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OUTREACH
Our Outreach Bus visits geographically and socially 80 60
isolated communities across West Lothian, with a Adults
particular focus on Bridgend (SIMD 1). Children/
Young People
Our
Activities (Outputs) Reach The Difference We Make
ZIippy Families 30 adults The targeted interventions of Zippy
Offers outdoor community activities 30 children Families help users foster social bonds,
(beach trips, woods, parks, reduce isolation, and build confidence
swimming) for a small number of and resilience in parents. They also
referred families facing complex promote healthy play and relationships,
challenges. and offer ways to increase peer support
and practice building friendships.
Zippy Kids 8 children Zippy Kids provides children with
Is a collaborative initiative with limited life experience the chance to
Bridgend Primary School which explore, play, and socialise in new
identifies a small number of children environments. Participation widens
requiring intensive support to gain their life experience through supported
life experience due to their isolated play.
lifestyles.
Bridgend Stay and Play 9 adults The session encourages parent-child
This is a drop-in session with open- 13 children bonding and create new friendships
ended indoor and outdoor play in a particularly isolated village.
sessions hosted at Bridgend
Community Centre.
Pop Up Play at Strathbrock Family 8 adults From February through to Easter, staff
Unit: 8 children provided pop-up play sessions
Our team initiated targeted designed to build trust and offer
outreach at the Strathbrock Family meaningful engagement opportunities
Unit in response to a community for five families. This initial contact
concern about the growing number successfully helped bridge the gap,
of families with preschool-aged and all five families are now regularly
children experiencing attending sessions at Broxburn Family
homelessness. Centre, ensuring continued support
and connection.
1:1 Family Support 13 adults With our 1:1 support, families feel they
This provides intensive, 21 children have someone to turn to and if that
personalised support to 13 families person can’t help, they are able to
with complex and varied needs. signpost the families to the correct
organisation.
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