by Sue Paxton | Aug 6, 2020 | POD NEWS, Uncategorized
FROME charity The Pod, which runs social clubs for young people with additional needs and young carers has recently set up a new online parents’ talking cafe for parents who have children with additional needs. Sue Paxton, charity manager of The Pod said...
by Sue Paxton | Nov 21, 2019 | POD NEWS, Uncategorized
A social club in Frome for young adults with additional needs has won a grant from the Discovery Community Fund. The fund allocates grants of £500-50,000 to groups for a range of activities to enable people with additional needs to live fulfilling lives in their...
by Sue Paxton | Feb 5, 2019 | POD NEWS, Uncategorized
The Pod started the new year with a celebration for its 5-year anniversary. The charity organised a silent disco at the Vallis Youth and Community Centre with over 50 young people and their families attending. A great time was had by all and the young people and...
by Sue Paxton | Aug 10, 2018 | POD NEWS, Uncategorized
On the last weekend of June, 8 young people and two youth workers from The Zone Youth Club attended the national Young Carers Festival at the YMCA Fairthorne Manor in Hampshire. For the young people, the experience “was so cool; on the first night they said really...
by Sue Paxton | Jul 16, 2018 | POD NEWS, Uncategorized
On the 13th June the Pod held its fifth AGM with a cheese and wine evening for members and Friends of Pod. The charity that was started by parent carers in 2013 has grown from strength to strength, providing services for people with additional needs and Young Carers...
