My name is John and I’m from York. My latest accomplishment is to complete a 5 kilometre walk for charity over the Humber Bridge! This is the first time I have ever done a long distance walk. It seemed like a great opportunity to get fit while contributing to my local community. In the beginning…
The goals we set for ourselves can have a huge impact on our lives. The things we want to achieve along the way can help to fulfil some of these lifelong dreams. Anthony from Darlington in County Durham, has built up trust and friendship with the ubu enabling team who work with him every day…
I’m Yvonne and I love going out about where I live. I have a trip planned out for nearly every day. I like to be busy. With enabling from ubu, my week is packed full of activities that I enjoy doing. I have been in my beautiful home for twenty years enabled to live with…
Hi, my name is Mark and I live near Blackpool, enabled and supported by ubu. I wanted to share a story about a really positive experience I recently had with my GP when I went for my annual health check. I have a sensory impairment, so I like to be hands on and I am…
Today, on the Fourteenth day of ubu’s Christmas competitions, we have been looking for the best Christmas stocking to give us all a festive sparkle. The Christmas stocking custom is thought to come from the legend of the Scandinavian god Odin. Children would hang their boots, filled with carrots, straw or sugar, near the chimney…
Christmas cakes have been made in many different ways over the years. Some family’s have their own special traditions and ways of making their cakes. It’s a tradition that is kept up not only in our country but also in many other parts of the world too. For example in Japan, Christmas cake is a…
Darlington’s Sparkling Christmas This Christmas in Darlington, people we served by ubu and the enabling team wanted to give some very special sparkle to young children who won’t get to spend Christmas at home this year because they are ill in hospital. Some of these children have been in hospital and very poorly for a…
Winter Wonderland in Settle Back in 2014 Molly, a young girl living with her mum Carole and brother Jack, became unwell. Doctors were not able to identify the cause of her illness but she spent a number of weeks including Christmas, in hospital. While she was there her Carole was by her side almost all…
This year, the people we serve and ubu enabling teams have produced some beautiful Christmas wreaths to welcome friends and family to their homes. We had some lovely photographs sent in for our competition from many of the ubu supports around the country. First two, which we received from Harrogate and Knaresborough. One of our…
For our ubu Christmas song competition had three fantastic entries, each one very different in style and content. Paul from Spalding decided to sing “Let it snow” in the style of Dean Martin. Before to coming to be supported to live with more independence by ubu, Paul lived with his ‘Nan’ and ‘Grandpops’ who have…
No one should have no one at Christmas For those who are fortunate, Christmas will be a happy time surrounded by family and friends enjoying the festive time together. But far too many people are less privileged and Christmas is a lonely time. For those people for whom there is no alternative but to be…
No one should have no one at Christmas For those who are fortunate, Christmas will be a happy time surrounded by family and friends enjoying the festive time together. But far too many people are less privileged and Christmas is a lonely time. For those people for whom there is no alternative but to be…