The latest blog posts from Papworth Trust 2013-06-20T12:54:06+01:00 Papworth Trust tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/feed/blog/ tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=1&aid=155 2013-06-03T00:00:00+01:00 Papworth Trust

Most mornings before I come to work, I go for a swim and have a shower at my local swimming pool. It does the job, but it's not quite like the luxury of having your own bathroom, just the way that you want it, at home. At our Board meetings, we always show a video of some of the recent work that we have been doing.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=2&aid=154 2013-05-16T00:00:00+01:00 Papworth Trust

On Thursday 2 May we had our Forum (a meeting for people who use Papworth Trust's services) in Bishop's Stortford. Here is our blog about the day: Paul, one of our Trustee User Representatives, welcomed us and we all introduced ourselves and talked about what's going on in our services.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=1&aid=153 2013-05-07T00:00:00+01:00 Papworth Trust

This week I spent some time with customers and staff at one of our social enterprises. The level of industry was impressive - a ceaseless cacophony of cutting, hammering, assembling and enjoyment filled the room where everyone was focused at their task in hand.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=2&aid=152 2013-04-29T00:00:00+01:00 Papworth Trust

Neil Friell, who goes to the Papworth Trust Centre in Huntingdon, writes about the first year of the social club in Papworth Everard. I wanted to write a blog to celebrate the first year of the Lucy White Social Club in Papworth Everard. The social club started because I hated being indoors every night of the week (that's nothing against my parents!).

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=4&aid=150 2013-03-25T00:00:00+00:00 Papworth Trust

Cathy tells us what's next after The Secret Millions, now that the Big Lottery Fund has given Papworth Trust £2 million to offer farm breaks for disabled people and their families: I'm so happy to see our project out there and so excited that we've won the money to make it a reality.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=1&aid=149 2013-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 Papworth Trust

Adrian writes about the cuts to Housing Benefit, known as the 'bedroom tax', for people with 'spare' bedrooms: A couple of weeks ago I went for a walk with my wife; the weather was great and the scenery wonderful. When we returned to the car, we had a flat tyre.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=5&aid=148 2013-03-04T00:00:00+00:00 Papworth Trust

Ed volunteers for Meals 2 You, Papworth Trust's meals delivery service for older and disabled people. In this blog post, Ed tells us about a typical day as a meals delivery driver. As soon as I saw that Cornerstone Café in Cambridge was looking for meals delivery volunteers, I knew it was something I wanted to do.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=2&aid=147 2013-02-13T00:00:00+00:00 Papworth Trust

Papworth Trust tenant Lisa tells us how the 'bedroom tax' (cuts to housing benefit for people with 'spare' bedrooms) will affect her and her partner Brett. We live in a 2 bedroom bungalow in Essex. We've lived there for 3 and a half years. Our home has been specially adapted for me, as I have cerebral palsy and use a wheelchair.

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=2&aid=146 2013-01-11T00:00:00+00:00 Papworth Trust

On Wednesday 9 January we held the first Forum of 2013. 11 people who use the Trust's services joined us to have their say. In this blog they tell us about the day. What we talked about today We heard what different people have been up to and we had a presentation from Rob Hammond (Chair of Trustees) and Adrian Bagg (Chief Executive).

tag:papworth.org.uk,2013:http://www.papworth.org.uk/blog.php?bid=1&aid=145 2012-11-26T00:00:00+00:00 Papworth Trust

I spoke at my first All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) session last week. We had been invited to attend the All-Party Parliamentary Disability Group to present the findings of our recent report about how home adaptations can improve people's health and wellbeing, and reduce costs for the NHS.