How The Cube Disability is still helping more than 200 adults with learning disabilities

In these unprecedented time of uncertainty, The Cube Disability has had to adapt.

The Cube Disability has five bases across Northamptonshire and 150 plus adults with learning disabilities who access their services.

That does not mean however that they were going to stop providing their amazing clients with the great service they know and love, across Northamptonshire.

They have just needed to rethink and restructure into a virtual world, by going online for five days week, offering sessions to more than 200 adults with learning disabilities.

The organisation now runs up to three online sessions per day Monday to Friday, providing a full weekly service for disability.

An app is also being designed and will be presented for easier use within the next coming weeks too.

Professional tutors and specialists are used, Jordan Goodenough, who was featured on Britain's Got Talent with his dance group ‘Cartel. Emily Chapman, top London dancer, and Leighton Jones, who worked with Craig Revel Horwood from Strictly Come Dancing, all present classes every week.

Top celebrities have sent messages of support for disability and the Cube Disability online classes, including Louie Spence from Pineapple Studios. Pete Wicks from Towie World and Lydia Lucy, former The Voice star.

And from the Sports world, messages have been sent by local rugby Saints Players, Mikey Haywood, Francois Van Wyk and David Ribbans, and Rob Newton from Northants County Cricket too.

Helena Milic, director at The Cube Disability, outlined what is being offered.

"We are offering dance, fitness, cookery and quiz sessions all online. It seemed the natural and right thing for us to do. We understand how hard it must be for our clients to be self-isolating at home.

"Alongside these daily sessions, our senior staff are staying in touch individually with clients via FaceTime, phone calls and text messages, some of them even making videos with their kids to share on our social media!

"Our focus at the minute is making sure that none of our clients feel lonely whilst isolated, hopefully by staying connected and in touch with their friends and staff we can help make this difficult time a little bit easier," Helena added.

All of The Cube Disability’s sessions can be found on their Facebook page, The Cube Disability as well as on the video conferencing app, ‘Zoom’

Please email [email protected] to find out more.