Supported Day Services

Our specialist support-at-home services now include brand-new day programmes for autistic and ASN young adults in Edinburgh, Musselburgh and the surrounding areas.

Our mission is to motivate change, develop independence and support the transition to adulthood in practical and supportive life-skills programmes.

Day Service Stats!

Transitions Programme

A full-time, specialist-supported day programme for School Leavers with ASN who need a more holistic, vocational approach to support their transition to adulthood.

2024 referrals are now open

Transitions programme

Life Programme

A part-time supported day service for 18 to 35 year olds with ASN that delivers opportunities to develop real-life independence while supporting them to mature in the world around them.

Spring Term Intake: Now Closed

Summer Term Intake: Referrals are open until the 27th of June 2024

Life Programme

Edge’s Day Services

Believe. Transform. Achieve

Sports & Outdoor Activities

Taking part in outdoor sports and activities in supported, safe, environments lets our young people achieve great things.

Being outdoors, working as a team and connecting with nature ensures the focus is on individuals’ well-being including self-esteem, resilience, confidence, social trust, positive functioning and friendships.

Cooking for Independence

Build confidence in cooking from scratch and cooking independently. Get to grips with food hygiene and safety as well as learn the skills to plan meals and buy ingredients on a limited budget.

Learn essential food preparation and kitchen skills to gain an understanding of ingredient alternatives that support healthier choices and make recipes work for their own tastes.

PATH Framework

Incorporating the PATH framework and highly individualised person-centred planning, our day services incorporate a combination of outdoor sports and activities, employability, social skills, cooking, volunteering, travel training and independent living skills.

Bespoke Planning

Each young person embarks upon an individualised supported pathway, in a peer-group setting, focusing on independence in whatever way is suitable for them.

Our Day Services’ Partners

SHANARRI

SHANARRI Wellbeing Outcomes underpin the outcomes of our day services

Safe

Improve resilience, look after themselves, and know how to ask others for help when they need it.
Healthy

Making healthy choices around food and attending to activities of daily living.
Achieving

Having a role in the community, with access to opportunities to maximise potential.
Nurtured

Becoming an independent adult who can attend to their own needs, and can seek help if needed.
Active

Developing new skills and increasing confidence through physical activity in the outdoors, wilderness and water.
Respected

Young adults will feel more self-confident with improved self-awareness, self-identity and feelings of belonging.
Responsible

Understanding appropriate behaviour and the impact it can have on others to assess and manage risk.
Included

Developing a peer group, finding their voice, being listened to and valued.
Cost

To reduce costs by increasing resilience and independence. Short-term cost vs. long term support services