Peter Stewart

Vicky, you just opened the door into a room that says on the outside, occupational therapy.

Vicky, you just opened the door into a room that says on the outside, occupational therapy.

Helen, with so much kind of space here, it means that you've been able to offer many more services and presumably help many more young people, but also their families as well.

Helen, with so much kind of space here, it means that you've been able to offer many more services and presumably help many more young people, but also their families as well.

You're right across the southeast, aren't you? Over into Kent, people come to you from down in Brighton, from Wimbledon, over in Guildford, you've got a huge kind of catchment area.

You're right across the southeast, aren't you? Over into Kent, people come to you from down in Brighton, from Wimbledon, over in Guildford, you've got a huge kind of catchment area.

And it's fantastic that we got this hub right in the heart of our area. Did we say what PSDS stood for? Did we do that?

And it's fantastic that we got this hub right in the heart of our area. Did we say what PSDS stood for? Did we do that?

Which I guess is what the Awareness Week is that you hold in March every year. And this looks as though it's a kind of training room that we're in at the moment. So this is another way, I guess, to help those young people with their additional needs.

Which I guess is what the Awareness Week is that you hold in March every year. And this looks as though it's a kind of training room that we're in at the moment. So this is another way, I guess, to help those young people with their additional needs.

Yeah, I like that.

Yeah, I like that.

It's a shame we're not here when there's a hubbub of activity, of excited laughter and so on, and people having fun but also learning things as well. But despite everything, you're not here all of the time, are you?

It's a shame we're not here when there's a hubbub of activity, of excited laughter and so on, and people having fun but also learning things as well. But despite everything, you're not here all of the time, are you?

having a space here as well using the building and that's something that's already started to be established just in the first year of us being here so if it's a play group or a coffee morning or a meeting or a knitter natter that kind of group anything like that people can come along and well obviously i've got to speak to you first they can't just rock up and and organize maybe a one-off or a regular

having a space here as well using the building and that's something that's already started to be established just in the first year of us being here so if it's a play group or a coffee morning or a meeting or a knitter natter that kind of group anything like that people can come along and well obviously i've got to speak to you first they can't just rock up and and organize maybe a one-off or a regular

Vicky, you must have had hundreds of young people that have been through your doors at various locations over the past 20 years. That's a long time, isn't it? You're going to keep going and help another few hundred?

Vicky, you must have had hundreds of young people that have been through your doors at various locations over the past 20 years. That's a long time, isn't it? You're going to keep going and help another few hundred?

And my thanks to Helen and Vicky for making me so welcome recently down there at PSDS on Prices Lane. Now, the Down Syndrome Awareness Week is the 17th to the 23rd of March. More information, psds.info. Now, do you run a group or business? Do you ever need a host for an event or an award ceremony or a concert or some such like? Get in touch if you do.

And my thanks to Helen and Vicky for making me so welcome recently down there at PSDS on Prices Lane. Now, the Down Syndrome Awareness Week is the 17th to the 23rd of March. More information, psds.info. Now, do you run a group or business? Do you ever need a host for an event or an award ceremony or a concert or some such like? Get in touch if you do.