Kelly’s Hollywood is a film made by Brian Donovan about his sister Kelly. It illustrates all the challenges and triumphs of maintaining a relationship of unconditional love. After a successful run in the USA, it’s now available to watch in the UK!
This is a guest blog from our colleague at the Down’s Syndrome Association, Vinay. He is a very keen cook and we always enjoy hearing about his new recipes. Here are Vinay’s top cooking tips and his 5 favourite recipes. Most of my best recipes come from my own cooking which I like to do […]
We shared our news, everyone had been very busy. We talked about the snow. One member of the group had become an aunt – we saw photos of the new baby. Another member of the group shared a folder of his Special Olympics photos and certificates – there was a brilliant photo doing the long […]
A free event offering youngsters with Down’s syndrome the chance to try out a variety of sports is taking place in Devon in March…and it’s looking for participants. The Multi-Sports Festival will be held at Blundell’s School in Tiverton on Monday 4th March and participants of all ages and abilities are invited to take part. […]
This is a story of pure coincidence and luck… Bryony and Jamie discovered that they share a family member, but only because a relative spotted them on the same page of our Down2Earth magazine! The pair both featured on pages 6 and 7 of the magazine, which is produced twice a year by the Down’s Syndrome […]
It was good to see everyone. We shared our news – everyone had a good Christmas. This year World Down’s Syndrome Day is about ‘Leave No One Behind’ So we talked about ‘inclusion’ and feeling ‘included’ – we thought these words were difficult Instead we talked about how it feels to be part of Our […]
It was great catching up with everyone at Down 2 Earth on Sunday and sharing our news of all our Christmas and New Year celebrations. We’ve been very busy with family get-togethers, parties and pantomimes! For the first part of the session, we looked at a draft booklet which has been written to teach primary […]
Since WorkFit was launched, positions in hospitality such as hotels have been a very popular career choice for our candidates. We have successfully placed people with larger chains such as Premier Inn and Travel Lodge and independents such as The Marine Hotel. We are delighted to have expanded our work with Holiday Inn Express by […]
At WorkFit we support candidates and employers in a wide range of ways. Many candidates are able to source potential employers themselves, and then obtain the help they need from us to make the placement a reality. One such candidate was Todd in the South West of England who, we are delighted to announce, has […]
In our last blog we told you about the success of Lane’s placement with Wiltshire Police earlier this year. The Wiltshire Police team had been so impressed by WorkFit that they were keen to take on another candidate and have recently welcomed Vivian to the team. Employment Liaison Officer Jonathan Grew first met with Vivian […]
