You might wonder, “What does White Ribbon mean? In the UK, the White Ribbon symbolises the promise to end men’s violence against all women and children. The White Ribbon movement was started by men who wanted to challenge the culture…
When Lee returned to our Bevin Court service, Sheffield in April this year, it marked his third stay at the hostel, but this time, something was very different. Lee had been on a long and often difficult journey through addiction,…
“It’s the addiction that tells you that you can’t dance, sing, socialise, or roller skate without a drink. The truth is, you can do everything without alcohol, and I’m living proof.” When Ruth was asked to share her recovery journey,…
On Wednesday 11th June, we gathered at Headingley Stadium in Leeds for our Annual PROUD Awards – a celebration of the remarkable dedication of the people who make St Anne’s so special: our colleagues, volunteers, and clients. The event began…
Celebrating Choice, Confidence, and Connection at Outreach Kirklees At our Outreach Kirklees service, person-centred support isn’t just a principle – it’s a way of life. Every day, the team supports individuals to empower them to live fully, freely, and on…
As part of our Mental Health Awareness Week celebrations, the Boulevard and Hull outreach teams brought together staff and clients for a Community Wellbeing Walk and Positive Pickle Picnic, and it turned out to be much more than just a walk.…
“Walking side by side creates a unique space – for real talk, laughter, and hope.” — Sarah Halliwell, Substance Misuse Support Worker On Sunday 13th April, clients from our Bevin Court service in Sheffield took part in their first-ever Sunday…
“By empowering individuals to make their own choices and take control of their lives, we support them to create lasting change.”— Terri Vardy, Manager at Cardigan Road Over the past six months, Paul, a resident at our Cardigan Road service…
Community organisations in Sheffield are uniting to create greater life opportunities for individuals in emergency and temporary accommodation. Recognising that sustainable independence requires more than just housing support, St Anne’s Community Services is leading a dynamic partnership that is that…
In late January, our Resource Centre, in Leeds, hosted an inspiring event, combining good food with live music. The event was organised in collaboration with Sharon Beaumont, a talented singer-songwriter and manager in our Finance Team, along with her co-writer…
We are proud to share that our York Outreach Team has achieved a CQC rating of 'Good'. Andrea Smith, Area Manager, said: “This rating reflects the incredible work of the team in providing truly person-centred care that exceeds our clients’…
We are delighted to welcome an incredible group of new trustees. Steve Hodgson James Place Rachel Leyland FCIPD Deana Burgoyne who all bring a wealth of expertise, skills, and experience, strengthening our ability to drive forward our mission: 'A Life…
📅 When: 11th December 🕙 Times: Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Evening Session: 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM 📍 Where: Head Office, Fountain Court, Morley, LS27 0JG 🎄 The countdown is on for the much-anticipated St Anne’s Christmas Market! This festive extravaganza promises…
Healthwatch County Durham, last week awarded a Star Award to Nicola Howey for support given to a client whilst she was working at Marwood Park. One of the parents of a client at the service nominated Nicola and said how sh…
Each year in September, services that support people with substance use issues have an opportunity to celebrate people's achievements through 'Recovery Month'. Alcohol Services, in Leeds has used Recovery Month as an opportunity to showcase its work in several different…
We are so proud of our team at Alexandra House in Sunderland, who in September received a Star Award from Sunderland Healthwatch. The team received the award following a nomination from the parents of one of the residents. They stated…
As part of Recovery Month, St Anne's Community Services, Likewise and Project 6 came together to take part in a fantastic football tournament held at Bevin Court, Sheffield, on 19th September. Three amazing teams took to the field, and played…
Over the bank holiday weekend, we had the privilege of taking part in Europe's oldest Carnival, the Leeds West Indian Carnival (26th August). This year the event took on a grander scale as the parade made two laps through Chapeltown in…
Earlier this year we conducted a Tenant Satisfaction Measures survey, in line with the new Tenant Satisfaction Measure standard set out by the Regulator for Social Housing. We contacted all 276 of our housing tenants of which we received 88…
Our Shared Lives team, carers, and clients had a great time in Roundhay Park in Leed on 25th June when they did a treasure hunt as part of Shared Lives Week. The group enjoyed networking together, the quiz, and of…
Over 300 colleagues and clients had an amazing time at Elland Road, Leeds, on 19th June as we celebrated our PROUD Awards. Compered in style by our Head of Corporate Governance Mark Howorth, and with special guest the High Sheriff…
This week we recognise Volunteers Week (2 June -9 June), by relaunching our Volunteers Policy. The diversity of our colleagues skills and talents makes St Anne’s a great place to work. Our refreshed policy will enable our colleagues to share…
