I checked and it is !!I was first attracted to ubu by the commitment and passion of the people I met. My first day was at an Away Day in the Lake District where I met about 40/50 ubu staff members and was given a wonderful warm welcome. I immediately began experiencing how supportive everyone…
On 22nd February 1993, I started my employment with ubu as a service manager in Blackpool. What, is she really that old I can hear you ask!! Surely not. Well, it’s true, and I can still remember how excited I was to finally be able to support four people to move into their own home…
Hi, my name is Wayne and I wanted to share some exciting news with you. I have been looking for a job recently and I have been to Leeds city centre with my enabler Amal for an interview and assessment at the Cancer Research charity shop. I was a bit nervous at first, but Amal…
Hi everybody. My name is Kylie and, I would like to tell you a bit about myself. I moved to my new place in Blackpool on the 31st of October 2022. I am a very quiet lady who struggles with anxiety and have faced my own personal challenges with regard to becoming more independent. Since…
My name is Alysha and I moved into my new home on the 4th of July only a few months ago but I feel like I have lived here forever. I have made some really good friends during this time who have helped me settle in, and made me and my cat princess feel welcome….
It is that time of the year. The time of playing a character and exploring all the different roles there are in fairytales and stories. Oakley was playing the Inn Keeper at his very own school play and was having a wonderful time. Being a confident and strong character and made his family proud. …
Hi, my name is Johnathan. I would like to share with you my weight loss journey. At the beginning of the year, I put on weight I got to 16 stone. It made me feel down about myself I decided. I wanted this to change for my own health and well-being. So I decide to…
I’ve spent a lot of my life alone. This was my own fault. I had to grow up and find out who I was by myself. As a teenager I wasn’t very lovable. I used to steal from my family, I had everything I could possibly want, but I felt compelled to lie and take…
Hello, my name is Colin and I live in Scarborough. I have spent most of my life living in London and Berkshire but relocated to Scarborough last September to be near my family. I was due to move 2 years ago but COVID stopped that from happening. All my family lives in North Yorkshire and…
During the Covid 19 pandemic, a lot of the things we enjoy in our lives came to an abrupt standstill. This included meeting up with friends and family or going out for a drink or a meal. This brought on a lot of isolation and anxiety for a lot of us. To help overcome this…
I was a young mum with two beautiful children I had a rocky childhood and was diagnosed with Autism and an Emotionally unstable personality disorder so like a lot of people I had my challenges. I held down a job and had a relationship with the father of my youngest child. Throughout my life, I…
My heart broke when I lost my mum in 2018! I was so upset that I was continuously angry and aggressive towards everybody who I lived with and the staff at the Residential Home I had lived in for the past 4 years. I shouted. I swore. I hit them. I hit people in the…