Welcome to Learn and Thrive
We are a charity supporting learners with Down’s syndrome to access free, specialist support to help them learn and thrive. We use digital tools to give access to vital learning to a whole generation of people with Down’s syndrome who struggle to access the support they need to thrive. Covering the whole of the UK and beyond, we’re passionate about our community, and are very present and connected to those that need our support in person.
Throughout the Pandemic, like a lot of people, we recognised the benefits of online learning and how it could support our wider community. When most schools and educational institutions shut their doors for home-teaching, it became clear that our tools could be used alongside existing learning across the UK, to benefit and empower people with Down’s syndrome and their parents or guardians. Moving forward, we’ve identified that educational bodies also find it useful, now that their doors are once again open!
New Website
This quick expansion of support meant that we were able to design and launch a new website that makes accessing our resources as quick and easy as possible. Having worked with Black Flake Design throughout, we’re really pleased to be able to go that extra mile for accessibility and new content in the support of the Down’s syndrome community. We always appreciate your feedback on the usability of our website, so please do get in touch if you have any feedback.
Image shows two children and an adult looking at a computer screen. The adult is in between the two children. The child on the right has Down’s syndrome. The bottom of the image has an overlay with the Teach Me Too logo on it.
Teach Me Too
Our early years project, Teach Me Too, was originally a part of the charity 21 Together in June 2020, with funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. It now exists entirely under the umbrella of Learn and Thrive, alongside our RSE project Learning for Life. Teach Me Too is a free online library of short educational videos and learning resources, designed for early years and key stage 1 aged children with Down’s syndrome. The digital tools work best with adult support and allow for the continuation of learning at home or school. If you would like to sign up, you can do so here.
The image shows two girls with Down’s syndrome. One is slightly in front of the other, and is smiling. The other is behind her with her hands on the first girls’s shoulder.
Learning for Life
Through the continued success of Teach Me Too, we recognised the need for free support and empowerment for primary and secondary school-aged children too. So we created Learning For Life. It provides resources and helpful videos around personal health, emotions, relationships, appropriate behaviour, and much more. If you haven’t already, you can sign up to Learning for Life here. We’re so happy to be able to provide more extensive resources to provide support for more young people in more aspects of life.
We’re really pleased to be growing at the rate that we are, in order to support and empower the Down’s syndrome community as much as we can. If you would like to sign up for general news and updates, we’d love to add you to the list! Simply sign up using the Subscribe form below. As always, both of our projects are entirely free to access, with over 70 videos in each and hundreds of resources. We can’t wait to see you and your learner reap the benefits.