Kathleen Versfeld
Kathleen's Lauren Learns to Ride a Bike!
Fundraising for The Salvation Army
Story
When Lauren was born 19 years ago, she was clinging to life by a thread. Her doctors doubted she would survive the night, let alone enjoy quality of life. Since then Lauren has consistently defied expectation but the one thing she has not been able to do is learn to ride a bicycle. Now, during this time of lockdown, Lauren is taking up the challenge to learn to ride her bike, so that she can complete 2.6 miles in aid of The Salvation Army's Steps to Work programme. By day 10 we had already exceeded the target. We have pushed this up to £2000. Thank you to all who have supported already.
The Steps to Work programme based at Strawberry Field in Liverpool is a 12 to 18 month scheme that offers young adults with learning difficulties and other barriers to employment the opportunity to gain skills and work experience. Steps to Work consists of an 8 week work readiness course, followed by 3 different, 3-month work placements in and around Liverpool. These placements include 2 days per week of vocational training and 2 days per week in a work environment to move young people into employment or meaningful volunteering.
