Journey Enterprises Ltd

With four Day Centres - Kenton (Newcastle), Acomb (Hexham), Blyth and Coundon (County Durham) - we are an award-winning local charity providing Day Services for adults with intellectual (learning) disability to develop work and independent living skills.  We work in groups of 8 – 10 Clients, but can also provide 1:1s for Clients who require this.

The Charity supports conditions such as Down's Syndrome, cerebral palsy, Prader-Willi, Smith Magenis, Fragile X and Sotos Syndromes, conditions from birth impacting cognitive and adaptive ability. Over two thirds of our Clients have co-morbid conditions including mental health disability, physical or sensory disability including autism. We are unable to accept referrals unless the Client has a primary diagnosis of learning disability.

Our Staff are specialists in Learning Disability, joined by specialists in employability, our wonderful volunteers, and by undergraduates and graduates from a range of disciplines on practice-based placement from our local universities.  

Journey Enterprises is commissioned by six local authorities and also provides a range of charitable trust-funded programmes each year. These programmes enable us to offer specialist resources and opportunities, and to give Clients an opportunity to impact real change for adults with intellectual disability throughout the UK.  These have included programmes focused on health, financial literacy, more diverse sports (accessible biking, boxing, golf, kayaking, rifle shooting, snow boarding and surfing), employability and volunteering, accessibility and women’s empowerment. Clients regularly work through Journey with external organisations advising on accessibility, and enjoy meeting local MPs to raise issues they feel strongly need change. 

Journey welcomes applications throughout the year for volunteering and Trusteeship. Many Volunteers progress in to employment at Journey.

Social Enterprise and Employability: an opportunity to train for work and provide a vital service for the local community through our enterprises, to volunteer in placements in the community and to train for and secure paid employment or self-employment.

Journey welcomes applications throughout the year for volunteering and Trusteeship. We are currently recruiting Volunteer Mentors for Working Journeys, Activities Volunteers and Trustees.

Journey’s Day Centres:

Newcastle

Shandon Way Community Centre

Shandon Way, Kenton

Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3RY

Northumberland

The Stable Annex

Buffalo Community Centre

55 Regent Street

Blyth NE24 1LL

Network House

Acomb

Hexham NE46 4SA

Durham

13 Tees Walk

Coundon

Durham DL14 8JZ