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Mark Smith regularly speaks to audiences of 250 people at universities in Bristol and Gloucester about the challenges he faces living independently with a learning disability. Mark, who’s 47, speaks to nurses who are returning to practice about the daily challenges he faces, so they have a better understanding of learning disabilities. Gina Pring is […]
Time is the one thing we all have in common, but it is also the one thing that we each use very differently… At Discovery, we cannot thank our 54 volunteers enough for their support during the last three years and for all of the time they have devoted to volunteering long before Discovery was […]
Laina, a 16 year old student at Bridgwater College in Somerset, has been volunteering at the Supported Living service, Croftlands, in Bridgwater. Laina, who’s studying Health & Social Care Level 2, shadowed the team at Croftlands and was involved in every aspect of the job role including attending training, fire evacuations and meetings. She supported […]
A blog by Lisa Schimetat, Partnerships Manager at the Orchard Vale Trust. We’ve been delivering our IT project in Yeovil for a few weeks now and we are coming on in leaps and bounds. It’s amazing to see everyone’s progress, including those who have never touched an iPad, to those really engaging with how to […]
Despite the weather, some of the people we support at Colliers Court in Frome have been busy planting trees as part of Frome Town Council’s `Wild about Trees’ initiative. They spent the day volunteering alongside the Frome Town Rangers and helped to plant five hundred trees in the area below the allotments in Birchill Lane. […]
People supported by Discovery had a great time taking part in Somerset County Cricket Club’s Learning Disability Cup. Discovery is one of six learning disability support providers who attended the Cup held at the County Ground on February 5th. The team, made up of people we support, enjoyed themselves, playing three games of cricket in […]
We had a fabulous turnout with almost a hundred and twenty colleagues celebrating their success at The Shubbery Hotel in Ilminster. The awards included 65 nominations for Everyday Heroes during 2019, and an impressive 115 nominations for the 10 award categories which included Manager of the Year, Initiative of the Year and Support Worker of […]
The Discovery Community Fund has awarded a grant to a charity to enable people with learning disabilities in Somerset to have a voice and be active in community life. The charity, People First Dorset, run Our Voice groups in Minehead and Street. They empower people with learning disabilities to talk about subjects that are important to […]
We all know how dangerous the internet can be. Studies have revealed that more than 20% of internet users have been hacked at least once. We are all vulnerable to the dangers of the internet. Identity theft, password duplication, phishing scams and cyberbullying are among the many risks of being online. Yet the majority of […]
After the world of corporate work took its toll on his physical and mental health, Johnathan started volunteering at the Seahorse Centre in 2017. He found it so refreshing and beneficial that two years later he’s started working for us! Johnathan started his career working in catering, and then moved into the world of corporate […]