Touchbase Care Folkestone

We had a lovely time at Farthingloe Farm enjoying the countryside and meeting this lovely Donkey😍

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TOUCHBASE Accessible Outdoors Adventures Supporting disabled adults & those with neurodiversity to access, explore and enjoy outdoor spaces. Including forest therapy sess Learning about nature, socialising and being visible in the community.

A group workshop of cyanotype photography workshop took place last week. Members enjoyed getting creative with different combinations of materials

Over the last few weeks we have been designing and making our own t-shirts! Check out some of our styles:

Help spread the word about our new project. Sponsors wanted

TOUCHBASE Accessible Outdoors Adventures Supporting disabled adults & those with neurodiversity to access, explore and enjoy outdoor spaces. Including forest therapy sess Learning about nature, socialising and being visible in the community.

At Touchbase we believe strongly in the benefits of getting outside, to be active, and for wellbeing. We already run regular walks for our members- but we want to develop this part of our service, providing more activities and a more dynamic program of places to visit that are planned around accessibility.

Additional funding for this project will help us train staff to run 'forest therapy' groups and will help us purchase equipment.

Take a look at our fundraiser to find out more

TOUCHBASE Accessible Outdoors Adventures Supporting disabled adults & those with neurodiversity to access, explore and enjoy outdoor spaces. Including forest therapy sess Learning about nature, socialising and being visible in the community.

For international poetry day we've collected and described 20 things that bring us joy and made a video.
Thanks for leading a fantastic workshop to put this together.

20 Things That Bring Us Joy Workshop & poetry facilitated by Lucie Bowins

Hello September Highlights!
We’ve been so creative recently! Look at all the amazing things achieved! Role on October…

We’re ready to rock your socks off with our amazing art & craft.

Touchbase care are at under the moon market today. Our members have been hard at work making some beautiful and inspiring things to sell. See you there!
At the glassworks, creative quarter.

Happy Wednesday everybody🙌🏻
The weather may be changing but it doesn’t dampen our spirits! Being out and about is one of our favourite things to do

Big Thank You to Aspendos in Folkestone for the amazing service we had for our lunch out today! Was a big hit all around 🙌🏻

We’ve said it before and we will keep saying it… we are so lucky to have the seaside on our doorstep!

We're cheering on Matt, Emily & Victoria - who will be taking on the Folkestone Half Marathon in a couple of weeks. All money raised is split between the Rotary Club & Touchbase Care.

Support their efforts, and support our work by sponsoring them at the link below.
The Touchbase Team is rounded out by Mike & Katie Janman.

https://www.justgiving.com/team/touchbasemarathon

Well done Litter Pickers! You did an amazing job collecting two full bags of rubbish which earned you two free games of Crazy Golf! Big thank you to Putters in Folkestone⛳️

This is something we, as an organisation, need to speak on. We cannot allow this to happen. For Kent County Council to change how financial assessment works at a time when 27% of disabled adults are already living in poverty is an injustice. We know of individuals who have had to choose between attending day sessions or having carers visit them at home or have had to reduce the hours of care they received. This policy change will lead to even more mental health conditions within the disabled community and within their support networks. This will not save the Council money, it will push the spend to a different area. Day services, such as Touchbase, are vital and a lifeline for many individuals yet many are going to have to make very difficult decisions, should these change happen. As the article states, many individuals are at risk of losing up to £40 per week! That is a massive amount and will impact the quality of life for so many. We have made our feelings known and we urge you, our friends and supporters, to do the same.

Call to fight changes to disability benefit payment A demonstration is being arranged to counter changes described as a “tax on the disabled”.

We made Pesto sauce using some ingredients grown from our allotment🙌🏻
Let’s just say the plates were cleared, absolutely delicious!

Creative morning making paper and beaded bracelets and necklaces!