Survey: Public Health Agency seeks experiences of individuals with learning difficulties when they to to hospital.

Survey: Public Health Agency seeks experiences of individuals with learning difficulties when they to to hospital.

Survey: Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency are trying to find out about the experiences of individuals with learning disabilities when they go to hospital.

If you work or care for someone with a learning disability, they would love to hear from you. Your views will help to improve the experiences of individuals with learning disabilities when they go to hospital.

What Next? Programme runs every Wednesday and Thursday

What Next? Programme runs every Wednesday and Thursday

What Next? Programme starts back today (Wednesday 25th of July) and and runs every Wednesday and Thursday.

Suitable for young people aged between 16 and 25 living with physical disabilities and mild/moderate learning disabilities, this activities programme will offer participants a chance to develop life skills, have new experiences, build friendships and more!

Designed to promote positive mental health, What Next? delivers fun-packed activities every Wednesday and Thursday at Finaghy Youth Centre, Belfast, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm.

Day two of What Next Programme promotes positive mental health

Day two of What Next Programme promotes positive mental health

Day two of the What Next? Programme took place on Thursday 5th of July, and to make sure everyone was awake and ready to face a new day, we did some gentle aerobic exercises to promote positive mental health. Following this, participants took part in a session on what we feel is the most important thing about ourselves; what is important to us; what annoys us and how we should consider other people before we react or speak.

What Next? Programme launches with Drakes Music session

What Next? Programme launches with Drakes Music session

Day 1 of our new What Next? Programme took place on 4th July 2018 with Nikos & Daniel from Drakes Music who taught participants about rhythm and how it's around in a lot of things we do in life.

The session gave young people a chance to play the mandarin alongside background musical effects!

Participants also did some sessions on being aware of ourselves and the people around us!

Autonomie hosts 'Young People's Voice' Youth Forum

Autonomie hosts 'Young People's Voice' Youth Forum

Our Freedom2Choose programme finished on Saturday 30th June with a Youth Forum called 'Young People's Voice'. This new forum offered young people a chance to share their experiences and feedback on the latest Freedom2Choose Programme. Young people also got a chance to help plan future programme activities for our new What Next? and Freedom2Choose Programmes.

Autonomie is committed to offering young people a hands-on approach. Already involved in the planning and delivery of elements of activities programmes, young people who can will deliver elements of the activities programmes themselves.

WHAT NEXT? Programme starts 4 July 2018

WHAT NEXT? Programme starts 4 July 2018

Autonomie is delighted to launch the What Next? Programme with the first session due to take place on Wednesday 4 July 2018. Suitable for young people aged between 16 and 25 living with physical disabilities/mild/moderate learning disabilities this activities programme will offer participants a chance to develop life skills, have new experiences, build friendships. 

Designed to promote positive mental health, What Next? delivers fun-packed activities every Wednesday and Thursday at Finaghy Youth Centre, Belfast, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm. 

On Wednesday 4 July, Drakes Music will facilitate a creative music workshop at Finaghy Youth Centre. Everyone will get the opportunity to express themselves using a variety of computer interfacing technology and musical instruments regardless of ability.