Everyone who lives at Hoylands House has a wide range of opportunities available to them which help them to develop new skills and maintain current ones. There are opportunities for the adults we support to participate in enterprise activities through our on-site cafe and shop.  Support staff are able to facilitate ongoing skills based learning using the ASDAN and AQA qualifications as a mehcanism for accreditated learning.  Staff are highly creative in helping people discover their interests and turn them into meaningful activities, presenting them with as many opportunities as possible so they find something they really enjoy.

For example, one young man liked to shred paper. Rather than discouraging him, staff saw an opportunity for a joint project: the young man shreds paper, and another person who loves the sensory experience of water mashes and turns the paper into firebricks to sell in the Hoylands House shop.

These personally tailored enterprise activities are excellent for developing confidence, independence and purpose. We encourage people to develop their skills by taking an active part in everyday tasks such as cooking, washing, shopping, and developing their socialising skills by sharing activities with others. Activities include local trips to the zoo, cinema, library, bowling alley and climbing centre as well as short holidays.