Charity it is still important to donate The role that charities should play in our society has been the subject of a longstanding debate. Charities are organisations whose primary aim is to promote the welfare of others or benefit society. There are currently over 160,000 charities in the UK, turning over £48 bn annually. A...Continue Reading

Learning disability, Asylums, abandoned royals and a Victorian genius Asylum In 1855 the first purpose-built asylum for people with a learning disability was opened. Its name used language that we would now find completely unacceptable. The Royal Earlswood Asylum for Idiots in Redhill, Surrey, was a charitable institution that housed and aimed to give some...Continue Reading

Supported Living with Zetetick Housing for 13 years The idea of supported living is now a recognised model for providing housing for people with learning disabilities, but when Zetetick started up in 2007 that was far from the case. There were no supported living providers, most people with learning disabilities were either living at home...Continue Reading

Charity Zetetick Housing’s donation helps make ‘anything possible’ for Brighton charity Possability People A Zetetick Housing Donation: Zetetick Housing, the supported living charity covering London and the Southern counties are delighted to announce that we have made a charity donation of £5,000 to Brighton based charity Possability People to help them in the aftermath of...Continue Reading

Volunteers – charity trustees meeting in the ‘new normal’ Our charity trustees met for their quarterly board meeting by video conference on Tuesday night, the ‘new normal’ way to meet during Covid-19, and we send a warm welcome to our newly elected Chair of the charity trustees, Martin Hurst. The role of the trustees is...Continue Reading