Come along to our Under 5s Stay and Play on Thursdays 11.30am – 2.30pm, starting again on Thursday 27th April. Our sessions are inclusive, for both disabled and non-disabled children. Offering creative, educational and fun activities, we have messy play, music, lots of toys and activities, a large soft play room and garden. This term [...]
The following poem was written by the parent of a child who has used and benefited from Markfield's services for a number of years. MARKFIELD THE MAGNET POEM WRITTEN BY Michelle Safo on the 7th December 2016 at 1:15pm Mother of McKenzie Safo who has Autism My Son runs around and flaps with glee, [...]
A great end to a great term on Open Access, our Saturday adventure playground drop in. Our lovely regulars and new families enjoyed Christmas crafts and a mince pie or two. This term we’ve had blazing bonfires and tasty toasted marshmallows, fabulous face painting led by the lovely Violet, fun new friendships, twirling on the [...]
Berkan has made significant progress recently in increasing his communication and interaction with both staff and other young people who attend his club. He has also been getting involved more with the group by participating in different activities and trying new experiences. He is very positive person, always has a smile on his face and [...]
We raised £180 pounds for activities at Markfield! The money was used to fund a brilliant trip to Pizza Hut for the youth steering group Independent Young Advisors. We were also able to buy extra party food for our Christmas Family Club which was attended by 73 people! For our adults clubs we have hosted [...]
The Jack Petchey Foundation award scheme is a reward and recognition initiative which enables schools and youth organisations to celebrate the achievements of their young people as well as receive additional funding. “We do it because we want to help young people raise their aspirations, believe in themselves and make a contribution to their society” [...]
This summer we were very happy to welcome students participating in an architecture summer school. The programme was called ‘Designing Empathy’ and was facilitated by Mark Lemanski senior lecturer at the University of East London and practitioner at muf architecture/art. The 10 day programme provided students with an opportunity to gain insight from the experiences [...]
On the last day of August, towards the end of the summer holidays, a number of Markfield families and volunteer befrienders set off to the seaside. Broadstairs, on the Kent coast, was a great choice – it has safe, sandy beaches, great ice cream, and even though the sea was a bit chilly, the sky [...]
This October we celebrated being at the Markfield centre for 30 years. In 1986 Diana Princess of Wales opened the building! It was great to come together at our Annual General Meeting and Open Day to share our memories of Markfield. The Open Day on Saturday 8th October was attended by lots of families and [...]
“Sometimes I get called into a meeting, and I don’t even know what it’s for!” Young Person The steering group ‘Independent Young Advisors’ decided it was time for change. In 2016 they produced a guide for school and college staff about how to plan meetings, especially Annual Review meetings so that they are more inclusive [...]