MOVE Europe and the MOVE Programme

 

 

MOVE Europe is a small, UK based charity working with Local Authorities, schools and organisations to improve the mobility and wellbeing of children who have physical disabilities and/or complex needs through the use of the MOVE Programme

The MOVE Programme was first established in California when it was discovered children were leaving school with less physical skills than when they had started. The goal-orientated programme was then developed which focused on targets tailored to the individual's needs, set by the individuals themselves and their families to support the development of functional sitting, standing, walking and transferring.

For more than 110,000 severely disabled children across the UK, the most basic of actions – raising their head to look out of the window, going to the toilet independently or walking outside to join their friends to play – are a huge challenge. However, our experience has shown that such tasks need not be insurmountable, many of these children and adults just need the opportunity to MOVE.   

The MOVE Programme is not a therapy but a practical mobility and movement based programme based on the central philosophy that movement is the foundation for learning. The MOVE Programme supports the integration of a child's functional movement into everyday activities and provides a teaching and learning process for the whole team around the child including teachers, therapists, carers and parents.

The unique MOVE Programme provides a consistent and fully integrated approach to teach new skills to help improve independent mobility. Furthermore, it also supports the development of cognitive and communication skills and improves health and social inclusion for children with physical disabilities and/or complex needs.

To date there are over 600 schools and organisations using the MOVE Programme across the UK with over 3,000 Practitioners trained and 13 MOVE Regional Centres of Excellence. MOVE Europe has also established 13 Local Authority Development Agreements throughout the UK to establish the programme sustainably within whole areas.

To learn more about the MOVE Programme, its benefits and the training options available, please see www.move-europe.org.uk or contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / 020 7403 6382