I’m Joe and I have my own flat near Harrogate where I’m enabled and supported by ubu to live independently. Now I’ve never been great at managing and spending my money well. I really love music and films and in the past I’ve sometimes spent all the money I have for the week on DVD’s…
I moved into my own flat in Knaresborough in July 2014 supported and enabled by ubu. Moving from living in a shared home, having my own space has been fantastic! I love it!. I’ve become much more independent and have found work with Age UK, in one of their local charity shops. I go to…
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What will the snap election mean for adult social care? Like everyone else, at ubu we were a bit surprised by the Prime Minister’s decision to hold a General Election on 8 June and find ourselves thinking about what it might mean for the future of adult social care. With just 6 weeks to go,…
What will the snap election mean for adult social care? Like everyone else, at ubu we were a bit surprised by the Prime Minister’s decision to hold a General Election on 8 June and find ourselves thinking about what it might mean for the future of adult social care. With just 6 weeks to go,…
The people we serve in Newcastle and North Tyneside and their enabling teams wanted to raise some money for Comic Relief on Red Nose Day this year. Each ubu service in our area and the people we serve who live in them enabled by ubu to have greater independence, organised our fund-raising event by working…
My name is Lewis and I live in my own flat in Darlington, enabled by ubu. This year I have been trying my best to get healthier. The ubu enabling team who give me support when I need it, have been helping me to find ways to achieve my goal. I’ve had a check-up with…
My name is Deborah. Towards the end of last year I moved to live in my own home, enabled by ubu, so that I could have more independence. I had some difficult times in the past and lots of new challenges to face and so I felt uncertain about what might happen to me next….
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Rob lives independently in his own flat enabled to have greater independence by ubu. Recently he went to visit his mum as he often does on Sunday mornings. It’s a good time for them to enjoy each other’s company and to catch up. While at his mum’s home, Rob noticed and picked up a decorative…
John from Wigan, who is enabled by ubu to live with greater independence, has recently started taking an adult learning course called ‘Back on Track’ a local programme that enables vulnerable people to make lasting, positive changes in their lives. “As part of the course I will be working in the community café on a…
About two years ago I started to look into my family name. Like many people in the last few years I’ve become interested in finding out more about my ancestry and I wanted to start plotting out my family tree. At first I didn’t seem to get very far. Unfortunately I have no living relatives…