The Employment and Life Skills Project provides a term-time service for adults (18+) who have a mild/moderate learning disability and/or autism.

The young adults are supported by volunteer mentors to develop skills to access further education, employment opportunities, and mainstream community facilities. The curriculum for these adults consists of developing workplace skills and social skills as well as more ‘academic’ basic skills such as literacy, numeracy and IT.

Skills are put into practice in a number of different ways.  The project consists of classroom based training sessions, work experience placements, social evenings, taking part in activities in the community, and external residential projects.

Fundraising activities

Participants also help to raise money to fund and take responsibility for this project.

Fundraising activities include;

• Car Washing
• Car Boot Sales
• eBaying donated items
• Manufacturing and selling original artwork and vintage poster prints

They need your support so please contact us if you can donate items to sell or if you have any other ideas on how the group can raise money!

Read the blog

They have also set up a blog to let everyone know who they are and what they are doing each week. Click here to have a read.

Contact us

If you would like further information about ELSP you can contact Alex McGuinness on 0208 801 7432 or email alexm@kithandkids.org.uk