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Sarah’s Blog: Learning to cook

Hello, my name is Sarah and I am enabled by ubu in Leeds. Last month I went to a Jamie […]

Greater Independence

ubu believes in both encouraging and enabling the people we serve to lead their lives with greater independence. Three gentlemen […]

Defying Dementia

Imagine how it would feel if one day you woke up, got up had breakfast then started your day but […]

An apple a day

Many may have heard of the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, but it seems a single […]

Let the adventures begin

Robert, a gentleman enabled to live his life with greater independence in the North West, has recently been expressing his […]

One goal achieved; what next?

How many of us can say that food is a comfort? How many of us have spent many years making […]

Amazing Macmillan Support

Wow! Look how the enthusiastic support for amazing Macmillan services spread throughout ubu in Harrogate, the North East, East Midlands […]

Listening and Learning

“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan For many, reaching old […]

Our Macmillan Coffee Morning

On the morning of the 29th September, many families and businesses around Britain began to decorate their houses and offices […]

Learning to Cook

On Saturday, Sarah who is enabled to live more independently in Leeds, had planned to go to Jamie Oliver’s cookery […]

There’s no place like home

Living independently involves having both choice and control and being able to apply such self-direction to various aspects in your […]

Revisiting my Past in Durham

Edna, who is enabled by ubu to live her life with greater independence, recently revisited her childhood home of Durham. […]

Shaping our Futures

People enabled to live more independently by ubu were amongst many young adults around Britain waiting to get their GCSE […]

Our Charity Champions

We constantly hear of the incredible work that people all over the world do in terms of fundraising and charitable […]

Music is the food of love, sing on…

Most of us understand the joy that music can bring to our lives. We have all spent happy hours listening […]

We’re creating new opportunities!

At ubu we believe that everyone, no matter their ability or background, should feel part of their community. Recently we’ve […]

“Oh we do love to be beside the seaside!”

Robbie’s holiday adventure began with the seemingly easy question, “Where do you want to go?” Imagine if you hadn’t been […]

The assistive power of therapy pets by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

At ubu we strive to enable the people we serve to lead more independent lives and to be able to […]

The assistive power of therapy pets

At ubu we strive to enable the people we serve to lead more independent lives and to be able to […]

Our Silver Jubilee Celebration: 25 Years in Our Own Home

On July 1st 1991, ubu began enabling and supporting a group of people to live together, sharing a beautiful house […]

My Technicolour Success!

My name is Glynn and I’ve lived in my current flat in Darlington, enabled by ubu for the past four […]

What does ‘community’ really mean?

When most of us are asked to say what ‘community’ means we will probably find ourselves describing the neighbourhood we […]

What does ‘community’ really mean? by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

When most of us are asked to say what ‘community’ means we will probably find ourselves describing the neighbourhood we […]

Run For Life

Emma, who lives independently in the East Midlands enabled by ubu has been working hard to make everything about her […]

ubu’s People’s Partnership Forum Celebration

ubu is a person-led organisation where everyone is fully committed to ensuring that all voices are heard. We believe that […]

Great Gardening!

In the past Ben and Mark from Spalding who are supported to live with greater independence by ubu, had achieved […]

We need to talk about the future by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

At the end of May, I wrote that the Conservative Party’s so-called ‘dementia tax’ proposals were being reviewed following a […]

We need to talk about the future