Our Mission

Supporting people with learning disability or autism to live, learn and work

Who We Are
Orchardville

Supporting You

Employment & Skills

We support adults with a learning disability or autism to find the right job and keep it using the model of Supported Employment.

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Community Inclusion

Develop independence, social confidence, employability skills, a healthy lifestyle and the practical skills needed for everyday life.

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Social Enterprises

Our social enterprises trade as commercial businesses, providing participants with relevant, industry-specific skills.

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Orchardville

Supporting Us

Fundraising

There are many ways you can raise money for Orchardville. As a regional charity, all the money we raise we spend in NI.

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Buy Social

Buy from our social enterprises, creating opportunities for our participants to learn new skills and improve their employability.

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Donate

Local businesses and individuals can help us change the lives of people we work with through sponsorship and donations.

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Orchardville

For Employers

Offer Work Experience or a Job Opportunity

Provide participants with the opportunity to sample work experience or host mock interview panels to hone a participant’s interview skills.

Become an Employer Champion

For many of the participants we work with, the opportunity to experience employment in a real work setting, or to get and keep a paid position, can be genuinely life changing.

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Service Finder

Choose services that are right for you in your local area - Belfast, South Eastern and Western Health & Social Care Trust areas.

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Safeguarding

Keeping our participants safe is of the utmost importance. Our Safeguarding practice and policies are reviewed annually.

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Meet Our Team

Orchardville is managed by a voluntary Board of Directors and Senior Management Team.

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Awards & Accreditations

Taste of Ulster logo
Eastside Awards logo
UK Social Enterprise Awards 2019 logo
Investors in People logo

Upcoming Events

Orchardville Abseil Derry Tower Museum
Tower Museum Abseil - Derry Sun 9th October 2022 9.30am £40 p/p to register and we ask you to aim for £200 fundraising target To...
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Private: Orchardville “run up to Christmas” Raffle
Today we launch the Orchardville “Run up to Christmas” Raffle 😊 This is to help raise money on our 40th anniversary and have a bit...
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What’s New?

Orchardville’s latest news and updates – learn more about what our participants and team have been up to over the previous weeks.

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Queens Baton Relay visits Orchardville

Birmingham 2022 is staging the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay – an epic journey across the Commonwealth, with The Queen’s Baton visiting all 72 nations...
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Orchardville Awards Day 2022

Orchardville’s 25th Annual Awards Ceremony was held on 11th May at Titanic Belfast, with the achievements of over 170 project participants recognised. Speaking at the...
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Orchardville App now available to download

The Orchardville App is now available to download from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Designed by Scaffold Digital the Orchardville App will allow...
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At work in the Orchard Café, Belfast

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