Our Services
Uniting Friends runs two flagship services: 'Out There! Daytime' and 'Out There! Evening and Weekends', combining to offer an action-packed week of high-quality activities and fully-supported care for adults with learning disabilities from morning until late evening.
Out There! Daytime is our huge main service consisting of over 56 weekly daytime activities designed to promote personal development and independence in a fun way.
It runs from 9 AM until 4 PM on Mondays to Fridays.
Out There! Evening and Weekends is our fantastic service offering a wide range of weekly evening and weekend activities promoting fun, friendship and wellbeing.
It runs several evenings on weekdays as well as during the days and evenings on weekends.
OUT THERE! SERVICES: KEY PROJECTS
We have several key projects within our Out There! services that we would like to highlight to demonstate Uniting Friends' ethos of promoting personal development and independence, fun, friendship and wellbeing.
Sprout THERE!
We have an organic allotment project in Wanstead, East London. This horticultural employment and training programme is called Sprout There! and is part of our Out There! Daytime service. It offers participants an opportunity to grow their own food and learn how to cook it.
Established in 2010, Sprout There! attracts a diverse group of people, all of whom enjoy various aspects of horticulture from seed sowing to eating crops they cultivate.
who we help
Our members are adults with a wide range of learning disabilities. We support them and their families, friends and carers.
All our services are open to people who become members of Uniting Friends.
Our services cover Redbridge, Newham, Havering, Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham and Essex.
How To Join
The first step to becoming a member is to contact us and make an appointment to visit. A discussion will take place about what groups and activities you would like to do, as well as assessing your support needs. We can even arrange a free 'taster' day to see if you like it!
You can also read through our guide for new members below.
Costs
The cost of services depends on the level of support needed. This will be advised and assessed when you pay us a visit. Services can be purchased directly by yourself or through Direct Payments, Personal Budgets or through Local Authority commissioned services where available.
Our service costs can be as low as £5 per hour.
Activity and event costs are additional and can vary depending upon what you choose. All costs are displayed on the activity / event listing on our website.
Transport can be arranged if you live within our pickup/drop-off route and costs £18 per day. Alternatively we can help you arrange Dial-a-Ride or taxi services.