Journey 2 Lead

What Is Journey2Lead?

Journey2Lead is an inclusive, strengths-based approach to supporting young people and adults with learning disabilities to grow in confidence, communication, and leadership – in a way that feels safe, supportive, and genuinely achievable.

Rather than pushing people into unfamiliar situations, Journey2Lead nurtures leadership within environments they already know and enjoy. It allows individuals to take on responsibility gradually, under supervision, building skills at their own pace while feeling part of a team.

At its heart, Journey2Lead is about belonging, confidence, and possibility.

Journey2Lead:

Leading Together

It feels collaborative, empowering, and avoids pressure. It also reflects what the programme actually does – people lead with support, not alone.

Journey2Lead: Leading Together is a holistic, foundation-level approach to nurturing confidence, communication, and leadership skills in young people and adults with learning disabilities.

It supports individuals to flourish within a familiar, safe environment, taking on responsibility within an activity they enjoy and feel part of.

 Rather than pushing people into unfamiliar spaces too quickly, Journey2Lead provides a gentle, supported pathway that can act as a springboard into:

  • Further training

  • Volunteering opportunities

  • Wider community participation

Who Is Journey2Lead for?

 This course is designed for:

  • Activity providers

  • Yoga teachers

  • Club leaders

  • Community organisations

It helps you embed inclusive leadership opportunities into your existing activity, making it part of your ethos rather than an “add-on”.

What You’ll Leave The Course With:

By the end of the course, you will have: 

  • Clear identification of areas where people can lead under supervision

  • Skills to supervise people with learning disabilities confidently

  • Guidance on the skills participants need to deliver activities safely

  • Tools to pass on knowledge within your activity

  • Support in identifying potential participants

  • A reviewed and adaptable framework using the PDSA cycle (Plan, Do, Study, Act)

 

Tried - Tested & Loved

Journey2Lead has been successfully piloted with Innovate Trust within yoga sessions.

The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with participants continuing to:

  • Lead sections of yoga classes

  • Grow in confidence

  • Take pride in their role within the group

 This approach has now become a natural part of the yoga classes, with more members actively wanting to step into leadership roles.