Workers on the Piper Bravo oil platform have been incredibly generous in their support of their fellow worker, Mr Till.
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If you’re looking for great news stories that celebrate remarkable achievements and strong community connections across the UK, then you’ve come to the right place. Take a browse through our news articles and be impressed by what people achieve in their day to day lives.
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All of Fraserburgh’s Service Users helped support a member of their support team - Senior Support worker Paula Harper-Buchan - in a recent head shave; raising over £900 for the Multiple Sclerosis society.
Lynn, a person supported by Real Life Options at Ormesby Road is part of 11 Teesside riders set to compete in the Riding for the Disabled Association National Championships. Picture provided courtesy of the Evening Gazette.
If you are someone who has made a real difference in previous Senior Management roles, brings skills in marketing, communications and public relations; has strong commercial skills and a sound understanding of the health and social care sector, particularly in Scotland then we really want to talk to you.
Thursday 14th May saw the second of the ARC/RLO conferences arriving in Sheffield - titled The Keys to the Door, the conference focused on meeting the housing needs of people with learning disabilities conference).
A very warm RLO welcome to Vivien Simon, who joined us in April, as Executive Director with responsibility for operations across England.
Steph, a person supported by Real Life Options in Leeds, speaks to delegates at Pictures of Cats and other ways to health and wellbeing, about how dance helps her to keep fit and happy.
When David Wandless founded Real Life Options in 1992, his ambition was to see people with learning disabilities better supported and more encouraged to take control of their lives. The David Wandless Training Bursary is a natural extension of those values - it was established to support the good and sometimes off-the-wall fab ideas of our staff and to fund the development of skills and knowledge that will provide real and measurable benefits to the lives of the people we support.
Pictures of Cats and other ways to health and wellbeing became the first of ARC England’s 2015 series of conferences, in partnership with Real Life Options. The conferences aim to raise awareness of the Care Act - its impacts on social care providers and the people they support.
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