10 Years – We Celebrated In Style!

As part of our 10 year celebration we held a “Birthday Party” at Arden Road Social Club on 6th October to commemorate this milestone.

A cross-section of guests were invited, including parents, carers, professionals and everyone closely linked to the Next Step Trust. All our Next Steppers and staff put on their party outfits and everyone was treated to an informative and fun day. This included a short film documenting how the Next Step Trust was first formed, speeches given by key staff members explaining the variety of support we offer, and also members of organisations whose activities and facilities we access away from our centres such as Skylite, The Orange Box, and Link 4 Life . Everyone enjoyed a lunch followed by a game of bingo, and a chance to catch up with old faces and generally socialise.

Preet Sandhu, our CEO, closed the event by explaining how incredible it was that we have come so far in such a relatively short time, and she also announced that Graham Pearson, one of our longest standing members of the board of trustees and management team, is to retire in November. Graham gave a short speech and received a small gift as a thank you for all his efforts.

A special thanks goes out to all who helped organise and contribute towards the day’s events and we will add more information and photos very soon.