Reflecting on Mental Health Awareness Week – why does it matter? The Mental Health Foundation started their annual Mental Health Awareness event 21 years ago as an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on achieving good mental health.  It has become one of the biggest awareness events across the UK and globally...Continue Reading

National Vegetarian week – helping people with learning disabilities Welcome to National Vegetarian Week, which starts today Monday 10 May – and runs to Sunday 16 May.  This event takes place every year to encourage and educate people to focus, for just one week, on the benefits of being a vegetarian with delicious and healthy...Continue Reading

Housing for supported living, it’s not a one size fits all. #supportedliving #charity #inclusion #home #autism #learningdisability #housing Who are Zetetick’s tenants? Zetetick Housing Charity specialises in providing high-quality housing for supported living so that vulnerable adults with learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities and mental health issues can live independently in their own homes with...Continue Reading

Do you have Autism Awareness with World Autism Day being celebrated every year, what do you know and understand But what exactly is autism, and why should autism awareness matter? According to the National Autistic Society, autism is ‘a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people communicate and interact with the world.’ It’s a spectrum...Continue Reading

Houses for supported living with adults with learning disabilities and autism – why is it needed more desperately than ever, and why does it work for commissioners as well as tenants? From seclusion to freedom On 9th February 2021 the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee held the first session of its enquiry...Continue Reading