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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

A number of activities are taking place across Achieve together this week to support the 2023 theme of anxiety.

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

We have two joint winners of our Manager of the Month Award – Kat Major and Alex Watkins

Congratulations to Andrew Makinson for becoming our latest Employee of the Month

Two walks in the early April sunshine to raise funds for two autism charities

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

Our recently-launched new online HR system for employees helps team members and managers

Congratulations to Henry Wild, our Employee of the Month

Our February Manager of the Month is Zena Pout – congratulations on your award.

Representatives from our Executive Team, Unity and Campaign 4 Change participated in the conference on 22 March

The nominations are in and the votes have been cast. We are delighted to announce the regional winners of our 2023 Heroes awards, celebrating the fantastic work of people throughout our organisation

Two of our team members provide communications support for D/deaf people at Europe’s largest conference venue

Esme tells us about her experiences of being transgender and her hopes for the future