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…
A spiral within a spiral within a never-ending tangled web of highs and lows, embroiled in a daily cauldron of simmering despair. This was my life; a desire to gamble, I never thought winning was important, it was the thrill, the excitement of having superpowers to predict the outcome, nothing came close to that feeling….
My first morning…I opened my eyes and it hit me. I was scared, very scared. I thought, right, if I stay under my duvet maybe go back to sleep it will all go away, and I will wake up back at my Mums house where I want to be. But I knew deep down that…
My name Is Lucy and I moved into Alviston House on 11th July 2022.. I am very family orientated and lived in the family home until 2021. Before Moving into, I was living alone and felt very lonely, isolated, and confused. Since coming across to Alviston House I have made two friends who also live…
I was very young when I first became aware that I was different to other people. At first it wasn’t clear what it was, that was different, but something wasn’t quite right. People would sometimes look at me with an angry face, when I thought they should be smiling. Sometimes they would shout when I…
23years ago our son was supported by a different organisation as a child, as he got older we worked with his social worker to look for a home for him as an adult. We found ubu and became involved with them in setting up this new service in Leeds. It was a bit of a…
I have always wanted to stand out from the crowd and always wanted more than just big shopping trips to Primark – that just was not enough for me. I have always known I have so much to offer with my infectious personality and determination to succeed. It was time to give something back to…
Hi, everyone, my name is Jonathan and this is me on my first day at my voluntary job at a Furniture store for Slate Leeds in Hunslet. I have worked here before on a taster session and absolutely loved it and I wanted it to become more regular so I spoke with my enabling team…