After over 25 years of being based in Croydon, Roundabout has moved its offices to neighbouring borough Sutton (October ’21). The team had a chance to send messages of thanks and say goodbye to colleagues in Croydon and especially Cornerstone House. The good news is that Roundabout will continue to provide Dramatherapy support to projects […]
On the 3rd of October Amber, Jack, Jeannie, Mark and Toby all took part in the Virtual London Marathon. Their challenge was to run or walk 26.2miles wherever they chose. We are delighted to announce that all 5 completed their marathons:* Jack in Central London, through Chelsea, Westminster & across the river up to Islington […]
During the week of 14th-19th June we joined charities across the UK in celebrating Small Charities Week. This excellent annual event is organised by The FSI, NCVO, NAVCA, Local Giving and Small Charities Coalition, all under the umbrella of Small Charities Week. Each day of the week had a different theme:– I love Small Charities […]
Anti-Bullying Week 2020 is taking place from Monday 16th November – Friday 20th November 2020. The theme is United Against Bullying. The Anti-Bullying Alliance the are official organisers of Anti-Bullying Week, you can find out more about their work here Bullying is harmful for both victims of bullying as well as young people demonstrating bullying […]
1998 Leaping forward to 1998 we now had our own office in Croydon! 14 years after we started, Roundabout was running 23 weekly projects, a 65% increase on the figure for 1997. We were working in 14 London Boroughs and our client groups now included people with mental health issues, older adults, people with drug […]
Thursday 24th September 2020 is National Day of Arts in Care Homes, a day to celebrate the wealth of activities that take place in care homes. This year’s theme is Creative Communities. We are proud to be one of Arts in Care Homes Event Partners this year https://artsincarehomes.org.uk/category/national-day-partners-2020/ and want to celebrate by sharing an example of […]
Roundabout Dramatherapy has been very fortunate to have received funding from Children in Need to run dramatherapy groups for siblings of young people on the autistic spectrum. We are now on our final year of funding and over the last three years we have been able to run groups for children both in primary school […]
Roundabout is proud to have been chosen as a Delivery Partner in the See, Hear, Respond Partnership being co-ordinated by Barnardo’s, with funding from the Department for Education. See, Hear, Respond is aimed at providing a wide-range of different support mechanisms for children and young people, and their families, who are suffering additional disadvantages due […]
On 26th April 2020, 27 team members (including trustees and one of our patrons) and their families took on 33 different challenges as part of the 2.6 Challenge. Our amazing team challenged themselves in the most creative of ways to raise funds to support our clients. Throughout the day we received news of each challenge, with […]
Mental Health Awareness week is taking place from 18th-24th May. This year’s theme is Kindness and is lead by the Mental Health Foundation. They explain why they have chosen this year’s theme: “One thing that we have seen all over the world is that kindness is prevailing in uncertain times. We have learnt that amid the […]