The Oyster Project is a member led group.
Our members and core project delivery volunteers are people with disabilities and our activities, workshops and events take place throughout the year.We organise our activities with the emphasis on empowerment and involvement.
In many groups Oyster Project members are the facilitating volunteers. Other groups and workshops are run by supporting volunteers and Oyster Project members are encouraged towards being facilitators themselves. Our emphasis is on self-help, volunteering and taking action to develop skills and life satisfaction.
If you would like further details of any of our activities please get in touch via the contact page.
What we aim for
The outcomes of our activities are centered on our members
gaining skills plus experience and also supporting other
disabled people.
For example our WeBay project raises funds whilst also
being supported and delivered by volunteer members in ways
appropriate to them.
In a further example as part of the IT strand a number of
members have been provided with IT equipment, internet
provision and training, the costs are being met by the work
of DiTs and Community Internet where funds are generated by
Oyster member's skills and activities in advanced IT.
Just as importantly the funding for our art, craft, social
activities within the Personal strand has also come from
the voluntary work undertaken by Oyster participants in the
IT field via DiTs and the Community Internet projects plus
our WeBay fundraising.
The basis for what we do
We ask our members what they would like to do in order to
make a difference to their lives. Our motto is 'The World
is Your Oyster'.
As a community we then try and make these ideas happen.
We know that being active and voluntarily taking part in
creative and supportive social activities we can make a
difference in our lives, the lives of people around us and
the community we live in.
This is based on direct experience, we know that by doing
meaningful and creative activities together life is so much
better and can lead to surprising and worthwhile outcomes.
Oyster Project June 2009
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