Fifth Day of ubu Christmas: Our Mince Pie and Cookies Competition

Making mince pies and Christmas cookies is a tradition in many families. The people we serve have been especially busy […]

Fourth Day of ubu Christmas Sparkle Celebrations

A Magical Adventure on the Polar Express Marcus and Finlay are two typical 6 year old boys, lively and fun […]

Fourth Day of ubu Christmas: Our Christmas Hat Competition

Today we are celebrating Christmas cheer with a competition for the happiest hat. The tradition of wearing festive hats at […]

Third Day of ubu Christmas Sparkle Celebration

Sparkling in Spalding To celebrate this Christmas, people served and enabled by ubu in Spalding made plans to spread some […]

Third Day of ubu Christmas: Our Christmas Poems and Prayers Competition

It’s our third day already of our Christmas competitions. Today’s theme is more contemplative with poems and prayers for this […]

Second Day of ubu Christmas Sparkle Celebrations

Christmas sparkle for a family in York Neighbours have described John and Carol as the perfect neighbours “the best one […]

Second Day of ubu Christmas: Our Christmas Joke Competition

Today, the second day of our Christmas competitions, we are looking for funny Christmas Jokes to help us get into […]

First Day of ubu Christmas: Our Snowflake Competition

This year people served by ubu decided that they wanted to join in the festive fun by having 15 days […]

Interviews, Interviews Interviews!!!

Hello, my name is Josh. I live independently in my own home in Leeds, enabled by ubu. Since moving to […]

Creating Community Spirit

There was a lot of waste land by the side of a house in Darlington where ubu serves a diverse […]

It’s an NHS Production – to Live or Let Die by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

This week I listened to a group of professional people sharing their recent dreadful life threatening, near miss experiences as […]

It’s an NHS Production – to Live or Let Die

This week I listened to a group of professional people sharing their recent dreadful life threatening, near miss experiences as […]

Every love story is beautiful…

Carlena moved from her family home to live with more independence, enabled by ubu, into her own flat in Leeds […]

Jam today not tomorrow: It’s time to recognise the wider value of adult social care

Prime Minister Theresa May is championing the needs of the so-called “just about managing” or JAMs, those people who are […]

Jam today not tomorrow by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

It’s time to recognise the wider value of adult social care Prime Minister Theresa May is championing the needs of […]

Suzie’s Journey

My name is Suzie. Since I was very young, I’ve struggled to communicate with my family and friends. For at […]

Getting Out There

My name’s Leslie and I’m from North Tyneside. I am a very cheerful kind of person, I really enjoy the […]

Finding Confidence

My name is Shaun and I have recently moved into my own home. Living there means I can live independently […]

Kristy’s Independence

I’m Kristy and I live with independence in my own home enabled by ubu. I have a lovely apartment in […]

Expanding Skills

Developing and expanding on personal skills is widely recognised as one of the best ways to become more attractive to […]

David’s Sponsored Cycle Ride

Hello my name is David. I share my home in Harrogate with two friends. We are all supported and enabled […]

Staff first customers always by Dorothy Jarvis-Lee

At the end of September, research conducted by Independent Age and the International Longevity Centre suggested that the UK’s decision […]

Staff first customers always

At the end of September, research conducted by Independent Age and the International Longevity Centre suggested that the UK’s decision […]

Sophie’s story

Hello I am Sophie. I have recently moved into a shared home in Harrogate where I can live independently enabled […]

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

In what is now becoming a ubu tradition, we joined in with the “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” on 30th September […]

Simon at Stray FM

A few weeks ago a lifetime ambition was reached when Simon, who lives with increasing independence in Harrogate enabled by […]

My Journey

Hello, I’m Hannah. I was given the opportunity to join ubu a few months ago, this was a big change […]

Summer Light Macmillan Party

Here in the East Midlands we wanted to give something back to our local community. We put our heads together […]

Facing the Challenge Together

Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, recently warned that hospitals had been tolerating financial waste for far too long. […]

Prince’s Trust Challenge

The Prince’s Trust is a charity that was founded to help young people find ways to transform their lives through […]