P-04-577 Reinstate Funding to the Real Opportunities Project
P-04-577 Reinstate Funding to the Real Opportunities Project
We call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government
to reinstate funding to the Real Opportunities project previously funded by the
European Social Fund in Wales, or some new similar project that has the same
values as Real Opportunities. The
project is vital to helping 14-19 year olds with a learning disability or
autistic spectrum disorder to gain life skills and independence.
Additional Information:
The Real Opportunities project enables 14-19 year olds with a
learning disability or Autism Spectrum Disorder to develop skills vital for
their transition into a college education as well as enabling them to
transition into the world of work and develop basic life skills vital to their
independence. The project has helped
over 1700 young adults with learning disabilities or Autism Spectrum Disorder
and has helped train over 1000 peer mentors with the intention of increasing
the levels of integration between mainstream school pupils and those in a
special needs unit. The values of this
project are vital to these young people who at the start may have little or no
awareness of personal hygiene etc and at the end are self aware of their
personal hygiene and have completed Agored Cymru qualifications that they would
otherwise be unable to do.
Petition
raised by: Aled Davies
Date
Petition first considered by Committee: 15 July 2014
Number
of signatures: 25 – An associated e-petition collected 226 signatures
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 11/07/2014