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Where are they Now? Yeovil children's charity seeks help!

 

 

 

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Where Are They Now? Yeovil Children'sCharity asks for help to find former pupils

Yeovil Opportunity Group has issued an invitation to all families, children, volunteers and fundraisers who have attended or supported this amazing charity run pre-school in the past 45 years to come to a Reunion and Open Day on 23 June to celebrate Senior Key Worker Sue Shaw winning Somerset Live's I Believe Teacher Mentor Award for the whole of Somerset.

Those who knew Sue are invited to the YOG Balidon HQ on Preston Road, Yeovil for celebration cake and drinks from 9.30am - 11.00am on 23 June.

The Yeovil Opportunity Group has been leading the way in South Somerset pre-school education for children and families with additional needs for nearly 50 years. In fact it was amongst the first of its kind in the country to offer specialist support.

Kim Duller, manager of YOG, says, "We would love as many of those who have attended the centre in the past 45 years to visit on 23 June, not only to celebrate Sue's 35 years, but also see the many exciting changes that have taken place at the Group.

New outdoor play equipment including a pirate ship and aeroplane take pride of place in the specialist equipped outside play area and at the Open Day which runs from 11.00 - 14.30 there will be an opportunity for parents to find out exactly what YOG is able to offer those children who may need some extra support from the age of two onwards.

Kim says, "Our early year's team is highly qualified with a real understanding of how to help those children who may need extra help, including speech and language and communication strategies. Early intervention is absolutely vital and our children have an incredible start to their early year's journey."

Kim will need to know numbers to make sure there is plenty of cake, so those who want to attend are asked to get in touch with her on Email: kim@yog.org.uk or telephone: 01935 384157.

Photo caption: Sue Shaw, sitting on the new pirate boat which is part of the YOG outdoor equipment, wants everyone to celebrate her 35 years on 23 June!

For more information about YOG, please visit: www.yog.org.uk  or contact: Kim Duller, E/: kim@yog.org.uk    or T/:  01935 384157

For more press information and a hi res image, contact Jane Adkins, A Head for PR, T/: 01935 813114 or M/: 07960698089 or E/: jane@aheadforpr.co.uk 

Editor's Notes

Yeovil Opportunity Group is based at the Balidon Centre on Preston Road, Yeovil and aspires to continue to lead the way in pre-school education for children and families with additional needs after nearly 50 years; Yeovil Opportunity Group was amongst the first of its kind in the country to offer specialist support. It was founded by a paediatrician and a social worker who saw the need for therapy and learning through play and family support for children with special needs, aged 0-5 years.

Yeovil Opportunity Group works with both pre-school children and families, it offers time and space and many years of experience from a specialist and highly trained team.

The Group can consider taking any child, depending on theirs and/or the family's level of need. Although a referral is not necessary in order for a child to attend, referrals can come from GPs, health visitors, paediatricians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and SENCOs as well as other pre-schools and nurseries

Councillor Jane Lock is Chair of Trustees for the Yeovil Opportunity Group.

May 2018 (YOG 04)