Email Address

enquiries@enfieldmencap.org.uk

Phone Number

020 8887 9980

Club 18+

Club 18+ is a dedicated after-school/college club for young adults in transition from Children’s to Adult services. The Club currently operates from The New Opportunity Centre . It begins at 3:30pm and continues through to 7:00pm each evening.

A dedicated team of young support workers and volunteers work hard to ensure that the various activities provide learning opportunities but in a relaxed and informal environment.

The Club seeks to provide a safe and stimulating environment for young adults to learn and socialise in an informal but supported and safe environment and to support them to:

  • Engage in fun and age-appropriate activities at our regular venues and in the community
  • Actively engage in customs and practices reflecting cultural and religious preferences and to seek to understand the wide variety of ethnic groups represented in Enfield
  • Bridge the gap between being a child and an adult in a non-threatening way
  • Pursue interests that develop their physical, emotional and cultural inclusion
  • Build friendships and promote equality and inclusion
  • Feel empowered to exercise their “voice” in the community
  • Identify opportunities to become actively involved in the wider community, including supported volunteering
  • Provide support and friendship to those moving into supported living in the Borough for the first time
  • Through contacts with local schools and colleges build peer-based circles of support that will provide friendship and integration into adult life.

Leisure-based activities include:

  • Sport and games activities
  • Cooking, including healthy diet and culturally appropriate options
  • Textiles and handicraft
  • Engagement with natural history including access to Forty Hall and gardens both at The New Opportunity Centre and the Community Orchard, Broomfield Park
  • Dedicated ladies’ and men’s lifestyle groups including some supported sessions addressing aspects of relationships and sexuality
  • Music, drama and dance
  • Film Club and Karaoke

 

All service users attending Club 18+ have a nominated keyworker who works in close relationship with their dedicated transition worker.