Turning Heads is a community interest company that is helping to build a community that values and empowers togetherness.

We work with people and organisations across Torbay. This includes families, children, people with learning disabilities, those who are furthest from employment and education and those who might be isolated or vulnerable.

Turning Heads runs day activities from The Windmill Centre in Hele (Torquay), and both a Community Kitchen and Social Supermarket from Victoria Park Methodist Church in Plainmoor (Torquay).

Our curriculum will be based around providing a workbased employment model over a period of 12 weeks running in parallel with our programme that we offer through the DWP. It will begin with a period of induction which will typically be for up to 4 weeks and will involve the young person trying a variety of activities and opportunities before we decide which particular areas and skills to focus on for the period of time that they are with us.

Our programme will focus on developing confidence, work related skills and will aim to provide the young person with the starting tools to moving back into either education or training or employment. We will be looking at using a variety of NCFE adult qualification units that we can tailor to the individual.

Alternative provision is only arranged as part of an educational package via school’s or the Local Authority.

Day services are all chargeable and clients pay through adult social care funding, direct payments or personal funds.

Contact:

Phone: 07817 777739 or 07817 777739

Email: admin@turningheads.org.uk or alanrtilley@mail.com

Turning Heads, The Windmill Centre, Pendennis Road, Torquay, TQ2 7QR