28 July, 2011
Yesterday, 70 disabled teenagers, their families and friends came to celebrate the official launch of Thomley’s new teenage provision, situated within a freshly refurbished Manor Hall. Workshops included cooking, woodwork, clay whistle making and a variety of other social activities.
As it evolves over the coming few years, the project will provide a range of social, healthy living, early vocational and life skills activities. The facility will be available for use by disabled children and young people (0-19 years), not just teenagers. On advertised days Thomley will offer workshops specifically designed for teenagers whilst occasional days will be limited to teenagers only.
Thomley would like to publically acknowledge the kind financial support, without which this project would not have happened. These include the ‘Aiming High for Disabled Children’ teams from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire County Councils, South Oxfordshire District Council, Aylesbury Vale Community Chest, Coutts Charitable Trust, Santander Foundation, Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, Bruce Wake Charitable Trust, Tolkein Trust, The Big Lottery Fund, Boshier Hinton Foundation, PF Charitable Trust and the Event Shed Ltd.
So to minimise the costs for visitors, this project will need ongoing financial support. If you would like to support the development of teenage activities, please email fundraising@thomleyhall.org
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