SEND Advice and Support Services - Bedfordshire Opportunities For Learning Disabilities (BOLD)

Set up in 1997 as a garden maintenance project B.O.L.D, then known as Beds Garden Carers (BGC) has flourished into a project that offers a huge array of work experience and educational opportunities, workshops and meaningful day services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.

Adults with learning disabilities often suffer from discrimination in every walk of life. The lack of opportunities and the needs of this group are often neglected. Our project addresses these challenges by working in partnership with our members and their families helping them to live the life they choose.

We currently engage in a wide range of activities that people can choose from, including:

• Gardening,
• Workshop,
• Animal Farm,
• Independent Living Skills,
• Arts & Crafts,
• Drama,
• Gym,
• Sports,
• Education & Training,
• Horticulture,
• Music and working in our own Cafe.

In addition to our day opportunities we run social clubs, hold evening functions and offer shorts breaks and holidays both in the UK and abroad. The range that we offer is constantly evolving and expanding meaning that there is something for everyone and the opportunity to try new things.