Southampton Special Purpose Workshop

General information

SSPW is a Day service for adults with special needs based in Southampton, @sspw we have many different jobs and activates.
Woodwork-- Making Garden furniture, Bird tables, Rabbit hutches,Kindling wood and much much more.

Garage -- In the garage area service users will get involved with dismantling Photocopiers, Printers, Computers, Cars ect. Where they will learn about all the different metals and recycle the components.

Arts & Craft- The arts and craft area is located upstairs in the workshop and is where service users will make garden ornaments from concrete and then paint them ready to be sold in our shop. We also Make cards and Christmas decorations.

The Shop- Our shop is located in Woolston and is where service users will gain many different skills from handling money to weighing up pet foods. Many items made in the workshop are sold in the shop. upto 3 service users and one member of staff run the shop Monday to Friday.

Cooking- Out the back of our shop we have a Kitchen for cooking and gaining independent living skills. Service users can make things like Pasta bakes to Biscuit's and Cakes.

Farm- The Farm is located in Durley and has many different animals, We have Donkeys which are trained for riding, Sheep, Goats, Chickens, Alpacas, Ducks, and Geese. all our animals are friendly and can me handled There is also a lake for fishing. for more info visit http://sspw.co.uk/Farm.html

Leisure- We have one leisure trip a week and its chosen by the service users In there bi-monthly meeting. Trips out include Bowling, Meals out, Swimming, Museums, Boat Trips, Banger Racing, for more trips see our latest trip list @ http://www.sspw.co.uk/Downloads.html

SSPW is open 51 weeks of the year, and placements are funded through Social Services, Direct payments, Personal budgets. And Residential care homes. If your interested in attending sspw and looking around our facilites please feel free to contact Sean on 023 80338452 or seanparker@sspw.co.uk