MakeSomeoneWelcome Stories
Get Active Wiltshire
When I first started working with Colin, he was not getting out much at all and was struggling to find ways to prioritise his own mental and physical ...
Debbie's Story
International day of people with disabilities 2020 is on the 3rd of December. In honour of this, and considering the added complications and difficulties COVID 19 is placing on everyone, I felt the need to tell you my story as I’m sure t...
Troy
Troy is a young man who has experienced a lot in his life: he had lost his mum, had financial difficulties and health problems. Troy felt a lot of anger about his life and he also felt he was a victim of the circumstances which had befallen him. ...
Jessie's Story
In February I met Jessie. Jessie told me about how she used to have an active life, she had physically demanding job and she was raising her two kids. She was a carer and she also volunteered for St Johns Ambulance. This showed me how caring and ki...
Let’s Celebrate! Nicky is one of two of our connectors who are working on the Make Someone Welcome 1:1 work. Read here for her reflections on the work she does.....
I have just celebrated 4 years of working for Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living. I use the word celebrated because coming to work here has changed my life in many ways, it’s also a word that we as a team like to use; its positive and inspir...