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The Accessible Workshop is a Social Enterprise Initiative which enables adults with learning disabilities or autism to build real-world work skills and gain an understanding of how their skills and talents can be used to create positive social change.

About Us

The Accessible Workshop covers a wide range of woodworking and practical skills. It teaches people how to plan and manage projects, as well as how to market and sell.

Each individual works to clear and structured plans, with each project treated as a commissioned piece of work.

The income generated is then reinvested back into the enterprise, or is used to aid charitable partners that we work with.

From basic safety awareness around the home, through to repairing, creating, upcycling, and developing employment skills; The Accessible Workshop creates realistic progression pathways.

Development and Outcomes

The Accessible Workshop Supports people to set clear goals, track progress and celebrate their outcomes and achievements. We recognise that everyone operates at a different pace and have developed our approach to incorporate the following stages of progression.

Awareness
  • Gain basic awareness of woodworking and DIY skills that can be used in everyday life.
Core Skills
  • Develop the skills which will enable you to undertake a range of DIY tasks.
  • Be able to use a range of basic hand and power tools.
Upcycle
  • Develop awareness of upcycling and how to turn junk into profit.
  • Learn skills relating to budgeting, marketing and selling a product.
Create
  • Develop the skills to plan a project and construct items for home and garden use.
  • Use more advanced power tools and machinery.
Employ
  • Develop essential employment skills.
  • Plan, construct and market products, while gaining the confidence and skills to work independently.

Our Workshops

Our Workshops cater for adults of all abilities, taking into account a wide range of physical and learning needs.

We use a wide range of commercial and DIY tools that enable people to repair, create, upcycle, and build skills for the world of work.

We have a clear and safety focused competency framework in place around the operation of machinery and power tools.

High Wycombe Workshop
High Wycombe Workshop
High Wycombe Workshop
High Wycombe Workshop
High Wycombe Workshop
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Aylesbury Workshop
Aylesbury Workshop
Aylesbury Workshop

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We run groups for young adults in education (16 years plus), adults with social care funding and via grant funding.

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Aylesbury

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Unit A
Merlin Centre
Gatehouse Close
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire

 

High Wycombe

Unit 2
H Qube
Broom Way
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 5GX

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Talkback is a registered charity in England and Wales 1093732 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 04279266
Our registered address is Talkback-UK Ltd, Amersham Community Centre, Chiltern Avenue, Amersham, Bucks HP6 5AH 01494 434448

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Talkback Central is a unique and innovative offer, designed to specifically cater for young adults who feel they are better suited to learning away from the traditional college environment.

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18 onwards:
Adult Social Care Funded Provision

Amongst other services, we provide:

  • Personal development and social skills
  • Independent living, including cooking and general household tasks
  • Practical skills, including woodworking and other trade-based activities
  • Travel and money management training
  • Relationship development and creating social networks
  • Sports and wellbeing, including mindfulness, healthy eating and managing anxiety
  • The Performing Arts – drama, dance, music and arts.
  • Employment – full time and supported
  • Art Therapy
  • Social friendship groups

16-25 years old:
Education Provider

Amongst other services, we provide:

  • Education support to individuals in colleges including Bucks College Group, Berkshire College of Agriculture and Reading College
  • Individual Learning Packages based on an individual’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outcomes
  • Bespoke, community life skills education support packages
  • Creative opportunities using expressive arts, creative media and a variety of social groups
  • Relationship guidance and help building social networks
  • Life skills training to move towards independent living
  • Travel training
  • Employability skills building
  • Work experience and Supported Internship opportunities

Up to 18 years old:
Transitions work

Amongst other services, we:

  • Provide individual and group transition programmes to help people move from school to college and minimise anxiety
  • Provide information, advice and guidance to mainstream schools with a SEN department, and to specialist schools for secondary ages
  • Offer bespoke Travel Training packages for schools
  • Help co-create sport-based partnerships
  • Run parent and carer information events