When Mike finished college, the prospects available didn’t help him progress. So the family moved to France, where Mike became friends with everyone in the village—finding freedom, independence, confidence, and a great social life through a family-orientated culture. However, there was no- one his age, plus it’s important for Mike to be around his siblings […]
Could you help autistic people and people with learning disabilities across Somerset to find employment and follow their dreams? As a member of our supported employment team, that’s Gina’s job: So today, let’s meet Claire, a young lady she’s supported since leaving college a few months ago. During that time Gina has supported Claire to […]
Could you help autistic people and people with learning disabilities across Somerset to find employment and follow their dreams? Today we talk to Gina, who has been supporting Bryony’s dream to earn enough to take her daughter to Disneyland! Thanks to Bryony’s support from Discovery’s supported Employment team and Home Bargains, it’s fast becoming a […]
Meet Amber, a young lady who, due to an accident at 18 months of age, is blind in one eye and lives with an acquired brain injury. Amber’s social worker referred her to Discovery’s supported employment team after she left college because, well, let her tell you herself: “I was at college studying childcare, I […]
When I first met Patrick, I asked him if his birthday was on 17th March, “How do you know?!” He beamed at me “Ah! Because it’s saint Patrick’s day and you look like a saint to me!” Patrick loves engaging with people, so I asked if Patrick and his sisters would chat to me about […]
When a person we support, we’ll call him Geoff, developed a reoccurring UTI, his GP felt he needed a scan. Until now, Geoff hadn’t been able to tolerate any medical intervention, not even a stethoscope, let alone a scan. The team made an appointment six weeks away– this sounds like a long time when someone […]
It’s not often we hear good life-changing news coming from lockdown, but when Tatjana Bodman told me how both Sharon and her mum Veronica want to tell the world about how far Sharon has come since being referred to Discovery’s Supported Employment team, I couldn’t wait to hear more!
We just got off a WhatsApp with the delightful Richard, who Discovery supports. Richard and Ruth are an engaged couple from Street that agreed to talk to me about their relationship thanks to Beccy Simmonds, Inclusion officer for Discovery, who set the meeting up for us. What a wonderful, fun-loving couple! Ruth delighted in reliving […]
Each year, Dimensions and Discovery colleagues nominate a few people we support for a Change Maker certificate, for making a positive difference to their own or others’ lives. This could be anything from running a group to picking up a pint of milk for a neighbour. Every three months a panel of colleagues and people […]