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Keeping safe, well and happy

Published on 02.04.2020
by Choice Support

Some of the people we support, and their staff wanted to share their stories about how they are coping with the Coronavirus lockdown.

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Reassuring to see progress

Published on 18.03.2020
by David Holt, Group Director of Housing and Development

During my last site visit we were joined by the local commissioners and families whose relatives will be moving into Mayman Lane later in the year. It was reassuring to see their smiling faces.

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Coronavirus

Published on 17.03.2020
by Choice Support

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation is changing rapidly and will continue to do so for some time. We are closely monitoring Government guidance to enable us to protect our staff and people we support, who will continue to need us throughout this outbreak.

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Finding solutions, we never imagined

Published on 05.03.2020
by Sarah Maguire, Chief Executive

Following the recent legal challenge on behalf of over 2000 people who are still living in secure hospitals, Sarah Maguire, our CEO, asks what can we do as individuals to make a difference?

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CQC publish new report on sexual safety

Published on 27.02.2020
by Choice Support

Choice Support's Claire Bates, founder of Supported Loving, was invited by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to send feedback into their newly published report called Promoting sexual safety through empowerment.

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Made to measure or bespoke?

Published on 13.02.2020
by Sarah Maguire, Chief Executive

For a long time, I thought that by offering people and families a ‘menu’ of services to choose from, I was empowering people to make decisions.

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New homes to transform care

Published on 05.02.2020
by David Holt, Group Director of Housing and Development

I've been busy since we were awarded a NHS Transforming Care grant of £1.8 million to build homes in Kirklees for people who have complex support needs and may challenge their environment.

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Assisted Loving

Published on 17.12.2019
by Claire Bates, Supported Loving

Relationships are risky things — heartache is part and parcel of having them. Claire Bates (Supported Loving), joins Sui Ling (BBC Radio 4) on her journey exploring what happens when people who need support want relationships.

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A new decade begins…

Published on 12.12.2019
by Sarah Maguire, CEO

Sarah Maguire, our CEO, reflects on the past decade and looks forward to the next one. She says "Who would have thought a businessman, best known for hotels, would become the leader of America? 

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Supported Loving in the Guardian

Published on 30.10.2019
by Choice Support

The Guardian publishes article about Supported Loving, and the 'human right' to have loving relationships.

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Gr8 Mates get engaged

Published on 21.08.2019
by Fizz Heseltine, Living it up

Simon and Dawn met as members of the Gr8 Mates friendship project. Simon remembers “when we bought our engagement rings, the minute I had Dawn’s, I went down on one knee and proposed to Dawn in the shop...”

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More confused than shocked

Published on 17.07.2019
by Venetia Gibbs, Quality Checker

Why wasn’t I more shocked when I saw the abuse at Whorlton Hall in a recent Panorama programme?

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