Day Support and Activities
We are situated in the beautiful two acre Piccadilly Gardens in Scotforth, Lancaster.
We are a social care charity providing support for people to participate in a
wide range of activities.
Arts and crafts Gardening Cooking Music Pottery Yoga Walking Climbing Wall Sport Cycling
Baking Greenhouse work Drama Boxing Food growing Dog walking OR suggest something new to us!!
Piccadilly has been the lead social care provider in Person Centred Approaches in Lancashire for many years and we pride ourselves in our ability to provide a unique service tailored to the people we support. Our staff team are fully trained and experienced in supporting people with a diverse range of support needs. We are a Preferred Provider for Lancashire County Council, and an accredited training centre with City and Guilds.
People can come for full days, half days or just a few a few hours a week. A full day is from 9.00 till 3.00.
We have pine cabins which we use for our acticity sessions and we have plenty of open spaces and lovely gardens including a sensory pathway. We access other community venues for some of our activities.
We offer a supportive environment for people to learn new skills, meet new people, socialise, improve confidence, keep fit and have fun!
Cookery and baking
We utilise the produce we grow to make soups, curries and other dishes.We also make biscuits, fudge, pizza, gingerbread, cup cakes and much more.
There is a role for everyone in the preparation and cooking process. We then share what we have made and eat together or take it home for our family or friends.
Arts and Crafts
Equine Assisted Therapy
Our occupational theratpist runs sessions with her horses Ted, Amy and Tango at their stables.
Activities involve grooming, feeding, mucking out, filling the hay bags, walking the horses.
Very small group of 2 or 3 people.
Gardening
Trips out and about
We go on regular trips out, some are educational and some just for fun.
Tell us where you would like to go and we will try and make it happen!
Pottery
We go to pottery sessions at Halton Mill.
It is a fully equiped workhop that we hire, complete with potters wheel and kiln.
Dog walking
We walk dogs for Wolfwood Animal Rescue.
We collect them in our van and take them to parks or other nice places to walk them, this keeps both the dogs and us fit and healthy.
Cycling
We go cycling at Salt Arye and ride the adapted bikes. Sometimes we ride in the sports hall and sometimes we ride outside on the cycle track.
Sports
We go to Salt Arye to join in with their disability muti sports activities and we also hire the climbing wall and fitness studio there.
Yoga sessions
We have yoga sessions each week in a yoga studio with Rebecca. In this gentle yoga class we work to carefully stretch, strengthen and relax the body with simple and beautiful physical posture sequences.
Our greenhouses
There is plenty to do all year round in our greenhouses and poly tunnels. We grow plants, veg, herbs and do hanging baskets and containers. We have won awards for the horticultural work we have done
How do people access Piccadilly’s Support Service?
Contact us
Julie Richmond 01524 847685
Email ju.richmond@googlemail.com
Website—www.piccadillygarden.com
Facebook—Piccadilly Support Services
Twitter—Piccadilly Lancaster @piccadillylancs
Social services customer care—0300 123 6720
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