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Adult Day Services at WESC Foundation support adults in their 20s and 30s who have varying levels of independence and might need support during the day. This is one of the services available at WESC Foundation. WESC Foundation is a charity based in Exeter that supports young people and adults with vision impairments and specialist … Continued

Last week, college student Nina completed her last day at IKEA. Nina has been working at IKEA alongside her studies at WESC Foundation since October, when she secured a paid role after impressing her managers just three weeks into her supported internship. What’s a supported internship? Supported internships are study programmes for young people ages … Continued

Next week, Alex Le Tissier will begin her fundraising run from Exeter to Winchester. Alex will be running five marathons in five days – an epic 135 miles in total! Alex is so close to hitting her fundraising target of £10,000 which will be split between WESC Foundation and Doing It For The Kids Southampton. … Continued

WESC’s Got Talent WESC Foundation held the annual ‘WESC’s Got Talent’ event just before the end of the Spring term. It’s usually a lively celebration for the whole community, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, the event took place a little differently this year. Rather than hosting the talent show live in the main hall, the … Continued

With great thanks to a long-term supporter, we are thrilled to install an accessible bathroom in one of our residential homes at WESC Foundation. Our Home from Home Appeal Nothing has a bigger impact on a person than the spaces they call home. Our Home from Home appeal aims to fully refurbish one of our … Continued

Social enterprise highlighted as European good practice for entrepreneurship WESC Foundation’s social enterprise project has been shortlisted as an example of good practice within the Interreg Europe funded E-COOL project. Andy Roberts, Head of Enterprise Development at WESC Foundation, was invited to give a presentation to the project partners. He told the story of the … Continued

A report published today by schools’ regulator Ofsted shows that WESC Foundation’s special school continues to make progress since the last full inspection in December 2019. Inspectors visited the school for a two day, additional, monitoring visit in March 2021. Ofsted found that rapid and swift action since the last inspection has led to improvements … Continued

WESC Foundation is so grateful to our wonderful supporters who have helped us to raise money to fund an Acheeva Bed. The Acheeva Bed positions students comfortably and safely whilst joining in classroom activities. What is an Acheeva Bed? The Acheeva Bed helps our most severely disabled children take an active part in lessons alongside … Continued

Vision impaired students in our specialist school have enjoyed building an accessible outdoor trail to help learn about the solar system. Students can walk through the solar system that’s been installed in one of the WESC Foundation sensory gardens, where they will find inflatable models of each planet. It’s part of this term’s curriculum theme … Continued