As part of a consultation exercise involving many of the people who use our Drop-in Service, the group preferred and chose the new name of ‘Rathbone Connect‘. The growing service, based at The Old Library in West Norwood, also opens its doors for a third weekly day (Fridays) from this week, a day also voted […]
Co-designing a home-from-home The first step in creating our quieter youth space was to ask young people what they wanted. We did this through surveys to our ‘Young People Committee’ and by speaking to young people with learning disabilities to find out what a safe, quiet space looked like for them. Click to read more… […]
Rathbone Youth Club have achieved the London Youth Gold Quality Mark. This is a great achievement as it recognises the excellent standard of youth work delivered by our youth service. Achieving Gold is a badge of excellence for youth organisations that are committed to continuous improvement through the involvement of young people in their organisational […]
To celebrate National Youth Work Week (5th – 9th November 2018) the mayor’s office held an event in London’s Living Room at the top of City Hall. Hosted by Sian Berry, London Assembly member, the night was a celebration of London’s youth workers. The picture shows our Youth Service Manager Charline King addressing the hall […]
Rathbone Youth Club were very proud to have two of our young people invited to attend the City Bridge Trust Chairman’s Dinner on 13th November 2018 at The Old Bailey in central London. They are both members of Dare London, the youth advisory board at London Youth. They have both been involved with City Leaders, London Youth’s youth action […]
Rathbone’s Outreach service received its CQC Inspection report today! It’s ‘GOOD’! Congratulations to all of the staff who work in the service, either in the community or in the service’s two supported living projects. This report is a great reflection of the professionalism, commitment and dedication that all of our staff bring to their work. […]
We had a busy weekend at the 44th Lambeth Country Show. It was scorching hot all weekend which drew a large crowd to the park. Some of our visitors made use of our Instagram frame, others stopped by to hear about our staff vacancies, volunteer vacancies and our Youth club Summer Programme. Thanks to all […]
Have you thought about getting involved with a local, voluntary sector organisation? Can you spare one evening a month? We are specifically looking for individuals with a background in health & social care and are particularly keen to hear from friends or family of people with learning disabilities or Autism. Find out more here
A year of change! Recent times have been very busy and full of change for the team at Rathbone. As part of a major restructuring of our Outreach Service, we have bid a fond farewell to some old faces and their posts. Our Business Manager Pippa retired in December, her function being replaced by Accountability […]
In recent months Rathbone’s Youth Club has been very fortunate to have a local parent that is as passionate about young people as we are. She has been working tirelessly on behalf of the young people, encouraging local community shops and businesses to donate goods, funds and time to supporting the delivery of our youth […]