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Read more about how Erren Wheatland received one of the highest national honours for nurses in social care.

Campaign for Change will be presenting ‘Tree of Life’ at the Manchester conference on 5 March

What is the commission looking at and when will it report? Plus outcomes of a meeting with Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock

The deserving winner of this award is Fiona Mitchell, Home Manager at Mandalay in Norfolk. Congratulations on many fronts, Fiona.

Read more about this report and the part that our CEO and a person we support have played in providing insights for it

The Government introduced significant amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 through the new Mental Health Bill in early November. We take a look at what these changes mean.

Our Art Exhibition showcased work from 60+ artists across Achieve together in a celebration of creativity, inclusion and recognition

Background to STOMP-STAMP, recent findings from a report and our approach to minimising inappropriate prescribing

Achieve together’s Impact Report 2023-24 is available in four formats: English, Welsh, Easy read and BSL video

It was all go at our major event of the year for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, their support workers and families

Two new events for the mind, body and spirit to look forward to

Achieve together announces appointment of new CEO, Zak Houlahan, and the appointment of John Ivers as a Non-executive Director

What a day of celebration with many, many emotional moments – please join us in congratulating our winners!

Meet Crystal and Ben Fai, two of our Campaign 4 Change members who are winners in the Learning Disability and Autism Leaders’ List Awards.

Find out more about it and how families and people we support can be involved in providing feedback

Through education and being part of a motivational group, people we support are successfully shedding pounds and becoming healthier

Achieve together welcomes the new initiative and reflects on the success of its robust in-house training

Thousands raised in memory of much-loved sisters with a magical Christmas event

Votes from our Manager of the Month judges tied this month so they selected two winners! They are Kellie Homewood, Home Manager at a residential home in East Sussex and Ellie-Mae England, Registered Manager at a residential home in Wiltshire. Congratulations!

Our Wheel of Engagement theme for this month is intensive interaction. Here, we explain what it is and how we use it to create ‘butterfly moments.’

We believe that people must be empowered in their strengths and talents. Listen to members of Campaign 4 Change, Unity and Achieve together discussing theirs

The annual Athletics Championship was another great success on our events calendar. People we support, Support Workers and central functions team members all joined in the fun and games.

We have gained Skills for Care Endorsement for the high calibre of our learning and development programme

Employment of people with learning disabilities in the UK is less than 5%. We have written a new guide about the work we do support people into employment

Take a look at the new co-production video produced by members of Campaign 4 Change and Unity

Hats off to all our apprentices and the Learning & Development team. We have won Care Large Employer of the Year category at the Paragon Skills Apprenticeships Awards

Congratulations to all the National Winners of our Heroes awards – what an achievement!

The prevalence of epilepsy in people with intellectual (learning) disabilities is reported to be at least 20 times greater than within the general population, with approximately 22.5% of people with an intellectual disability presenting with an epilepsy diagnosis.

Carol’s 32 years of care is acknowledged by a grateful parent in a new book

Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition in the UK, affecting approximately 600,000 people and is disproportionately more prevalent for people with learning disabilities – affecting more than 1 in 5 people.