Case study: donations in action
Next Step Trust The Community Foundation for Calderdale has awarded several grants to the Next Step Trust, which provides a unique day-care service for young people with severe and complex needs.
Next Step Trust (NST) provides a specialist centre for young people aged 19 - 25 with complex needs and disabilities including moderate and severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, ASD, sensory impairment and physical disabilities.
This is the only centre in Calderdale specifically designed to meet the needs of young people with severe and complex needs once they have left home.
Thanks to a recent award they have been able to employ a second person to work in their café where Next Steppers are taught basic cooking and work skills in the café. Due to greatly increased confidence gained from work experience in the café, an attendee with severe Down’s Syndrome was able to obtain a work placement in a local hairdresser’s - a wonderful achievement for her.
