Support Horizons are delighted to have been awarded a grant of £5,000 from Berkshire Community Foundation. The grant will be used towards the costs of training all staff in the new Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training. The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism aim to provide the social care and health workforce with the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability. The training involves both an online element and a full-day face-to-face session for all of the organisation's 70 staff.
Alexander talks about his experience as a support worker at Support Horizons and why he enjoys flexible hours.
Wayne has worked for Support Horizons for 11 years. Listen to him speak about his experience with the organisation and about his clients.
Learn more about Paul's client with mild disabilities and schizophrenia who had support from Support Horizons
Hear Keith's testimonial about Support Horizon's care of his brother, Melvyn.
We are delighted to have been awarded a second grant by Berkshire Community Foundation for the further development of our care planning software. Amongst other things this will enable staff to clock in and out of support sessions via their mobile phones using QR codes, reducing the need for the submission of timesheets. In addition to this we have been supported by a Bracknell Forest Recovery Grant via Involve Community to assist us with re-establishing our activities programme after the pandemic. We are grateful for the support of these organisations.
Support Horizons are delighted to have been awarded a grant by Berkshire Community Foundation to implement improved service planning and monitoring software. We have partnered with The Access Group who are a leading provider of systems to the health and social care sector. Of crucial importance are their tools for managing Covid-19 including track and trace reports. Support Horizons CEO, Terri Lazzari said "we are very grateful for the support of Berkshire Community Foundation which will help to ensure the continued effectiveness of all that the team here are doing to keep both staff and clients safe during the pandemic.’’
We interviewed our customer Stephen one cold February morning, at our office in Denmark Street, as he had some very exciting news for us: his father – Don Bastow – had decided to write his incredible story for the family, during Stephen’s latest hospital admission. This wasn’t the first hospital admission for Stephen, who spent his life dealing with various medical conditions, but this time his dad thought he would not come out alive! The book is a little treasure chest filled with precious photos, happy family memories and the outline of a scary journey lived by a very brave family. There are many touching moments, but the sweetest thing we would like to highlight - apart from all the challenges Stephen and his family had to face – is the love story of Stephen and his partner Jackie, which was featured on the three parts BBC3 programme The Unbreakables: Life & Love On Disability Campus , in July 2015. The programme examined life for young people living with a disability around the Campus, and Stephen and Jackie’s story was one of them. Mr Bastow introduces his book by saying “The proof that a person, with some learning difficulties, together with a little help and support, can live a happy, contented, and successful life”, and Support Horizons is very proud to be playing a very small role in Stephen and Jackie’s lives. The book isn’t on sale, as it was meant for family and friends, but we were kindly donated a copy by Stephen to keep in the office, so pop in to see us and take a look at the book should you wish to find out more about the story.
