In this blog, support worker Josh in Devon talks about how a combination of medication reduction and a newly inspired team with a fresh outlook can make a huge difference to someone's life.

One of my favourite things to do is to have a big night out with my friends. We dance the night away and often have a bag of chips on the way home! Yet, this is the sort of fun activity that is often not accessible to people with learning disabilities.

Team leader Rachel, talks about the journey Anna and her staff team have been on over the last six months; a challenging period with lots of change.

When you know someone well, you're usually very aware of changes in their personality or routines, especially if they have always done things a certain way. This was true of a man with learning disabilities who I've supported for a long time.

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Did you know, between 2016 – 2017 there were 12.5 million working days lost across all UK workplaces due to mental health related illness?

Well, it's a magic number when you work in learning and development! It's a model that suggests the ratio of learning that takes place and where it takes place. Wouldn't you know it, the 70% is for learning that takes place 'on the job'. If that's the case, how do we know that learning is taking place on the job?