Last Saturday I went again to my weekly cooking class at Jamie Oliver’s workshop in Leeds. When I got there I started by washing my hands with special hygienic soap. I know how important this is and it’s become part of my cooking routine. Then we were ready to make this week’s recipe which was…
“Hello, my name is Anthony, I’ve been enabled by ubu in Leeds for a while now and I wanted to share my story and how I’ve been enabled to create a life with greater independence. For years I’ve refused to go out into the community for fear of people looking at me. I have problems…
In Lancashire, people enabled by ubu to live with a greater independence decided they would like to host a Halloween party for themselves. Offering an opportunity for everyone to get creative, to get dressed up in their spookiest costumes and get ready for a night of ultimate treating. “Every year we generally go somewhere else…
Last year, Charlotte, a young lady enabled by ubu to live her life with more independence, visited York to watch a show at the theatre and stay overnight. This year she said that she wanted to do it all over again. “I loved it so much last year I wanted to go again this year,…
Hello everyone, my name is Sarah and if you’ve been reading my blog you’ll know that I’ve been going to regular cooking classes which are organized by Jamie Oliver, the famous television cook. In my last few posts I wrote about what we’ve learnt in these classes, how you can cook the dishes we have…
ubu’s ‘People’s Voice’ is a Partnership forum made up of a group of people who said that they wanted to take part in talking about the things that we think are important. At our meetings we want to discuss ideas and to help to make the service we get even better by giving feedback and…
Hello again, for those who don’t know me, my name is Sarah and I am enabled to live greater independence in Leeds. If you read my blog last week you’ll have seen that I‘ve carried on going to Jamie Oliver’s cooking class; I’ve been again this week and now I’ve so much more to tell…
Following a most inspiring election campaign for our Enabler Partnership Representatives, everyone will have seen that we have renewed our ubu “Enabler Partnership”. Alongside this, we also introduced a new Partnership through similar elections for representatives of the people we are here to serve, called the “People’s Partnership Forum”. The purpose and intention of both…
Following a most inspiring election campaign for our Enabler Partnership Representatives, everyone will have seen that we have renewed our ubu “Enabler Partnership”. Alongside this, we also introduced a new Partnership through similar elections for representatives of the people we are here to serve, called the “People’s Partnership Forum”. The purpose and intention of both…
Recently I read a statement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) commenting on the provision of integrated care. “The organisation and management of health services so that people get the care they need, when they need it, in ways that are user-friendly, achieve the desired outcomes and provide value for money.” ubu is a leader…
Recently I read a statement from the World Health Organisation (WHO) commenting on the provision of integrated care. “The organisation and management of health services so that people get the care they need, when they need it, in ways that are user-friendly, achieve the desired outcomes and provide value for money.” ubu is a leader…
Choice and control are things that everyone should have in their own lives and we want to encourage every person to maintain these so that they might have a greater sense of independence. In the North East, Malvina is incredibly proud of herself because recently she stood up for her rights when choice and control…