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New homes to transform care
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
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…
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
The Guardian publishes article about Supported Loving, and the 'human right' to have loving relationships.
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Gr8 Mates get engaged
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
Why wasn’t I more shocked when I saw the abuse at Whorlton Hall in a recent Panorama programme?
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Supported Loving meets the British Psychological Society
Supported Loving and 2BU, a LBGTQ+ social group for adults with learning disabilities, present powerful first-hand accounts to the British Psychological Society.
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Experimenting with sound
Four people we support have created “an amazing experimental sound landscape” in response to the archive sounds collection at the British Library.
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Just support me to lead an ordinary life
Dr Claire Bates congratulates Stay Up Late on their (un)ordinary conference
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Calming animal experiences
The tenants from Mill House in Kent had a mixture of furry and silky smooth visitors from Wild Science.
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Preventing sexual harm
Winner of Winston Churchill Fellowship, Sue Sharples, Chair of U-Night Group in Lancashire, calls for your involvement in her research to prevent sexual harm.
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Talking about dying?
Choice Support staff took part in a UK wide research survey about death, dying and bereavement for people supported in residential and supported living.
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