We’re looking to appoint three new Trustees to strengthen our board.
A Kingsteignton care worker is getting ready to take a huge leap of faith later this month as part of a group charity skydive.
We’re looking for staff to work at our St David’s House residential centre for young adults.
Young people and adults at WESC Foundation experience the widest possible range of services in care, therapies, mobility and education, provided at this highly specialist day and residential centre for visual impairment.
We provide high-quality education and care that increases our learners’ opportunities and raises their expectations.
20 October 2020
A Kingsteignton care worker is getting ready to take a huge leap of faith later this month as part of a group charity skydive. Beth Cunningham is preparing to take part in a fundraising parachute jump with friends and colleagues from the WE...
12 October 2020
WESC Foundation has benefitted from Exeter Waitrose’s latest donations to local community charities and causes. The Exeter-based charity was recently presented with a cheque for £333 to support its work with young blind and partially sig...
7 October 2020
Children and young adults with complex needs and visual impairment often face barriers to learning, living and taking an active, independent place in society. WESC Foundation provides the specialist expertise, equipment and adapted faciliti...
5 October 2020
WESC Foundation is proud to announce that our status as a Disability Confident Employer has been renewed until at least 2022. The Disability Confident scheme was initially created to provide employers with the skills and confidence they nee...
Everybody has something to offer WESC Foundation, 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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Work has started on the 'Snail Shell' area of our Discovery Garden 🐌 Horticultural Manager, Dylan, has been hard at work transforming this area of the garden into an exciting new space for our young people to enjoy. A bench will be placed on top of the hill, allowing our young people to experience the feeling of being up high and a path will be added for wheelchair access. The space will be a relaxing and calm area for people to sit and look at the garden
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Thanks to some amazing volunteers from JAJoinery and Construction our Storyteller Hut has been constructed in it's new home! The Hut will be a great place for our young people to experience storytelling and spend time outside
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Progress is being made on the polytunnels over on our @WESCountryWorks campus. Exeter Digger Services lent a hand (and a digger!) to help clear the space at the base of the polytunnel. The polytunnels are crucial for our young people to be able to learn how to grow fruit and veg which is then sold to local Exeter pub The Jack In The Green
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4 ways to support WESC Foundation in October
5 October 2020
The easiest way to support WESC Foundation is to simply text WESC 7 to 70085 to donate £7...
Guest blog: Social Distancing with a Visual Impairment
3 August 2020
Guest blogger Hannah, from Blind Mum vs The World, shares her thoughts on social distancin...
Guest Blog: Eyelander goes mobile
12 March 2020
Our guest blogger is by Professor Timothy Hodgson (Professor of Psychology at the Universi...