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Fun and Friendship

Student, Skye, is in her 3rd year at VPC and with the support of her teaching Aide has been investigating social groups in her local community that she can access and transition into after college. This week she tried out …
19th November 2019

3D Drama Group

VPC students have been having great fun at an exciting new drama group run by SAVVY Theatre. Every week they go to Fairfield Halls in Croydon where they take part in the 3D Drama Group.  At the moment they are …
19th November 2019

Safety Net

Students at Lomond House in Camberwell and Wyvern House in Uxbridge have been taking forward their sessions about staying safe online. This is such a relevant and important topic to our students, so they have been having open discussions about …
19th November 2019

Spread Love Not Hate

Stop Hate UK is one of the leading national organisations working to challenge all forms of Hate Crime and discrimination, based on an individual’s identity. The Stop Hate UK bus has been touring the borough and one of its stops …
5th November 2019

Pumpkin Carving at Wyvern House

This week there has been lots of spooky fun, as students at Wyvern House carved their own pumpkins and made Halloween cakes. There were many tools at hand to help the students in creating their spookiest designs and to help …
1st November 2019

A brilliant week for Asiya!

Last week, student Asiya from Wyvern House attended an interview a local charity shop. She met all the staff and had a tour of the facilities, she then discussed what types of jobs she would be completing and expressed that …
28th October 2019

HopeFest at Pop Brixton

To raise awareness for National Hate Crime Awareness Week, (www.nationalhcaw.uk) students attended #Hopefest at Pop Brixton. This inclusive and accessible event gave students hope and confidence through sharing their personal stories of hate crime experiences, creating a support network and raising …
28th October 2019

Building Futures, Changing Lives…

Since joining Orchard Hill College, student Evie has dived right in and got involved at every opportunity. She is Student Ambassador for her centre, and has made a difference to many students’ lives already. She visited the Mayor’s office last …
18th October 2019

Digital Hub at the Stoop

Supporting our local communities is always at the heart of OHC&AT and is illustrated by the Digital School and their latest collaboration with The Harlequins Foundation. Together they offer a Digital Hub at Twickenham Stoop, home to the Harlequins Rugby …
17th October 2019

Banksy inspires student artist

Whilst learning about independent travel in Croydon, keen artist, Matthew came across a shop display of modern art by the graffiti artist ‘Banksy’. Matthew took time to look at the different window displays which were very visually engaging and really …
16th October 2019

Mobility Milestone

This week, VPC student Jessica attended a friendship group at Westcroft Leisure Centre library, but the really remarkable part of her outing was that it was the first time she has used her walking frame whilst out in the community. …
16th October 2019

Work Experience Success

This term Garratt House student, Billy started his first ever work experience placement in computer games specialist shop CEX in Croydon. Billy is very interested in computer games, so this assignment is the perfect fit. Billy confidently introduced himself to …
16th October 2019