Memorandum and Articles of Association

Read or download our Memorandum and Articles of Association here.

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Raising Funds for Orpheus

Orpheus volunteer Antonia shares her recent fundraising initiative.
London Marathon Terms and Conditions
Virtual Mount Olympus Climb

Climb the height of Mount Olympus on your stairs!
Golf Day

Register your interest for our charity golf day!

Equality and Diversity Annual Report 2019

The purpose of this report is to bring transparency to our progress in advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Orpheus, specifically our progress in meeting our equality objectives. In our most recent Ofsted inspection it was identified that “learners respect each other and value the diversity of the college community…through the use of learner led forums learn to use their ‘voice’ to effect change in the provision at the college”. Good progress has been made in establishing benchm
Coronavirus Covid-19 Policy and Risk Assessment

This policy sets out the way Orpheus will comply with the requirements of Government and Care Quality Commission in managing the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. This policy applies to all users of the Orpheus Centre, including students, staff, volunteers and visitors. Coronavirus Risk Assessment for the Orpheus Centre. This risk assessment covers the whole Site, all students, tenants, staff and visitors.
Whistle-blowing Policy

All employees at one time or another have concerns about what is happening at work, and usually these concerns are easily resolved. However, when an employee has concerns about serious malpractice like fraud or financial irregularities, corruption, bribery, dishonesty, acting contrary to staff codes of conduct, or creating or ignoring a serious risk to health, to safety, and to the environment then it is important that the employee is able to raise such concerns without fear of reprisal.
Behaviour Policy

Orpheus recognises itself as a diverse, inclusive community and affords equality of opportunities to its students and staff. All of the organisation's staff members are committed to supporting all students to achieve their personal learning goals and ambitions. Students are expected to support Orpheus and one another in this effort by behaving in a way that creates an orderly learning environment and contributes not only to their own success but to that of their fellow students.
Prospectus

Download our 2020/21 prospectus.
Equality Objectives and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy

Our Equality Objectives 2019-2022 and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy
Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies, which are small text files placed on your device when you visit our website. There are many different types of cookies and they are widely used on vast numbers of websites for various reasons. For example, some cookies are used for making websites function properly and/or more efficiently and/or provide information to website owners and/or targeted advertising.
Fundraising Complaints Policy

The Orpheus Centre is committed to being open and honest in all dealings with our donors and customers. Sometimes however even we can get it wrong and it is important that those who give us support in any way have access to an accredited means of making a complaint and that this can be if necessary, examined by an outside agency.
Your Privacy

Your trust is vital to us and why we're committed to being fully transparent and accountable to you. Feel free to read our privacy statement to find out more about what information we hold about you, and how we use it.
Disability Confident Committed

Disability Confident Committed means we are working towards increasing our recruitment and retention of working with people with disabilities.

Join us

If you share our passion for changing the lives of disabled people then take a look at our current vacancies.
About us

Our vision and mission.
For parents

If your son/daughter or young person is aged between 18 and 25 and has a physical and/or learning disability we’d love for them to join us.
History

The Orpheus Centre was founded by Sir Richard Stilgoe in 1997. Twenty years later Orpheus has transformed the lives of hundreds of young people and their families.
The Orpheus Centre Appeal

The Orpheus Centre is a registered charity and we rely on your support to make our life-changing work with young disabled people possible.
Term dates and calendar

Download our planner and term dates.
Who we support

Any student can access domiciliary care and support, and we provide packages to meet the needs of the individual.
Our ethos

At Orpheus we use the arts as a vehicle to promote learning and personal development. We teach a diverse curriculum that covers the arts, independence and employment skills.
Support us

The Orpheus Centre is a registered charity (no 1105213) and your support enables our life-changing work with young disabled people.
Therapies

We have introduced a range of therapies to complement the learning programme.