Stroud Community Hub
Stroud Community Hub
The Hub is a friendly and vibrant place where adults with learning disabilities can come together to make friends, have fun, learn new skills, gain confidence and get involved in their local community.
Community Hub members can choose to attend the groups they are interested in, whether to develop their life skills, enjoy social activities, or to get creative.
Current Status:
We currently have space for new members, and volunteers. Get in touch for more info!
About Guideposts Community Hub
Each day at the Hub we have different groups meeting with particular themes and activities.
You can choose which group to join, perhaps joining different groups through the week. Our friendly, experienced team will help you decide what would suit you best.
Some of the groups are working on Life skills qualifications as part of the ASDAN accredited Guideposts Skills Academy.
What activities are on offer?
Out & About Groups (Mondays and Thursdays): The group enjoy activities in the local community, visiting local towns and villages, shops, parks and events. Thursday is our younger group, their favourite activities are to go swimming and walking.
Art Groups (Mondays and Thursdays): a relaxed and supportive environment where different types of art and crafts are explored, and creativity and discussion are encouraged.
Nostalgia Group (Tuesdays): United by a love of nostalgia, this group explore 70s and 80s music, tv, film and sport. The group like to go out and visit museums.
Food Skills Groups (Wednesdays): Cooking is a key life skill, and making and eating a meal together is a great social activity. Our Food Skills courses operate at different levels for the range of abilities and interests amongst the groups’ members, with some focussing on healthy eating and more advanced cooking skills.
Social Group (Fridays): Members of this group have fun together, with activities in the Hub and in the local community which includes making films, books and music.
Creative Projects Group (Fridays): Taking inspiration from the group’s experiences and the local environment, explorative creativity is set free for this group’s work.
Relationships Course: Workshops and discussion to explore what relationships are, how to manage them, emotions within relationships, and how to keep ourselves safe. Please get in contact to find out the next starting date for this course.
Sensory Room (Mon-Friday, by appointment): Guideposts is glad to offer the Sensory Room for booking to those who would like to find the calming benefits of this range of equipment.
Find out more and book online here.
Who can we support?
We support adults who have a mild to moderate learning disability, autism or Asperger’s. Our staff are trained to work with a range of additional needs including sight, hearing and mobility limitations.
Why should I join?
If you are looking for friendship or have aspirations or goals, we can support you to achieve them, through opportunities to make friends, develop skills, be creative, gain confidence and feel connected to your local community.
“When we entered the Hub, we could feel that every individual had a huge sense of purpose and agency through the activities they were engaged in.”
Inclusion Gloucestershire Quality Check
How to join?
Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining the Community Hub, or if you’d like to ask any questions. We work with Gloucestershire County Council and can take referrals from social workers and other care providers.
We’ll get back in touch within 3 working days to arrange a time to meet or talk on the phone, and we offer a free trial day to get a feel for what we do and meet the team.
If we decide together that this would be the right service for you, we’ll then work with you on a support plan and set some goals to make the most of your time with us.
