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Camphill Village Trust has recently launched its ESG in Action project, which highlights its commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance principles across all its communities. The project includes practical steps CVT is taking to care for the environment, create social good, and ensure strong governance.

Report from Certitude shows ‘Being Local’ isn’t just about where you work - it’s about how you work. The report highlights how people benefit from greater choice and control, local expertise, and stronger partnerships. The impact is not just seen in numbers, but in the stories of connection and growth.

Ferring Country Centre’s day services offer a safe and supportive environment for people with learning disabilities to develop new skills, which includes everything from woodwork and gardening to riding therapy and cooking classes.

A member of the Jewish Blind and Disabled community has launched a petition to call on the Government for an independent review of NHS wheelchair services, having been waiting over three years for a suitable wheelchair and knowing many others are in the same position.

Amplius is one of the largest housing providers across the Midlands, East and Southeast of England, owning and managing more than 40,000 homes. Services include care and support, specialist housing and home ownership options.

Purple Oak Support is an independent, not for profit, community minded charity supporting and advocating for adults and children with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health support needs.

Taking Charge is a free programme that helps people who draw on care and support, and family carers, save up to £800 on energy bills without compromising quality of life, developed by Community Integrated Care. It includes a 15-minute e-learning experience (with a CPD certificate), a practical toolkit, and an Easy Read guide.

Around 50 people from organisations across Warrington and the wider North West attended an inspiring Neurodiversity in the Workplace Workshop in November, hosted by Making Space.

Community Integrated Care attended a reception at Speaker’s House in London on Tuesday 18 November, in celebration of Disability History Month, which brought together politicians, public figures, advocates and organisations committed to supporting people with disabilities.

A flagship supported living scheme in Ironbridge, pioneered by Hft, has welcomed its first tenants.

Jake, who is supported by The Wilf Ward Family Trust, represented Team GB at the European Down Syndrome Swimming Championships, where all his hard work, dedication, and passion paid off as he won Bronze in the T21 200m Butterfly.

Together Trust and local grassroots campaigner Nathaniel Yates took home the Inspiring Campaign Award at the recent Spirit of Manchester Awards 2025 for their GM Rail Accessibility campaign to make train stations across the UK more accessible.

Community Integrated Care has relaunched its free, innovative programme – Taking Charge – to help people who draw on social care, family carers, and professional care workers reduce their energy bills, without compromising quality of life.

Developed in collaboration with colleagues and people they support, ‘Best Lives, Bolder’ represents the next chapter in Community Integrated Care’s evolution - building upon the strong foundations of its Best Lives Possible mission.

A joint letter by the Health and Social Care Secretary and Ismail Kaji, Mencap’s Parliamentary and Government Engagement Officer has been sent to everyone who works in a GP surgery stressing the importance of people with a learning disability being on their GP’s Learning Disability Register and getting an Annual Health Check.

RNIB has released new research, based on a Freedom of Information request in England, which shows the ability to access vital vision rehabilitation services remains in crisis.

Professional dancer and former Strictly star, Flavia Cacace, will be bringing an exclusive online dance class designed specifically for people who access social care, to care services across the UK on 23 October, via Community Integrated Care’s What To Do platform.

As the ASC hearing on government transparency approaches, media coverage and public awareness will play a vital role. Access Social Care is looking for people with lived experience of the social care system — individuals, families, and carers — who are willing to share their stories. Your experiences can help show why transparency in social care isn’t just an administrative issue, but a matter of fairness, dignity, and people’s lives.

Work has officially started on The Bradbury Den at Patchwork Farm, a new space that will be a hub for inclusive learning, bringing together the young people at Chailey Heritage Foundation to learn alongside local schools and other community groups.

Making Space has completed a merger with Beacon Counselling, an organisation providing counselling and wellbeing support for adults, young people, and children, marking another significant step forward in the charity’s long-term growth strategy.