Transition2

Every month, YMCA Derbyshire works with mental health charity Head High to provide a community lunch, supported by volunteers from local organisations. When it was the turn of local PR agency Penguin […]

With great pride, we celebrated the journeys and achievements of our learners with their families and friends at their Graduation Ceremony. After a luxurious limousine journey to the venue and […]

Transition 2 learners have been volunteering their time and skills with local conservation group Derby Parks Volunteers.  The group’s Chair and Task Leader have shared their experience of working with […]

Six learners from Transition2 took part in track events at this year’s East Midlands Disability Athletics Championships held at Saffron Lane Athletics Stadium, Leicester. Learners took part in 100 metres, […]

Four Transition2 learners competed in the Leicestershire and Rutland Disability Cross Country Championships last week. Runners had the opportunity to take on an undulating 2km or 3km course around the […]

We celebrated our fifth graduation with a ceremony at Pride Park Stadium on Wednesday 18th July 2018. Learners who had completed their programmes were presented with certificates of achievement, alongside learners […]

Learners, staff, families and friends came together on the 19th July 2017 to celebrate the end of another year at Transition 2. The Graduation Ceremony was held in the iconic […]

On Sunday 9th April learners, parents, carers and Transition 2 staff took part in the Sporting Futures 3k fun run. Learners had been preparing for the event through a weekly […]

Transition 2 learners Matthew and Aiden gave a premiere of their ‘Guide to Orienteering’ film at our Spring Fayre event on the 4th April 2017. Matthew and Aiden have shown […]

We’re really pleased and very proud to share some exciting news! Some of our learners and colleagues have been developing their skills via a weekly running club to increase their […]

On Friday 15th July 2016, at the end of our fourth academic year, we celebrated our third graduation with a ceremony at the wonderful Silk Mill in Derby. Learners were joined […]

Zak came to Transition 2 to develop his self-management, vocational and independent travel skills in order to pursue his goal of securing employment. Throughout his first year at Transition 2, […]

Sam’s end goal is to “Become a more responsible and independent young man to gain a local voluntary job.” Since joining us, Sam has worked hard to develop his self-management […]

Oscar attended St Andrew’s School where one of his favourite activities was collecting eggs at Happy Hens Farm.  He always preferred hands on work, so he chose to go to […]

In July 2015 we celebrated as another group of learners successfully completed their bespoke learning programmes at Transition 2. Family, carers, friends and colleagues who have all supported the young […]

Some of our learners are on a vocational pathway, and so we support them to access meaningful and sustainable work experience placements in areas that they can further develop their […]

Saif, by Alex Newman, Teaching & Learning Coordinator Saif arrived at Transition 2 as a young man who was clearly anxious of and unable to cope with the world around […]

Aaron, by Charlotte Armes, Key Worker Aaron arrived at Transition 2 in September 2013 having attended a school in Nottingham specialising in Autism. He is a lovely young man but […]

Alumni, by Kirsty Webster, Wellbeing Manager In the summer of 2014 our first group of learners completed their bespoke programmes and left Transition 2.  It is really important that the […]

Zak moved to Derby in 2011, having grown up and been educated in Nottingham.  He came to Transition2 to develop his self-management, vocational and independent travel skills in order to […]

As part of his Self-Management programme, one of George’s learning outcomes was to ‘Prepare for and accept medical / hygiene intervention’, within which his difficulties surrounding getting his hair cut […]

Clare always hoped to attend college after leaving school but her anxieties in busy, noisy places and her mobility challenges from being born with Cerebral Palsy meant that her local […]

Towards the end of his secondary school education, Daniel talked a lot about getting a job after school rather than going onto college like most of his friends. Coming from […]