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A.C.E is a new support agency for adults with
learning disabilities set up and managed by
Stephen Reed Stephen Percival. We aim to stay a
small agency, which will enable a more personal
service. We will support our service users
together with a small hand-picked staff . Our
project is all activity-based.   Each day our
clients are picked-up from their home by A.C.E.
Staff between 9-9.30am and are dropped-off home
again between 4.30-5pm (except when clients are
attending the Monday/Thursday evening discos,
drop-off home will be 9-9.30pm). Our current
weekly activities include the following-
Leisure and Cultural Bike Riding on a range of
specially-adapted cycles (3-wheelers, hand-cycles
and mountain bikes) our staff are trained
P.C.T. Cycle Leaders ACE Football Squad
Thursday Keep-Fit Class by a Tutor qualified in
exercise for disabled people visits to museums,
galleries and ferry trips. Assisted Work
Placements (both paid and voluntary) Gardening
Rounds Leaflet Drops Helping with the running
of our 5 discos, social afternoons and cinema
Rice Lane Farm Hale Pony Sanctuary Dogs Trust.
Training Basic Catering Money-Handling
Skills Customer Service Skills Planting and
growing own produce. As well as our Support
Agency, we run weekly social events which are
open to all. Our support agency clients assist
with the running of these events for which they
receive payment- Monday Evenings from 6pm-9pm
we run the Cube Nightclub , just off Concert
Sq., Liverpool City Centre. It is a complete
nightclub experience with Club Music and
Lighting Effects and there is a bar. Tuesday
Afternoons from 12noon-3pm are held in the
Lime Kiln, Concert Square, Liverpool City Centre,
where we run a disco, quiz and there is a bar.
Wednesday Afternoons from 11.45am-2.45pm, we
run St Basils Social Club in Hough Green
Road, Widnes, where we have a disco, bar,
table-top games and advice clinics, there is
also an adjoining carers room with Holistic
Therapy Sessions. Thursday Afternoons at St
Philip St Davids Community Centre, Molyneux
Rd, Off Sheil Rd, Kensington, Liverpool L7,
11am-12noon we have keep fit for people with a
disability, run by a qualified tutor, then
from 12noon-2.45pm, there is a disco,
bingo, quiz, table tennis, pool table,
hot/cold meals and refreshments. Thursday
Evenings from 6pm-9pm we run a disco with bingo,
quiz, meals and a bar at St Basils Social Club,
Hough Green Road, Widnes. Friday Evenings from
6pm-7pm at Victoria Park, Birchfield Road,
Widnes , near the bandstand, is our ACE
Disability Football Squad having a kick-about
and training session.
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We  aim to encourage friendships and teamwork
at A. C. E. Our clients  are supported in
small groups of 1 Support Worker to 3 service
users. Each group will consist of service
users according to age group, interests and
preferences and we will encourage people to
develop friendships. You may use our service for
one day per week, one evening per week or for a
full week. We charge from only 9 per hour for
our service, making us the best value for money
day service there is. We can be paid by direct
payment or through I. L. F. We do not
charge for mileage. All our staff are
Enhanced C. R. B cleared and P.O.V.A. Approved.
Staff are trained P.C.T. Cycle Leaders and
Climbing Instructors and hold a First Aid and
Food Hygiene Certificate.  
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• Active Community
• Enterprise (A.C.E.)
• Supporting, Enabling, Empowering

A.C.E. Active Community Enterprise   www.activecom
munityenterprise.webs.com  
A Registered Community Interest Company (No.
6950215) Registered Address 126 Cross Lane
Whiston Prescot, L35 5DU    
Phone Stephen Reed 07931270656 Stephen Percival
07904403338 Office/Fax [phone] E-Mail
activecommunityenterprise_at_blueyonder.co.uk   www.
activecommunityenterprise.webs.com