Welcome

Introduction

FOCUS is a registered charity that was first set up in 1988, and which has since helped to change the lives of over 12,000 young people and people with disabilities, and over 3,000 volunteers and business managers!

This is an exciting time for FOCUS, as we're currently undergoing a strategic review (see News). Building upon all our learning over the past few years, we are now launching a new range of services from 2005. To find out more about our plans and new programmes, please see Our Future and Our Services.

We hope you enjoy our web site and find the information here interesting. Please let us know if you have any feedback, would like to find out more, or wish to become involved!

Our Mission

is to bring together people who wouldn't usually meet to do things they wouldn't usually do.

Our Aims

• To provide opportunities for growth, learning and development that are fun and inspiring.
• To support the development of self-awareness, self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem for all of our programme participants, volunteers and staff.
• To enable individuals to develop skills that are relevant to them, such as communication, negotiation, task-management, problem-solving and teamworking.
• To facilitate improved relationships between individuals and groups.
• To foster a positive appreciation of the uniqueness of individuals, their beliefs, backgrounds, abilities and experiences
• To develop an improved understanding of communities, their value and individuals' importance to them.

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