About this website
The purpose of this site is to create a listing of activities, locations and events to support family support workers and their participants to gain access to suitable options for community activities.
The aim is to encourage anyone with relevant information to create an automatic account and upload that information with images and descriptions into one or two categories.
By doing so we, as a community of support workers, can create a resource for anybody, promoting interesting and varying experiences to the individuals we support. So, please let others know about this site.
This resource is especially beneficial for support workers that are getting started or support workers coming from other parts of the country. It can also be used by families to find suitable locations and activities for their relatives.
All listings have images that can also be used to allow non-verbal participants to point to a location they would like to go to or an activity they would like to attend. It allows active decision making by participants, an important aspect of providing support. A filter provides a means to narrow down the list of options by location, keywords or required facilities.
What information to provide
Please provide relevant information about a location or an activity, with a description, images that include the location, the facilities and, if applicable, the toilet facilities. In case of a location that has its own website, like a museum, please also provide the web address in the Site Link field. This will make it easier to check opening hours, make reservations or get more detailed information. Please use your own pictures whenever possible to prevent copyright issues.
Check all appropriate facilities checkboxes, like ACROD parking, toilets, wheelchair accessible, etc… This will make it easier to find exactly what is required to make a location suitable for an individual.
All information entered will not be live immediately, as the process includes a publishing process that is initially done by the administrator. Once you uploaded a couple of locations successfully, you are given access to the publish function. The reason for this is to make sure the information is good and more importantly that the site does not get used for other purposes.
The same process applies to the Events page. Once logged in, you will see a + button on the Events title bar. Click it to get to the Events edit page. Again, new events are set to pending initially.
If you’re not sure about how to enter your information, just check out some already existing entries to get some ideas. If you still have questions or suggestions, please use the contact form to get in touch.
Let’s make this a useful tool for everyone and share it around !
