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.
News and Views Library
News and Views Library
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.
From time to time, we bring news stories and organisation updates together to form Real News, our in-house magazine. Follow the link to Real News to read or download the latest issues.
If you’d like to know what people say about the support they receive from Real Life Options, simply visit our Testimonials page to find out more.
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.
Finding out more about what's being done to help people with learning disabilities to vote in 2015.
Real Life Options and Insane Logic shortlisted as finalists for the National Learning Disability Awards 2015
A group of people supported by Real Life Options have been working closely with Michael Slimmings of Incontrol able to achieve their aspirations of gaining employment.
A group of people supported by Real Life Options have been working closely with Michael Slimmings of Incontrol able to achieve their aspirations of gaining employment.
Finding out more about what's being done to help people with learning disbilities to vote.
George Rudolph, one of our support workers recently took the lead on an allotment project with the local community.
Fairview House in Durham has received official accreditation by the National Autistic Society. The Autism Accreditation award provides a seal of quality and can give people peace of mind when choosing a service for a relative or friend.
You have a right to know how our services are rated by the CQC and the Care Inspectorate. Click here to find out more.
