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Supported living can be life-changing.

Sometimes the people we support agree to let us share their story, to help people understand how important support is. Having the ability to make choices and decisions is something many of us take for granted, yet for people with learning disabilities, Autism and other assessed needs in a hospital or similar environment, their choices may be incredibly limited. Simple things like choosing when to make a drink, being able to have a pet or taking up a hobby for the first time can change a life.

Affinity Trust provides support workers for people with learning disabilities, Autism and other complex needs, supporting them to live their life their way.

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Finding a Home for Erin

Finding the perfect home to meet Erin's needs took a while, but it was worth it. The independence she has from a home of her own has changed her life.

A great day at Oban Pride 2023

There was a huge amount of interest in our stall at Oban Pride.

Leigh is helping change the narrative

Senior PBS Practitioner Leigh Binns will be using her lived experience to help us develop a Neurodiversity Policy to ensure that Affinity Trust’s culture enables neurodivergent staff to thrive. L

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For social care, it’s time for action, not words.

For social care, it’s time for action, not words. Decades of underfunding and lack of action have left social care in a shocking state. Currently, at least 2.6m people go without the care they need. Yet when it works well, social care has a fantastic impact. It enables people to live the lives they choose: for example, to socialise, work and volunteer if they are working aged disabled adults; sustain their independence if they are older; and balance caring with other aspects of their lives if they are unpaid carers. Real leadership and action from the next government is the only way that millions of older people, disabled people and their carers will get the support they need to live happy and fulfilling lives. Politicians must act now to provide sustainable funding for care; remove charging for working-aged disabled adults; provide higher pay for care workers and more support for unpaid carers; and enable councils to reduce waiting lists for care assessments. To Party Leaders: Show Us You Care. Promise that you will make change happen in the next Parliament, come up with sustainable funding and support the social care workforce. Millions of older and working aged disabled people and their carers desperately need a social care system that works, and a failure to act would be a betrayal. Join us in asking party leaders to commit to prioritising social care reform in the next parliament. Because without support, many of us can’t get up and out, work or volunteer, see the people we love, or be independent. Join us in asking party leaders to commit to prioritising social care reform in the next parliament. Because without care, many of us can’t get up and out, work or volunteer, see the people we love, or be independent. Will you add your name? https://act.careandsupportalliance.com/page/150550/petition

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