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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’re on the shortlist for the Excellence in Supported Living Award

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

The Achieve together Impact Report for 2022-23 is available to read in four different formats: English, Welsh, Easy Read and BSL

With summer coming to a close, it’s time to highlight some of the wonderful ‘Here to Help, Here to Learn’ activities our Central Functions team members got up to over the past few months

Our Manager of the Month winner for July is Sarah Moss, Home Manager in one of our supported living homes in North West England. Congratulations, Sarah.

Kelly Morris, Support Worker at one of our supported living services near Newport is our July Employee of the month. Congratulations on your award, Kelly!

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

Director of Wellbeing, Strategy & Collaboration, Michael Fullerton, reviews the Achieve together England v. Wales football matches

Professionals and family members from across England and Wales gathered in numbers to network, seek advice and listen to experts in their field discuss the future of autism support.

Another memorable and fun-packed day for everyone involved

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

Madelaine Williams, Practice Lead at one of our Supported Living homes in North West England is our Employee of the Month for June. Well done, Maddy!

Congratulations to Abisola Oyewusi, Home Manager at Sheringham House for becoming our June Manager of the Month.

Mary Woodall presents a petition ‘To make politics accessible for autistic people and people with learning disabilities’ to No 10.

A programme of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) training is enhancing understanding throughout our homes

The Bath Carnival was a great success – everyone looked amazing in their costumes and loved taking part, despite the rain!

Our Special Olympian, Ben Fai, has returned home from The Special Olympics in Berlin with not one but two medals

Richard Hussey, our Head of Payroll, receives the Manager of the Month Award in May.

Our winner of the Employee of the Month award for May is Vinny Penny, a member of our Regional Maintenance Team.

Congratulations to Opeyemi Oyinsan on winning The Manager Award at the Bromley Adult Care Awards

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

It’s Mencap’s annual Learning Disability Awareness Week and this year the theme is about showing the world the incredible things that people with a learning disability achieve.

Tea at the House of Lords for Mary Woodall and Elmi Terjavjainen to celebrate the winners and finalists of the awards.

The findings from our most recent People’s Survey and our key areas of focus.

We are delighted that Paragon Skills has shortlisted us as a finalist in its Apprenticeship Awards, in the ‘Care Large Employer of the Year’ category.

People we support at Penny Meadow Day Centre are learning new skills through a seasonal work experience venture

Congratulations to Floyd Hill for becoming Employee of the Month for April – a great achievement in his first role in health and social care.

Well done to Tara Bedward, Home Manager at on of our Supported Living homes in Somerset, who has been awarded our Manager of the Month prize for her great work.

The BILD International PBS Conference in Newcastle was a great opportunity to meet a range of people involved in positive behaviour support