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Will you be joining us for this fun Achieve together get together?

England vs Wales Football
28 May 2025
11am – 4pm
Cwmbran Stadium
Henllys Way, Cwmbran, NP44 3YS

🎽Calling all athletes and spectators, our annual Achieve together Athletics Championship is back!

The day runs Wednesday 27 August 2025 from 10am-4pm at the David Weir Leisure Centre, Middleton Rd, Carshalton SM5 1SL and there is free parking available.

Join us for the PMLD LINK Webinar – Focusing on a small selection of article contributors to our Spring Journal! Wednesday 21 May 2025 12:00 – 1pm.

We are incredibly proud to launch the Achieve together Heroes Awards 2025! 

Congratulations to Jonny Short, Head of Area Operations, who was awarded our March Manager of the Month award for always going above and beyond to support his teams through good times and bad.

Congratulations to Amy-Jane Barry, Support Worker in Camberley, who went above and beyond to support a person through a medical procedure – showing exceptional empathy, advocacy, and problem-solving every step of the way.

We’re making a major investment in our workforce with a new £12.30 base rate for Support Workers in England, over £1 million invested in manager pay, and real progress on gender equity.

We’re restoring historic buildings to create homes that are safe, inspiring, and built to last, starting with £1.36m invested across three Grade II listed homes.

By Michael Fullerton, Director of Wellbeing, Strategy and Communications, Achieve together

Congratulations to Nicola Jejna, Practice Lead at Mandalay and our February Team Member of the Month, recognised for her exceptional dedication, expertise, and life-changing impact in supporting others.

Congratulations to Ewelina Harding, our February Manager of the Month, recognised for her compassionate leadership and the positive, family-focused culture she’s created at Vallance Gardens.

Achieve together, one of the UK’s leading providers of specialist support for autistic people and people with learning disabilities, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 18 adult residential homes from Outcomes First Group.

Three inspirational members of the Achieve together community and our advocacy group Campaign 4 Change, have been recognised as finalists in the 2025 Leaders Awards, celebrating their dedication, creativity, and impact on the community.

Celebrating a culture of support, development, and inclusion.

This International Women’s Day (IWD), we are embracing the theme #AccelerateAction, a call to drive faster progress towards gender equality.

Lloyd Rose, Home Manager at Fourwinds in Essex is our first Manager of the month for 2025. May this exciting year bring you joy, Lloyd.

Stefan McKeown, Support Worker at Holland House in The Wirral is our first Team member of the month for 2025. May your year go from strength to strength, Stefan.

Campaign 4 Change and Unity teamed up with the University of Bradford to deliver an interactive co-production session, empowering first-year social work students with essential skills for inclusive practice.

Read more about how Erren Wheatland received one of the highest national honours for nurses in social care.

The social care sector is at a critical crossroads. On Tuesday, 25th February, Achieve together will stand alongside fellow providers, advocates, and campaigners at Westminster for the Providers Unite Day of Action.

Self-advocacy group Campaign 4 Change is backing the Good Lives Framework and calling for action on three of the six priorities from the Good Lives Manifesto

What is the commission looking at and when will it report? Plus outcomes of a meeting with Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock

The final Team member of the month award goes to Abbie Elliott, Support Worker at supported living accommodation in Frimley. Well done, Abbie!

The deserving winner of this award is Fiona Mitchell, Home Manager at Mandalay in Norfolk. Congratulations on many fronts, Fiona.

Read more about this report and the part that our CEO and a person we support have played in providing insights for it

This new white paper includes proposals for a new supported programme to provide voluntary employment offers to people with disabilities and complex barriers to work

Michael Fullerton reflects on the success of the meeting in November 2024

This month, judges gave the Manager of the month award to Steve Todd, Home Manager at Trafalgar House in Bexhill, East Sussex. Well done!

Noah Nyemba, Support Worker at Starboard House in Southampton, has been awarded Team member of the month for November. Congratulations on being selected.

Jonathan and Ruth are this year’s festive card design competition winners. Well done!