Stories

We have a wonderful room in our bungalow in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham.

At FitzRoy we believe people with learning disabilities and autism should have access to therapeutic independent living, local to their families and community.

At our Northfields residential care home in Norwich, Brigette has gone from wheelchair bound and lacking in confidence to walking unaided and full of life thanks to her hard work, the support of our staff and a local not for profit service, Able2b.

With patience, understanding and encouragement, Andy is defying the odds to live his best life at our Essex residential care home.

At FitzRoy we believe people with learning disabilities should be able to live independently, with their life filled with love and choices.

Peter has lived at Shuttle Street, one of our supported living services in Coventry, for nine years now and for all that time he has volunteered in the kitchen at Gosford Community Hub Day Service.

In February, Lucky will be celebrating his 60th birthday in style – as well as fulfilling a lifelong dream – when he goes on holiday to Memphis.

Residents at The Pastures, our nursing care home in Hales, Norfolk, have been loving getting out into the garden over the past year thanks to a team of Aviva volunteers who have been cleaning, weeding, painting and developing the sensory garden.

Last week Louise, Carmella and Rosemary who we support at Huws, our Nottingham nursing care home, were able to spend a special week at Centre Parcs to mark a turning point as we moved out of the worst of the Covid pandemic.

This week we’re at Lethrede in Suffolk, to find out how a simple medical kit has transformed the healthcare of Neil and Adam.