The Oaks Specialist College has now been influencing the lives of our young adults with learning difficulties for 3 years and we are extremely proud of what we have achieved from just 10 learners we will be welcoming around 100 in September 2021.

Over 2020 we refurbished and moved into our new home which has provided us with the space to perfectly create an environment which truly holds the essence and ethos of Independence and Employability. Part of this space is our inspiring Spill the Beans Communication Café where the learners of all ability levels practice and hone life skills as well as tackling real life job roles.

Despite a global pandemic, in September we opened the café, which now serves breakfast, lunch and occasionally afternoon tea but due to restrictions this had to be kept within our college community, however this got us thinking! if we couldn't invite the community in then we could perhaps take our café to them!

This is the motivation behind our HIT THE ROAD campaign where the goal is to raise funds for a mobile Spill the Beans café as the van will provide the ideal vehicle for all our learners to practice their employability skills at the same time as delivering a little Oaks sunshine into our community.

We are now asking for support with this project as we simply cant do it alone, our learners are doing their bit by literally Hitting the Road walking or running and clocking up sponsored miles with their pedometers. A parent and a member of staff are both running marathons and we have a fundraising page to make this even simpler so you can link in any personal campaigns to the Hit The Road cause - - Hit the Road for Spill the Beans - JustGiving

We hope that you can see what our ambition can achieve and the impact it could make.

Thank you