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Thanks to a specialist tablet funded by FitzRoy supporters, Andre, who is autistic and has frontotemporal dementia, can now communicate again. After months of silence, he told his mum "I love you" for the first time in a long time. The tablet empowers him to make his own choices and tell us how he is feeling.

Suffolk deputy manager Egnes has successfully completed her Level 5 Lead in Adult Care qualification and shared her experience with us.

As a leading social care provider and charity supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issues, we knew that when the chancellor announced an increase in National Insurance employer contributions in the autumn budget, it was going to have a significant impact on our costs.

Since November is Men’s Health Awareness Month, we caught up with some of our staff to get their thoughts on starting conversations around men's mental health.

Bridget, who we support in Coventry, features in a Black History Month Exhibition 'Black in the day: Children of the Windrush Generation', an exhibition hosted by Coventry Mind. 

Joseph is 24 and he moved into his own flat in a shared supported living home 18 months ago. Six months later, FitzRoy took over the service and we met Joseph for the first time.

On World Mental Health Day, we take a look at mental wellbeing in the workplace at FitzRoy.

Tess lives at one of our supported living services in Suffolk and recently attended a meeting to remind her fellow community members to consider wheelchair users when discussing a proposed development site.

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