Six WESC Foundation students have taken part in this year’s Ten Tors Jubilee Challenge on Saturday 12th May on Dartmoor. The six intrepid visually impaired youngsters, five of whom were completing the challenge for the first time, arrive...
The sun shone brightly at the WESC Foundation fundraising, golf tournament at Exeter Golf and Country Club last week as teams from businesses and organisations from throughout the South West battled it out for the glory. Our golf days are a...
On Wednesday 25th April 2018 WESC Foundation hosted Devon’s 2018 SEND (special educational needs and disability) Swimming Gala and invited seven other schools to join in the competition. Students from WESC Foundation, Millwater School, Ma...
Supermarket giant Morrisons has kindly donated £35k towards a brand new therapeutic sensory room for WESC Foundation students and today marks the official opening! WESC Foundation’s therapeutic sensory room has been officially opened by...
Everybody has something to offer WESC, so I would strongly recommend anyone thinking about volunteering to come to meet the children and staff and find out how they can contribute. If you have a gap in your life or you’d like to learn a new skill or meet like-minded people, then please come and join us!
Angie, Volunteer - at WESC Foundation
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Sorry we have not posted the last few days, we have been deep in Yosemite Valley with limited signal. Here is an update and photos of our last few days..
On wednesday we left San Fransisco and began our drive to Yosemite National Park, we stopped half way at Columbia state historic park, a living and working gold rush town. The students got to travel back in time and experience life in the 1850s, they even got to try panning for gold!
We then carried on the drive till we arrived in beautiful Yosemite, with its breath taking views and got settled into our tents for the next few nights.
On Thursday we met our amazing tour guide for the day, firstly visiting the museum which was full of tactile maps and objects for us to explore whilst we learnt about the history of the park. In the afternoon we went on a walk to the waterfall, feeling, smelling and even tasting the various tree's and plants. Once at the bottom of the waterfall we could feel the sprays of water on our faces! We finished off the day on a quiet little beach in the valley, relaxing in the sunshine and feeling the fresh cold valley water (which was very cold.)
On Friday we enjoyed a drive around Yosemite with some more gift shopping and a delicious lunch, A perfect end to an amazing trip!
We are currently waiting to board the plane, for our long flight back home, we'll be back before you know it and can't wait to tell you all about our trip😁
*Our 8 students have been an inspiration on this adventure of there's. They have learnt to look out for each other, believe in themselves, have patience, face life head on, put themselves out of their comfort zones, be part of a team, but also to embrace the new, new friends, new cultures* ...
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The Inflatable 5k is back in Exeter this June and we want YOU to join the WESC team! Rally your friends and family for a fantastic day out bouncing around the course!
Sign up and more infos here: www.wescfoundation.ac.uk/support-us/event/challenge-events/inflatable-5k-wesc/ ...
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WESC Foundation students enjoying a lovely picnic in the sun yesterday. It was an amazing achievement for some of the students to get out and about with the group. Well done! Looks like you all had a great time! ...
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