Our tenth ‘Sparkle’ Event and Christmas Recipe Competition Amanda from Spalding wrote to say “At this time of year there are lots of people who don’t have their family around to help them celebrate Christmas. After talking with my friends and neighbours in Spalding where we live, enabled by ubu we decided to do something…
Our ninth ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Mini Christmas Tree Competition Ian who lives, enabled by ubu, with greater independence in Middlesbrough presented a voucher for a sparkling spa day to a lady called Annemarie. We met her at Acklam Green Centre in Middlesbrough where many of the people we serve go to for socialising and…
Our eighth ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Homemade Christmas Decoration Competition This year the people served by ubu chose a theme for our traditional seasonal celebrations – ‘Unite@Christmas’. We hold events and celebration parties to bring everyone together, to enjoy each other’s company, to share the happiness and excitement that most of us are fortunate enough…
Our seventh ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Homemade Christmas Cake Competition This year the people we serve and ubu team members had no trouble in deciding what we wanted to do for our Christmas Sparkle event. Our dear friend Louise who going through a difficult time at the moment has worked for ubu for over 16…
Our sixth ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Christmas Table Decoration Competition There is a local church in Darlington nearby one of the ubu services where people, enabled to live with more independence sometimes go. Each year the Kings Church hold a free Christmas event for ‘underprivileged’ children. While most of us are enjoying plenty, even excess…
Our fifth ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Christmas stocking and Gift Wrap Competition Today’s ubu ‘Sparkle’ Event comes from Louth in the East Midlands. “As part of our celebrations for Christmas I chatted with some of my friends about popping around to a place I used to work as a volunteer” says Emma, who is enabled…
In 2011, the Social Care Institute for Excellence defined what it considered would be excellence in approach to social care. They said that to achieve outstanding care giving, a provider should place the people it supports at the heart of its services, ensuring that people spend their time “purposefully and enjoyably” and they went on…
In 2011, the Social Care Institute for Excellence defined what it considered would be excellence in approach to social care. They said that to achieve outstanding care giving, a provider should place the people it supports at the heart of its services, ensuring that people spend their time “purposefully and enjoyably” and they went on…
Our fourth ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Face Paint and Homemade Christmas Mask Competition The reason ubu holds it’s annual ‘Sparkle’ events at Christmas is that as a caring group of people we want to find ways to see and then act on where we could spread some Christmas cheer in our local communities. The people…
Our third ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Homemade Cupcake and Biscuits Competition Tragically a homeless young man passed away on 5 November in Leigh town centre. He was on his own, cold and lost, not knowing how to find help. It was a shocking story which touched the hearts of many people who live in the…
Our second ‘Sparkle’ Event and the Homemade Snowmen and Angels Competition Our seasonal event, the 14 days of Christmas has become a ubu tradition now. This year the people we serve and ubu team members wanted to find a theme to bring us all together. We agreed on ‘Unite@Christmas’ because we all felt that the…
Today marks the beginning of our seasonal event, the 14 days of ubu Christmas. This year the people we serve, ubu team members and others have got together to help make real our theme for this year, ‘Unite@Christmas’. For many people, this season is defined by a whole host of different ideas and beliefs. This…