Purple Patch - Support services for Disabled People.
Purple Patch is a Community Based Service that is committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities in Lancashire.
We were set up by qualified tutors (SEN) who have over two decades of experience in the health and social care sector. Purple Patch is passionate about championing the rights of disabled people and is striving to make sure that adults and children with additional needs, health conditions or impairments can lead real and fulfilling lives, fully included in their homes, schools, workplaces and communities.
Our ambition is to create an innovative and a more inclusive service provision based on the Social Model of Disability. We intend to do this by offering support/care packages that are individualised, creative and flexible.
We believe that our support strategies and unique approach to offering support empowers individuals, particularly but not exclusively for those from a BAME heritage (Black and Minority Ethnic), to independently access local community services and activities that they would not have necessarily ever thought possible.
All sessions are delivered from our new home, the Former St Mary's College campus, by a highly qualified and experienced support team trained to deliver support in a ‘culturally competent’ way.
Our tailored services include; a variety of meaningful activities/workshops, 1:1 outreach services, Independent Living training, learning life skills, personal development programmes and fun, social acclivities to name a few.
Our sessions are designed to improve confidence, independence, health and wellbeing – as well as being fun!!
Contact us for more information or speak to anyone of our satisfied parents for feedback!!
Search for us on Instagram and Twitter or come and pay us a visit!
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Nazma Issat / Shaun Garrigan / Rafik Jassat
- Contact Position
- Leadership Team
- Telephone
- 01254 690699 / 07999343223 / 07510100628 01254 690699 / 07999343223 / 07510100628
- office@purplepatchpartners.org.uk
- Notes
Please speak to Nazma Issat (Support Manager) for all general support/care enquiries.
Contact Shaun Garrigan for all Business enquiries
Where to go
- Name
- Former St Mary's College Campus
- Address
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Finley Stokes Building
Shear Brow
Blackburn
Lancashire - Postcode
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BB1 8DX
View BB1 8DX on a map - Notes
St Mary's College campus is close to Corporation Park and local amenities. The building is fully accessible for wheelchair users and has adapted bathrooms and a disabled toilet. The upper floor can be accessed via a lift and is able to easily accommodate a wheelchair. Car parks on surrounding sides have disabled parking bays, which can be reserved for visits.
The town Centre is at walking distance, merely a quarter of a mile from the centre as well as the variety of shops, cafe's and restaurants that line the bustling Shear Brow area.
Availability
- Referral required
- Yes
- Referral Details
Self- referrals can be made by simply contacting the Adult Social Care team for an assessment:
01254 587547
Local Offer
- Description
*Please note our service is for adults aged 18+
Purple Patch Partners is committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities in Lancashire.
Set up by qualified tutors (SEN) who have over two decades of experience of the health and social care sector. Purple Patch is passionate about championing the rights of disabled people and is striving to make sure that adults and children with additional needs, health conditions or impairments can lead real and fulfilling lives, fully included in their homes, schools, workplaces and communities.
To achieve our objectives we deliver person-centred activities from our base at the former St Mary's College campus, as well as offer a 1:1 PA outreach service which empowers individuals to become increasingly independent in the wider community.
Our person-centred support can help with everyday tasks such as going shopping, attending appointments, applying for jobs, attending work experience or going swimming etc. Back at the centre we can teach and learn the skills and tools required to become more independent. Our lifelong learning syllabus includes teaching basic skills such as Literacy and Numeracy through ASDAN, using ICT and digital platforms, Money Management, Travel Training, as well as learning to cook, horticulture, keeping healthy & fit, arts & crafts...the list goes on!
Our sessions are designed to improve confidence, independence, health and wellbeing – as well as being fun!!
We have built close links with local businesses to create volunteering and training opportunities specifically for disabled people, all employments are fully supported by our staff. These could be in retail, hospitality or manufacturing.
We also offer volunteering and work placement opportunities to the wider public, as well as offering work-experience in the health & social care industry to school children.
Contact us for more information or speak to anyone of our satisfied parents for feedback!!
Search us on Instagram and Twitter or come and pay us a visit!
- Contact Name
- Nazma Issat / Shaun Garrigan / Rafik Jassat
- Contact Telephone
- 01254 690699
- Contact Email
- office@purplepatchpartners.org.uk
- Local Offer Age Bands
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16-19 years
19-25 years
Parents & carers - Needs Level
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Low
Medium
High - SEN Provision Type
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Universal
Targeted
Specialist
Last Updated
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