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Community Partnerships
Partnerships
Atlantic Racquet Centre
We offer people with learning and/or physical disabilities support in accessing racquet sports, gym activities, yoga, nutrition advice and much more. The cafe at the ARC will have training courses in catering and customer service, leading to paid employment. 'TNCT' is now a corporate Board Member of 'ARC'.
Atlantic Coast Co-operative Trust
We are involved in an arts project and partnership with Appledore Primary School, along with eight other primary schools. The schools support each other, purchase resources and develop added value services and facilities. Our unique and inclusive Appledore project includes both primary school students and the people we support with learning and physical disabilities working together in the Harbour Studio (the schools onsite arts studio). Our staff support the group in working together on joint art work. The project will eventually include a cafe, gallery and shop plus a kiosk serving refreshments to parents collecting their children from school or dropping them off.
VODG
The Northam Care Trust are also a member of the VODG group forming part of a community of more than 145 values-based organisations that play a vital role in supporting more than a million disabled people to live full independent lives.
Community Developments
Jobs, Internships, Training & Employment
We are working with Petroc to enable The Northam Care Trust to become a training provider for people with a disability, leading to a year long training/work experience placement in The Northam Care Trust's services. Helping people with learning disabilities into real jobs is part of our core mission
Working with Carers, Parents & Families
We aim to assist carers, parents and families of people we support in our services but also to play a role in supporting carers groups and individuals across North Devon. We hold regular meetings and support groups where we offer advice and develop plans for working together on local and more national policy issues.
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We recognise our responsibilities by distributing regular updates on our services and include carers in our Organisational Excellence-Values and Behaviours policy.