Upz & Downz

Upz & Downz Our main aim is to enhance the employment opportunities for young adults with learning disabilities We are open 7 days a week! We would love to have you here!

We are keen to provide our students with good quality training. Following a review of our service, we are now concentrating on offering more purposeful training. We hope that parents/ careers/ professionals and potential students will contact us, should they believe our service to be a positive step forward.

- Upcycling Furniture

- Catering

- Woodwork

- Sport

- Independent Living Skills

We

have just recently opened our brand new coffee shop at Upz and Downz. The purpose is to provide our students with work experience in hospitality. Our opening ours are: Monday - Friday: 8.45am-4.45pm and we close at 4pm on weekends. The coffee shop is located at Upz and Downz, Longmead Stadium, North Tonbridge (TN10 3JF).

Keelan and Simon have had a break from carpentry today and have practiced their painting and stencilling skills. Afterwa...
23/05/2025

Keelan and Simon have had a break from carpentry today and have practiced their painting and stencilling skills. Afterwards we enjoyed an afternoon shooting hoops.
🙂

Painting practice onto MDF boards this morning, ready for some 3D stencilling next week 😀
22/05/2025

Painting practice onto MDF boards this morning, ready for some 3D stencilling next week 😀

22/05/2025

Please note we will
Be closed Bank Holiday Monday, 26th May. Thanks

The finished art is looking fabulous. Well done to Vicki, Emma and Toby!
21/05/2025

The finished art is looking fabulous. Well done to Vicki, Emma and Toby!

More rock art in the making 😀
20/05/2025

More rock art in the making 😀

Come in and enjoy our new lemon tart or Biscoff cupcake 😋
20/05/2025

Come in and enjoy our new lemon tart or Biscoff cupcake 😋

Our tulips are all finished now and in the coffee shop adding a nice splash of colour to each table. Well-done to all th...
19/05/2025

Our tulips are all finished now and in the coffee shop adding a nice splash of colour to each table. Well-done to all the students who worked on them .

A great afternoon session using the gym equipment at Longmead and finished off with a game of basketball 💪
19/05/2025

A great afternoon session using the gym equipment at Longmead and finished off with a game of basketball 💪

Vicki has used polyfiller and a stencil to create an embossed piece of art. Well done, Vicki!
19/05/2025

Vicki has used polyfiller and a stencil to create an embossed piece of art. Well done, Vicki!

Alex and Craig are enjoying being creative. Jack trying to sharpen a gouge chisel for the first time.Andrew making a sta...
18/05/2025

Alex and Craig are enjoying being creative.
Jack trying to sharpen a gouge chisel for the first time.
Andrew making a start on a tongue and groove joint for his storage box.
Craig and Patrick are restoring our benches for the decking.

Keelan has started stripping the old paint off of our tables.

Guys have done a brilliant job of restoring our outdoor tables for the coffee shop.
Patrick has helped sent up the band saw.

Big thank you to Stephen and Debsfor helping restore Frank's table.

One of our more challenging projects is a planter for water Lilies has been completed thanks to all the students that have helped over the past few weeks to make it happen.
John's been learning some new skills and has been sharpening chisels for the workshop, thanks buddy!

Emma has almost finished her rabbit. Next step is to repaint the blue background and then a coat of varnish. Well done, ...
14/05/2025

Emma has almost finished her rabbit. Next step is to repaint the blue background and then a coat of varnish. Well done, Emma!

Two fish-themed plant stands/ occasional tables for sale, finished in crystal clear matt varnish and up-cycled by the ca...
14/05/2025

Two fish-themed plant stands/ occasional tables for sale, finished in crystal clear matt varnish and up-cycled by the carpentry group. £25 each or £45 for both. Now on display in our coffee shop 😊

Address

Longmead Stadium, Darenth Avenue
Tonbridge
TN103JF

Opening Hours

Monday 9:15am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9:15am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9:15am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9:15am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:15am - 4:30pm
Saturday 9:15am - 4:30pm
Sunday 9:15am - 4:30pm

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