News

Congratulations to the Living Ambitions team at Craig Court in Aberdeen, who recently achieved a rating of 5 for care, support, management and leadership following a visit from the Care Inspectorate.

Back in August, Lifeways launched its 'Step Up For Summer' healthy lifestyle challenge. All the teams had to do was walk as many steps as possible and beat the other competing teams.

The Our Voice co-production group recently held their third conference at the Orange Box in Halifax. As ever it was a jam packed day full of fun, food and lots of hard work.

A recent Care Quality Commission inspection of our of care and support in Halifax found that our service has maintained its overall rating of 'good' and has improved to 'outstanding' for being a responsive service.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week to mark the start of construction of our new scheme in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
Barber Gardens is due to open in 2020 and will give people in the area the chance to live independently while still getting the support they need.

Support worker Matthew Haslam from Leyland, Lancashire recently became the first member of the Lifeways team to complete the new Adult Care Worker level 2 Apprenticeship Standard.

Turville House, our new supported living scheme in Bedworth, has officially opened!

We are delighted that one of our lead specialists has been recognised as a runner up in the category Trainer of the Year!

Our office in Swindon was delighted to receive an overall rating CQC of Good. This is a huge achievement for the team at Swindon and we are so proud that all their hard work has paid off.

We are delighted to announce that Nikki Elliott, one of our Service Managers in Bolton, has won a prestigious award at the Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards in Bristol.

The Welsh Care awards were held last Friday and we are delighted to announce that Liz Williams scooped the bronze award in her category.

Well done Liz!

There was an official opening ceremony last week for our service in Coventry, Limbrick Place.

We were joined by our partners, local council officials and the Mayor of West Midlands last week for the event.