Abby is celebrating after receiving a prize at the Shared Lives Plus national awards. Abby was Highly Commended in the Human Rights Award for Free Expression category after being nominated by her SLSW Carer, SLC, other SLSW Carers aswell as people who use SLSW services. Since moving in with her SLSW Carer Mel Thomas in…
SLC Lesley Saunders has retired from SLSW after more than 15 years service. Based in the Cornwall office, she has seen the charity grow and evolve in that time. Along the way, Lesley’s main focus has been supporting and monitoring SLSW placements. “I’ve enjoyed finding out about a person who wants to live with a…
You never know what you can do until you try… Paul moved to in with SLSW Carers Brian and Sheila Baker about four years ago and it is fair to say he had his challenges, but with a little bit of encouragement and support, he gradually discovered he was interested in woodwork. In the last…
Lockdowns have been challenging time for all of us, but for Josh he can take something positive from the time. He has forged new friendships thanks to his short breaks with SLSW Carer Zoe Ridler in Somerset. To help him feel at ease and comfortable he first went for two day visits before staying a…
As part of Dementia Action Week (May 17-23) we caught up with SLC Sarah Casey who is extremely knowledgable about Dementia and is a Dementia Champion… Why did you decide to become a Dementia Champion? When I joined Shared Lives a number of individuals that lived with carers that I supported had a diagnosis of…
We have welcomed Edward Bunce-Phillips to as the new Mid Team Leader. Edward has vast experience with Shared Lives. Not only has he grown up in a Shared Live South West household, he has also been a Shared Lives South West Carer. Now he wears a different hat for Shared Lives as part of the…
Rose Gapper has joined us as a Team Leader. Let’s find out more about her… What were you doing before joining SLSW? I have worked in the health and social care sector for nearly 20 years, I have been a registered manager for the last seven years. My previous role was a regional manager for…
Tim Wickson recently joined the Shared Lives South West team as our Business Leader. Here we find out a bit more about him… Tell us a bit about your working/career background? Industry-wise I’ve spent just over half my career in tourism and hospitality and the other half in local government, manufacturing and helping start-ups,…
Amanda Maggs started her role as the Team Leader for Somerset with a surprise Zoom meeting with all her colleagues coming together to congratulate her. She’ll be taking over from Anne Bilham, who is off to pastures new after more than five years next month. Amanda joined Shared Lives as a Shared Lives Coordinator for…
Despite it being a challenging year- Jamie who uses our services has lots to celebrate! He’s risen to the challenge to lose weight and has managed to lose seven and a half stone in a year! He has been supported throughout his weight loss journey by his SLSW Carer Rachael Cowling. “He moved in a…