Located in the Heath in Cardiff students learn hand made card production and packaging skills

The Vision 21 Creative Choices & Card making project

Following the success of the Card making project which ran for many years in the Vision 21 Gift Shop, it was decided to develop it into a project in it's own right.  Creative Choices options and card making are now being run by out Training and Mentoring scheme and are still in the early stages of development, but have recently moved into their new base in Unit 12 Fieldway.



Student Training

Students in the card project learn to make and package hand made cards for all occasions in both Welsh and English. We will work with you to develop an Individual Training Plan to suit your ability (ITP) this could include skills such as:
  • Using a paper trimmer to cut card to size
  • Folding card
  • Cutting embellishments
  • Methods of fixing embellishments
  • Applying adhesive labels
  • Packaging cards for sale
  • Counting and packaging products for sale
  • Using a computer to format greetings text


Soft Skills Development

The training in the card project provides places for students of widely differing abilities. It is an ideal project for delivering the Vision 21 soft skills development programme. In addition to developing card making skills the training focuses on developing confidence, communication skills, self care and presentation, working as part of a team, motivation, timekeeping, behaviour and reliability amongst others.


To refer a student to the Vision 21 Card making project

Following satisfactory completion of the referral process the student will undergo an induction to Vision 21 after which a ‘taster’ day will be offered to see whether the opportunity suits them. If this goes well students can attend the Card Project for one or two days per week, occasionally more if appropriate, for an agreed time scale which will be reviewed regularly.
For more information on our referral process please see our referral page.

Health and Safety

Students in the Card Project receive a health and safety induction including, manual handling, Risk Assessment and fire safety awareness. Students can also be referred to our TAM project for additional life skills, employment and independent living guidance as appropriate.

Hand made cards in Welsh & English for all occasions

All of our cards are hand made by the students using simple processes of folding, centring, sticking, and packaging. Below is a selection of our hand made cards for sale which can be purchased through the Vision 21 Gift Shop


Mor information will shortly follow on our new Creative Choice options, some of which can be seen in the recent 2009 TAM training prospectus

 

Location and contact

The card project is at:
Unit 12 Fieldway,
Off Maesycoed Road,
Heath,
Cardiff,
CF14 4HY
Tel: 029 2062 1194

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