Hampshire
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Greenbuttercup is a Hampshire based Community Project. We provide trained buddies and Social Care workers with a wealth of experience supporting children and young people with:
• Additional needs
• Complex needs
• Challenging behaviours (physical or otherwise)
All buddies and Social Care workers are fully insured and are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
For more detail about us and our scope of service provision please contact us for an informal chat (see contact details below).
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Test Valley and New Forest
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Green Buttercup, C/O: Test Valley Community Services, Duttons Road
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Romsey
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SO51 8XG
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http://www.greenbuttercup.org
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buddies@greenbuttercup.org
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01794 515 726 (09.00 – 15.00) or text to 0773 792 6088 (anytime) and we will call you back
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J&K
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J&K have been providing 24 hour, specialist support to adults and children with varying needs for the last 10 years
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We strive to personalise each individual care package and ensure that all staff are matched to the personality and needs of service users. We are now into our second year of the Buddy Scheme and have an established team of buddies dedicated to providing high quality support to children and young transitional adults. J&K is a safe, friendly, warm and committed service, whose ethos is to empower individuals with independence, choice, rights and inclusion.
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Basingstoke, Farnham and the surrounding areas including Farnborough, Fleet, Aldershot, Overton, Odiham, Hook and Oakley
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J&K, The Old Post Office, New Street,
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Basingstoke
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RG21 7DE
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http://www.jandkrecruitment.co.uk
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Lizzie Alvey
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01256 300099
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KIDS
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KIDS have been providing Short Breaks Services for families throughout Hampshire for over 20 years
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Our Buddies are well trained in all aspects of care including respite, fun activities, sitting services and after school breaks. With over 40 years experience we have the knowledge and the capacity to ensure that we deliver what is expected of a national organisation
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Prestige
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We are one of the UK’s leading care providers with over 60 years
experience and we can provide your young person’s Buddy
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All our staff are thoroughly vetted, have Enhanced DBS checks and have all the relevant training to meet the needs of each individual young person. We cover the whole of Hampshire so please call for further information and we look forward to
introducing one of our Buddies to you.
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Smile Support and Care
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We provide support for young people across the county of Hampshire
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We have over 18 years experience and currently support 220 families and have over 86 Support Workers in Hampshire, both male and female. Our Buddies will be trained to support young people with a variety of individual needs and undergo an Enhanced DBS checks. Your young person can be supported in the home, the local community or even further afield. Our aim is to provide a service which not only meets the needs of your young person, but will also provide them with a positive experience.
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Hampshire wide
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Smile, Unit 3, Barton Park,
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Eastleigh
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SO50 6RR
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http://www.smilesupport.org.uk/index.php
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Sue Swift / Charlotte Carson
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02380 616215
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Solent Youth Action
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We are a youth volunteering charity that has extensive experience engaging and empowering young people with additional needs
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The community Buddy Scheme will run throughout the summer holidays; daytime and evening provision in the Eastleigh area. The Buddies Scheme will offer children and young people aged 7-19 with additional support needs an opportunity to be supported by a fully trained ‘buddy’ giving the young person one to one support and encouragement to take part in activities that they are interested in; this can be anything from going to the cinema, shopping or going swimming.
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Eastleigh Borough
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Solent Youth Action, Unit 1 Warwick Court,
32 Leigh Road,
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Eastleigh
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S050 9DT
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http://www.solentyouthaction.org.uk/
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Joanna Quinn
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02380 650514
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