In what is now becoming a ubu tradition, we joined in with the “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” on 30th September to raise money for Macmilllan nurses. This year we chose to link the event to the celebrations of 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl. The Hub staff who hosted the event wore some…

A few weeks ago a lifetime ambition was reached when Simon, who lives with increasing independence in Harrogate enabled by ubu. Simon enjoys listening to the local radio station, Stray FM, whenever he has the time to relax from his busy weekly schedule. He has always wanted to take a look ‘behind the scenes’ so…

Hello, I’m Hannah. I was given the opportunity to join ubu a few months ago, this was a big change for me and I was very nervous. I had been in one job since I was 16 and a new career really scared me. When I started here a wise women told me “It’s better…

Here in the East Midlands we wanted to give something back to our local community. We put our heads together and decided to host a Summer Light Macmillan Party. Sean as though it was the summer we decided to have a BBQ. We also had some cakes and we are very keen on been healthy…

Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, recently warned that hospitals had been tolerating financial waste for far too long. Now the NHS faces having to close hospitals, cut treatments and make patients waiting times longer in order to save £22billion by 2020. Local Authorities are also facing a time of unparalleled austerity which it…

The Prince’s Trust is a charity that was founded to help young people find ways to transform their lives through a range of training programmes. The Trust provides mentoring to build up self-confidence in the people it works with and helps them to keep motivated even when things might seem almost impossible to accomplish. Like…

Research recently published in The British Medical Journal suggests that if you want to lose weight joining a slimming club is probably the most effective way to shed the pounds. There are some great benefits to getting together with other people when you’re trying to lose weight. “I found it very hard at first but…

My official name is now Ojo, but I have over the last 3 years been also known as Michael and Segun Ojo, just to keep things interesting. I came to England from Nigeria at the age of 9 and lived with family members in Manchester. I think that its best to draw a veil over…

For the last few years, a group of people enabled to live with greater independence by ubu have joined together to enjoy a holiday in unusual and spectacular surroundings. Following the success of the previous events people from all the regions served by ubu were enthusiastically enquiring about what could be organised this year. This…

My name is Roger and I’m supported to live with greater independence by ubu in Lincoln. When I was thinking about what I wanted to achieve this year an issue which has touched me very personally came to mind immediately. My mum suffers from Dementia and I wanted to do something in my community to…

Ben has shown an interest in swimming and playing in water since he was a child. His mum often likes to tell the story of how much he enjoyed the wave machine in the swimming pool on holiday at water holiday parks when he was younger. But for various reasons Ben hasn’t been able to…

On Sunday 10th July a group of keen sports men and woman enabled by ubu took part in the Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10k run. The team were taking part to raise money for Epilepsy Action as it is a charity close to their hearts and their families. This is the second year that the team…