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Over the weekend our outreach team took one of the young people to their first ever concert, to see their favourite band – The Hives When they arrived at the venue (The Eventim Apollo) his eyes lit up. They checked…

During the Easter break the boys set off for their annual holiday, this year they were off to Eastbourne. They packed up the minibus and started their journey, stopping for lunch halfway. Once the group arrived at their destination, they…

The boys have had lots of fun finding ‘the best chippy’ in our local area. They all walked into the local town and visited three chip shops, purchasing a portion of chips from each one, after they headed down to…

This week the boys visited Belchamps our local activity centre. When they arrived, they met two instructors at the archery hut and was given a safety talk. All the boys thoroughly enjoyed the archery and worked hard to hit the…

An afternoon at Boom Battle Bar was the first outing of the week, the boys all had lots of fun playing the different activities on offer… pool and darts were definitely the teams favourites. This was followed with the group…

A member of the Kites team is working on a ‘Speak Up’ scheme which is designed to engage the boys more with their care and the world around them, i.e. local and national politics, environment, and history. So far two…

For one of our young people, it was a very busy weekend last week. On Saturday he and a member of the outreach team set off to the o2 Islington in London to watch The Twang in concert. This was a reward for…

Last week one of our young people were given the opportunity to see the Mamma Mia show in London, as a reward for winning the Summer Challenge. When a member of the Outreach team arrived at the home, the young…

Last week was half term for our boys, they enjoyed taking part in many activities which included pumpkin carving, going to the local gaming café, a visit to Colchester Zoo and playing their favourite activity in the woods – fox…

For this scheme, the project leader will be providing new activities that the boys can take part in across both of our homes. The activities chosen will be both in-house and offsite and they will provide opportunities for the boys…