The Prince’s Trust is a charity that was founded to help young people find ways to transform their lives through a range of training programmes. The Trust provides mentoring to build up self-confidence in the people it works with and helps them to keep motivated even when things might seem almost impossible to accomplish. Like…
Research recently published in The British Medical Journal suggests that if you want to lose weight joining a slimming club is probably the most effective way to shed the pounds. There are some great benefits to getting together with other people when you’re trying to lose weight. “I found it very hard at first but…
My official name is now Ojo, but I have over the last 3 years been also known as Michael and Segun Ojo, just to keep things interesting. I came to England from Nigeria at the age of 9 and lived with family members in Manchester. I think that its best to draw a veil over…
For the last few years, a group of people enabled to live with greater independence by ubu have joined together to enjoy a holiday in unusual and spectacular surroundings. Following the success of the previous events people from all the regions served by ubu were enthusiastically enquiring about what could be organised this year. This…
My name is Roger and I’m supported to live with greater independence by ubu in Lincoln. When I was thinking about what I wanted to achieve this year an issue which has touched me very personally came to mind immediately. My mum suffers from Dementia and I wanted to do something in my community to…
Ben has shown an interest in swimming and playing in water since he was a child. His mum often likes to tell the story of how much he enjoyed the wave machine in the swimming pool on holiday at water holiday parks when he was younger. But for various reasons Ben hasn’t been able to…
On Sunday 10th July a group of keen sports men and woman enabled by ubu took part in the Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10k run. The team were taking part to raise money for Epilepsy Action as it is a charity close to their hearts and their families. This is the second year that the team…
This Sunday is International Justice Day: the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, which created the International Criminal Court (ICC). With our domestic political system still reeling from the vote to leave the EU, it serves as a reminder that some fantastic and hugely important things have been achieved when we work together…
The people served by ubu in Middlesbrough, hosted a wonderful tea party last Saturday in order to raise money for Macmillan’s Cancer research for lost family members and people we know with cancer. The event was aimed to encourage friends, family and members of the local community to come together and raise money for a…
On Friday we woke up in a new country. People across the cities, counties and regions of the United Kingdom had voted in favour of leaving the European Union. Like many people, I was quite surprised by the news. I knew it would be close, but I had thought that, when it came down to…
Some time has passed since our inspiring management and leadership reflection “Affirming our Foundation” took place earlier this year. Our training event was located purposely in a medieval castle, a genuinely historic environment which helped all of us who were there to recognise and value the evolution of community life. It mirrored a time when…
Run For Something! Colour Me RAD, the fund-raising fun run came to Harewood House, near Leeds last Saturday with a tsunami of colour that made coloured tears of joy run down everyone’s cheeks! Colour Me RAD is “loosely based on the Hindu Festival of Colours, otherwise known as Holi. The festive colours used are a…