If it's so worthwhile, why only 3 hours a week for each person?
Well I'm afraid it's all about economics. We receive a Carers Grant to pay for the support workers time, which is great but it only covers the cost of supplying 3 hours support for each week for up to ten people at a time. In an ideal world we would take people out more than once a week if they needed it and would make the service available to whoever required it, but unless someone gives us a nice big donation or grant, that can't happen.
What if I start and then decide I don't like it?
No problem. Obviously we like our service users to make a committment to the project and go out every week, mainly because other people are waiting for a chance to make use of us. However, we know that sometimes people can be unwell and going out is the last thing they want to do. It's OK to cancel sometimes, as long as you usually go out and are getting some benefit from it.