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In photos: Loch Park Day Centre in Scotland gets a sensory relaxing area in time for summer!

Summer has well and truly arrived at Loch Park Day Centre in Moray, Scotland, with a new outdoor sensory relaxing area, co-produced by people we support and our teams.

‘Our formula is simple: love’: how a Lifeways service is home to one of the UK’s oldest people with Down’s syndrome

Ronnie, who lives at Millwater, a Lifeways residential service in Birmingham, is thought to be one of the oldest adults in the UK with Down’s syndrome.

‘You learn so much more when you meet and talk to a person’: New Enquiry, Referral and Assessment Manager joins Lifeways east region

Melissa Fenner joined Lifeways five weeks ago.

As a qualified Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD), with six years’ experience, Melissa’s expertise is in supporting individuals who live with learning disabilities and complex health needs.

Best Friends Day: Celebrating friendships among people we support!

Did you know today, Tuesday 8 June is Best Friends Day?

And across Lifeways’ 1,500 services in England, Scotland and Wales, many of the almost 5,000 people we support enjoy friendships – often with our 11,000 colleagues.

How people we support spend time in their gardens!

Throwing pool parties, creating art and decorations, and growing fruits and vegetables are just some of the ways people we support keep active in their gardens.

‘When I get support, it’s a working-together-and-helping-each-other-thing’: Josie’s story

Josie, who’s in her twenties and lives at our supported living service in Morecambe, on the Lancashire coast, uses art to help her communicate and express her feelings.