Your Country Needs You

It’s only February and already we have heard from so many sources and situations that ‘Trust’ is going to be one of the major confrontations this year. Trust and more relevantly, the lack of it. Politically, both inside and outside the government, within local authorities, the NHS, our public services and across all industries and…

On 30 June Stephen attended the Business Excellence Awards with Horticap. He has worked with Horticap since he was 18, so it has been 32 years. He absolutely loves working at Horticap, he does gardening and woodwork and at times he works in the café and shop. His love of gardening means that he as…

A few years ago life was very tough for me, I struggled dealing with problems that were important to me but no-one seemed to care, I was tired of having to plead for the support that was right for me. They couldn’t see that the way I acted was because I wasn’t being listened to,…

When most of us are asked to say what ‘community’ means we will probably find ourselves describing the neighbourhood we call home and the group of people who live there or those with whom we identify because of our background or common interests. I think that ‘community’ has a much deeper and more significant meaning….

People enabled to live more independently by ubu were amongst many young adults around Britain waiting to get their GCSE results this summer. Like everyone else wanting to find out how well they did after the months of hard work they had put in and the intense exams, it was a bit of an anxious…

I have been with ubu 15 years this month and what a journey it’s been. I started working with ubu as an enabler, working in a lovely service, where my confidence and abilities grew and grew. I absolutely loved what I did, but didn’t want to stop there, so I soon became a PSA 2…