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Events for people with disabilities!
I am a 32 year old female and I want to start an event for people with disabilities where they would play games and do crafts like panting and drawing at least once a month. The problem is I don't even know where to begin . Do I need first aid classes since I will be envolved with people with disabilities.do I need a permit? Could this be held at my church if I talk to my pastor about getting it started. I live in a small town and I have some minor disabilities myself and realized there is nothing for people with disabilities in my town to do and really any one else. Do you think this is a good idea? Any suggestions on games and crafts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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I used to be a caregiver and took my female client to a group that met once a month in her city and it was for disabled, both physically and mentally. It was so long ago I have forgotten the types of crafts but there was plenty and they were fun. There were about 3 people without disabilities running the event and I think we'd have anywhere from a dozen to a little more. There was plenty of chatting and socializing which was very needed. So I think your idea is terrific. Usually its easy to find in bigger cities but non existent in smaller cities/towns. Once people are coming regularly, they can give their wishes for certain crafts. As for the cost, not sure who supplied those or covered cost. Maybe have a donation jar to help for the next month. I did not search for or set her up, she was already attending and told me she wanted to go when I became her new caregiver.
I do know that there was never a mention of talling someone if you needed first aid since it was a large city with plenty of crisis intervention by calling 911. Each town or city has some of its own rules and laws so you would do best checking with your town hall about this, if a permit is needed, how it can be advertised and so on. One place I would suggest advertising is where people go to get their food stamps which is the local DSHS department (Dept of Social and Health Services) Perhaps they have suggestions or you can put up an ad there or better yet, get phone or email of any of their case workers who regularly check on their disabled clients of theirs once or twice a year, as they would be the best to hear about and pass the message on to their clients and encourage attendance. I would talk to your pastor now and see if there is a night this event could be held once or twice a month. If he's willing, perhaps mention volunteers to help or even donate craft supplies or money. I know my church has meetings groups held there weekly by agencies such as AA or dieters, etc but they were not church members and paid a small fee for the use of a room once a week. Now this changed during covid, depending on whether there were lock downs in town, then the church too was locked up to outsiders and those who were members and volunteers, had to wear masks inside and still do, no matter what the CDC is saying. So keep in mind following pandemic rules may still be important if you get this going quickly. You will likely want a list of names and numbers of those who attend so you can remind and or check if a person is planning to attend. Ours was a Monday. I would avoid Fridays or weekends unless a one time special event like a fundraiser for a weekend. This is all I can think of right now. I hope it helps. If not at the church, libraries usually have a meeting room available to rent out for meetings and parties and again that would take donations to cover the cost where maybe the church can help unless DSHS can tell you of places to hold the event. On yes, I remember one craft was making something slightly larger than wallet size to decorate and carry photos with you in it. These days, people just show you photos on their phone instead.
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