Strategic plan for 2008 - 2010
Our objectives over this period are
To offer a range of horticultural and other land and craft based
activities in a therapeutic setting to people experiencing emotional
and mental health difficulties.
To offer support and encouragement to people, and to contribute
to them regaining and sustaining their confidence and self esteem by
taking part in a variety of interesting learning activities, working
as part of a team, and sharing new experiences.
To promote healthy eating, physical activities, social inclusion,
and to provide a service that is employment related as a means of
promoting positive mental health.
To assist people to achieve goals agreed with them individually,
these goals reflecting what is realistically achievable for each
person at that stage in their life, thereby enabling them to
discover and fulfil their true potential.
Our values are
Creating a friendly, calm, welcoming, and inclusive atmosphere.
Encouraging clients to regain their confidence and self-esteem
and so develop their full potential.
Empowering clients to make their own choices and express their
opinions about their requirements and how these are met by R &
B.
Offering a range of activities to suit different client needs
with the emphasis on a holistic approach.
Providing good communication amongst and between clients,
staff, volunteers, carers, trustees and the wider community.
Ensuring commitment from staff, volunteers and trustees.
Our major objectives for the three years: 2008 - 2010
- Build on our strengths and past achievements with an
emphasis on consolidation rather than major change.
- Develop a more diverse funding base to maintain our
independence.
- Review and further develop our methods for monitoring and
evaluating outcomes.
- Review and develop the educational side of all our
activities.
- Build on the inter-relationship between our activities.
- Review and develop the ways we help clients move on.
- Extend the ways that we encourage social inclusion.
- Review and improve the ways that we communicate our
activities to the local community and more widely.
- Consider options for making our resources available to other
training, educational and local groups.
- Ensure that we have the right training programmes for staff,
volunteers and trustees.
- Review the benefits of becoming a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (CIO) and take steps to become a CIO if this is
deemed appropriate.
Activities
We will develop our current activities as follows
- Gardening. Link to healthy eating, develop quiet
space and consider links to horticultural colleges.
- Arts and Crafts. Organise a structured programme.
- Healthy Living. Consolidate various activities in
this area, and introduce other activities like country walks
and helping people to stop smoking.
- Woodwork. Seek sponsorship for a major project to
build a traditional west-country sailing boat.
- Forge. Major renovation of the facilities is under
consideration.
- Bee-keeping. Implement the plans to relocate the
hives.
- Administration and computer skills. Ensure that this is
integrated into the rest of our activities.
You can download
the above information in a handy form as a single A4 page (pdf
file, 110KB).
Work on the plan started at a meeting in November 2007.
Find out more here.
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