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A New Beginning

At ubu, we have always welcomed change, innovation and flexibility in meeting the needs of the vulnerable people we support. […]

World Diabetes Day

Raising Awareness for World Diabetes Day The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of a condition that millions […]

Movember

Gary, one of our ubu Team members, has enjoyed taking part in the men’s health and mental wellness awareness-raising Movember […]

Being ready for whatever might come

Recently British police forces, local authorities and ubu have posted stories on the internet encouraging citizens to prepare for life-changing […]

Health and Wellbeing: Colour Rad Run

Colour Rad Runs have become incredibly popular in the last few years with people of all ages and levels of […]

Don’t ‘JUST’ yourself

“I am ‘JUST’ a support worker “I am ‘JUST’ a Direct Support professional Don’t ‘JUST’ yourself

Open about OCD

When people think about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) a few things spring to mind: clean, neat, tidy and organised perhaps? […]

We can all be champions

Promoting well-being and positive mental health has always been an essential part of everything ubu does as an organization. This […]

Nobody sad on my birthday

Today is World Mental Health Day and the theme for this year is based around suicide prevention. Considering taking one’s […]

Making time to talk

This week marks the start of Mental Illness Awareness Week, a time to learn more about what causes mental illness, […]

ubu’s UCI Macmillan Party

The UCI 2019 Road World Championships have recently come to a finish and although it may have caused some difficulties […]

ubu support for the European Union Settlement Scheme

As a caring organization, ubu has at its heart, a commitment to the people we support and our colleagues, to […]

Trust- The human foundation of culture

I know that trust is what underpins and maintains our culture as an organisation, as colleagues working together as One […]

Go for that chat!

It was recently World Friendship Day and with it was a message to just take a moment to reconnect with […]

Getting Fit

Getting fit When we think about getting fit it’s very easy to just think about physical weight or health, but […]

Never too late to learn

Waiting for the green man before your cross the road, watching where you walk, keeping electrics away from water. These […]

Memories

Life is a beautiful thing that everyone gets to enjoy and as each year goes by we create more and […]

“Inhumanity” The Crisis in Care

Yet another BBC Panorama team went undercover inside a so-called hospital, (“Whorlton Hall”) for vulnerable adults revealing patients being mocked, […]

M is for me

Individuality is the ability to be yourself and model your future around the things that matter to you. It’s a […]

Safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led?

This week, following the shocking investigation by the Panorama programme into a specialist hospital in County Durham for adults with […]

A letter to Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

Dear Dorothy, I feel compelled to write to say two things; Firstly I want to say how proud I am […]

We need real change and we need it now

When the Winterbourne View scandal was revealed over 8 years ago, we were told it would never happen again. But […]

Adapting approaches

What a world it would be if everything went according to plan, that there were no obstacles in our way […]

It’s different for girls

In 1979 Joe Jackson released a song which was a minor ‘hit’ in the UK “It’s different for girls”. It […]

It’s different for girls by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

In 1979 Joe Jackson released a song which was a minor ‘hit’ in the UK “It’s different for girls”. It […]

Sun, smiles and barbecue

It’s the Easter weekend 2019, the sun is shining, there are great big grins all around and laughter is filling […]

It matters to me

Sometimes it’s very easy to get caught up with the idea that there has to be a purpose for everything. […]

Be the change by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

Finding ways to effect change in any well-established organisation can be a challenge. Embracing change every day generates tremendous energy. […]

Be the change