Dear Blogger
Message from Eluned at The Derwen College
Get your Running Shoes or Walking Boots on!!
DERWEN COLLEGE 10K CHALLENGE
See attached poster
Derwen College, in Gobowen, Shropshire, is a specialist college for young adults with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The college offers students the opportunity to learn new skills in real work environments and to learn life skills which will enable them to live as independently as possible.
Derwen College has a commercial 'Marketplace,' which is open to the public, where students work in the College's Garden Centre and Gift Shop, The Orangery Restaurant, Walled Garden Café, The Vintage Advantage charity shop, and Hotel 751 training hotel.
Derwen Charity supports Derwen College by providing extra experiences and opportunities for students and clients to progress and thrive. www.derwen.ac.uk/charity
In 2022, Derwen College won a Queen's Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity.
Derwen College won the 2023 nasen (National Association of Special Educational Needs) award for Further Education Provision of the Year.
The College has its main site in Gobowen, near Oswestry, and has satellite sites Derwen College Telford, Derwen College Ludlow, and Derwen College Walford, near Shrewsbury.
For more information visit www.derwen.ac.uk.
