EmployMEnt Pathway Card & Design

Card & Design is a Social Enterprise creating and selling handmade ceramic homewares and greeting cards through an online shop- https://employme-card-design.myshopify.com/  

Card & Design is one of three EmployMEnt Pathways at Swiss Cottage School in the London borough of Camden which enables design and making as a route to supported employment for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). It is a department model which caters to pupils strengths and preferences.  The Post-16 pupil team work together to run the online shop, manage sales and orders whilst also designing, creating and making the products.

The EmployMEnt Pathway vision at Swiss Cottage School is to provide a meaningful and functional Work Experience and in-house Supported Internship pathway. It supports pupils to understand and be motivated to join the world of work and aims to successfully engage with the community to build capacity with local employers in how to support people with SEND into employment.