Who does Roundabout work with?

Roundabout works with children and adults from the ages of 3-90 years. Our group members have: learning disabilities, physical disabilities, Autistc Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Aspergers and acute and chronic mental health problems.

They also include: children and young people with emotional and behavioural problems; children who are hearing or visually impaired; children transferring to secondary school; young carers; young people experiencing social exlcusion; adults and children with multiple disabilities and challenging behaviour; school non-attenders; recovering substance mis-users, and older adults who are mentally or physically frail; refugee children and adults; and bereaved family members.

Roundabout Dramatherapy is effective working one-to-one and with a group.

Roundabout works in partnership with many different organisations, including local education authorities, NHS trusts and health authorities, social services, after school care, play schemes and in the private sector.

Roundabout is based in Croydon, has a second office in Islington, and has a London-wide remit. To date, Roundabout has worked in the Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Croydon, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmithand Fulham, Haringey, Islington, Kingston-upon-Thames, Lambeth, Merton, Redbridge, Reigate nad Banstead, Richmond, Southwark, St Albans, Surrey, Sutton, Wandsworth and Westminster.
 

In 2009-2010 Roundabout worked with around 383 service users.

34% of these were female and 66% were male.

88% were aged 16 and under, and 3% were aged 60 years and over.

47% of group members came from ethnic backgrounds which were not white British, white Irish or other white.

90% of service users were diagnosed with a disability.

During the year we ran upwards of 52 different  projects, 31 of which were new to Roundabout.