activities or places to go in Hertfordshire

[Barneydino]

my daughter is 19 and has Down Syndrome, we are looking for activities she may take part in , we are in Hertfordshire, any ideas of places to go things to do, I would like to meet other mums possibly?

[LDAutie]

hi Barneydino youve been searching for places for a while now havent you?

this is where im lucky to live in manchester as there is so much things available for LD adults to do.

have you thought about setting up a social group for mums yourself - it isnt as hard as a lot of people think, especialy if using a ready made website like meetup.com (unfortunately it does cost to make your own group, when i used it,it was £10 a month to do it,the plus point with that website is you get a lot of people finding your group very quickly).

i run a social network for people with LD and friends/family on my server, you coud always have a group on there-and of course its a social network-no charge,even if it was just an online meet up social group.

you coud also ask around a few chiurch halls to see if any will lend you the hall or charge a low fee and all members can then pay towards it. with my group i had sorted out a place for free as it was owned by the company who support me.

i do hope somethign is found soon for both of you.

[Barneydino in reply to LDAutie]

thank you for your help🙂

[LDAutie in reply to Barneydino]

hi again Barneydino -its no problem!

i dont know if these apply to your daughters but i found:

supportedactivities.org.uk/...

servicesforyoungpeoplelisti...

mencap.org.uk/about-us/our-...

i wrote this last night before going to bed so ive lost the list.

has your daughter got any interest in acesible sports? i can recommend the special olympics-i made a lot of friends hrough that-there shoud be clubs in hertfordshire.

[Barneydino in reply to LDAutie]

yes we have been to special olympics before. Thank you thats a great help.

[Galwaybay2]

Would you mind saying where you are?

[Barneydino]

Welwyn Garden City