Projects

		LIVE It!
		Wayne Wayne started as a Lifeskills trainee with severe literacy and numeracy issues. He worked well in groups but struggled to improve in these key areas. To provide more variety he started working on the allotments and took a keen interest in all aspects of gardening and maintenance of the sites. When it was decided to develop a 25th Anniversary Garden at the Dundee Centre, Wayne played a key role in the planning and construction of the project and through working directly with building materials there was an improvement with his numeracy. Following the completion of the project, he successfully gained a place at Dundee College on the Horticulture course.

The main focus of the training at Helm is on SQA Core Skills but in some cases, where young people struggle to cope with these modules, due to educational issues and learning disabilities, projects and practical skills play a key role in boosting confidence, developing teamwork skills and promoting outdoor activity. Currently Helm offers a range of project-based work including gym and dance, boxercise, weekly football, practical arts and crafts, health and beauty and cooking.

LIVE It!

Live It! is an integrated health and training project that started as small allotment project over three years ago and now has grown to include a catering kitchen, beauty salon, training creche and plant nursery. The project also includes a focus on health issues including dental health, sexual health, nutrition, drugs and alcohol and smoking cessation.

Over the last two years, Helm has developed an innovative training project based on a local allotment association site in Dundee which has become an area for producing a range of home-grown produce, and cover related conservation, maintenance and healthy cooking activities. This year a second plot has been taken on and skills in site maintenance are being covered as well as vegetable and plant production.

Trainees have access to a nutritional and personal health clinic and receive a personal health plan which if they wish helps them to set out goals to reduce their sugar, alcohol or smoking intake.

Watch a short video about LIVE It!
(Video by Timeline)