During Mental Health Week 2023, we spoke to Shaun, a person supported at Highlea Care, County Durham, in a supported living setting. Tell us a bit about your background Shaun and how you came to be supported by the Highlea Care Team. My support began with Highlea Care in August 2022. I suffer from ME […]

We’re joining Skills for Care by #CelebratingSocialCare this April. A national celebration in recognition of the incredible people who work in social care. We caught up with Paula, a passionate support worker from our Yew Tree House service in the Forest of Dean. She shares the satisfaction she gets from her role and how she’s […]

This year World Down Syndrome Day calls on people to be With Us Not For Us. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities calls for everyone to have the freedom to make their own choices. People with Down syndrome often have controlling support with supporters doing things for them, not with […]