
Skills for Life Workshop
A group of seven young people from Scarborough recently took part in a skills for life workshop at Scarborough TEC. The taster day workshop involved a range of hands-on activities covering different trades such as; automotive, brickwork, carpentry and joinery, electrical installation and plumbing. The group learnt valuable skills like how to rewire a plug, …

A special host treat in Scarborough
Tea in the courtyard Some of our lovely hosts in Scarborough were treated to an afternoon tea by their young people early this month. A group of seven of our lodgers had just completed a six-week cookery course, learning to make nutricious meals as well as cakes and biscuits. They decided to celebrate what they’d …

Thank you Sainsbury’s Scarborough
We were delighted to meet our supporters from Sainsbury’s in Scarborough yesterday We were there to say thank you in person to Sharron and her colleagues, who have provided much appreciated support for our work in the area over the past year, not least by raising over £2,000 for SASH! As well as raising money, …

Scarborough Creativity Group
When two OT students, Bryony and Evie, joined SASH for an eight week work placement, they focused their attention on supporting our young people in Scarborough through our SASH Active programme. Amongst the many workshops they ran was a Creativity Group – a chance to switch off from everything that’s going on, and do something …

“See the best in people”
OT Student work placement at SASH Bryony is an Occupational Therapy (OT) student from York St John University in the second and final year of her Masters studies. Along with another OT student, she completed a nine week work placement with the SASH team in Scarborough. Bryony explained the purpose of her placement, and what …

The Skills Project
Giving young people in Whitby, Ryedale and Scarborough the skills they need Everything we do at SASH is aimed at enabling vulnerable young people to become truly independent and move on to lead successful lives. A key part of this is helping them to access education and employment. However, 90 per cent of the 16-25 …

Crafty young people!
Our young people in Scarborough did us proud last week when they got crafting for Christmas with residents at The Lodge care home. We arranged the session as part of our SASH Active programme, which helps our young people in Supported Lodgings learn new skills, build self-confidence and make connections with their local communities. Callum, …