We are very proud to announce St Anne's has started a new partnership with digital social care software company Nourish, which will be providing us with a new client system. As part of our strategic plan, one of the core…
In early April three of our clients from our mental health services in Leeds, moved into independent living at our new service on Kendal Lane. The Kendal Lane mental health service, supports clients who have developed the appropriate skills to…
Over the last few months we have been rolling out our fresh and innovative approach to client engagement and co-production. As a social care charity, we understand the commitment and links needed between the voice of our clients, the people…
Sarah, a tenant of St Anne's has been on an amazing personal journey of empowerment and wellbeing, this is her story. "Heather and the team empowered me along the way and celebrated my differences which led me to be invited…
On 4th March our new Chair of Trustees John Cleland joined St Anne’s. John comes with a wealth of experience which will prove invaluable to St Anne’s as we continue to develop and deliver our strategy to support our clients…
We are so please to announce we have achieved the Safer Leeds Domestic Violence & Abuse Quality Mark. The purpose of the Quality Mark is to ensure consistent and high-quality service provision to women, children and men affected by Domestic…
Our Shared Lives carers and team gathered on the 13th February for a winter walk at Golden Acre Park, Leeds. Thankfully the rain stayed away which allowed the group to enjoy feeding the ducks (earning the team points in our…
A Memorial Orchard, a symbol of hope and remembrance, has been planted at a specialist resettlement hostel in Sheffield in collaboration with St Anne’s Community Services (St Anne’s), The Hepatitis C Trust, and Sheffield City Council. The team at Bevin…
In an exciting development, St. Anne's is thrilled to announce the addition of Whiteoak Respite Centre to its comprehensive array of services. Beginning on the 6th of February, Whiteoak will become an integral part of the St. Anne's family, catering…
Congratulations to our Shared Lives Team who recently attained a CQC inspection rating “Good”. During the inspection process the CQC inspector spent a large amount of time talking to carers and clients, the feedback was outstanding. Shared Lives carers felt…
We are proud to announce our Bradford Adult Supported Living Service, which supports adults with learning disabilities in the comfort of their own homes, has achieved a CQC rating of Good. The management team for the service said: “All the…
New Year, New Opportunities! Join us at Marton Library, TS7 8BL on January 25th! Live in the Middlesbrough, Stockton-On-Tees , Redcar, Darlington or Hartlepool area and on the lookout for a fresh start in 2024? Discover exciting career possibilities at…
We wish all our clients, families, friends, partners and colleagues a Happy Christmas. We love the winning card of our Client Christmas Card Competition, well done to LH from our Norfolk Road service.
The festive period can be lonely for the homeless, and those in need. Over the Christmas period we are here to help. Please note our Resource Centre normal hours resume on Tuesday 2nd January.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Lush for the kind donation of products for our clients. The festive season can be a very difficult time of year for some of the people we support, so just…
Men's Talk an exciting performing arts group for men with experience of mental health issues, performed at our Bevin Court service (Sheffield) on 7th November. The group, which aims to engage men in a creative process which enables them to explore…
September was ‘Recovery Month’ – an opportunity to celebrate recovery. There is often a stigma attached to people who experience problems with alcohol or drugs. Recovery Month was an opportunity to confront that stigma by celebrating people who are in…
At St Anne’s Training Academy, staff from Forward Leeds were trained in Social, Behaviour, and Network Therapy (SBNT). Delivered by Sally Neal from Addictions Therapy UK, "This course develops an approach that captures the importance of social support in the…
Our Hartwell Road Service in Leeds held its own staff and client awards on Tuesday 26th September. At the event there was a slideshow of photos from the varying activities the service has held over the year so far, as…
Congratulations to our Foxview Service in Dewsbury which has been rated ‘Good’ by the CQC. Foxview offers a nursing short break service for people living with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and autistic people, this enables a mutually beneficial service for…
St Anne’s were incredibly excited to be part of Leeds Pride (August 7), and Calderdale Pride (19 August). Our clients, staff, family, and friends came together to walk through Leeds City centre and showcase St Anne's at our stall. Calderdale…
Thank you to everyone who supported and attended our Proud Awards at Elland Road on the 21 June. It was a fantastic day celebrating everything St Anne's. Huge congratulations to our Proud Award Winners: Lyndsay Swales - Leader of…
[video width="640" height="480" mp4="https://www.st-annes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Introducing-Boulevard-1.mp4"][/video] On 18th May we celebrated the launch of our new supported living service, Boulevard, in Hull. To mark the occasion, in the middle of Mental Health Awareness Week, we planted the new garden with…
We are proud to announce Nicky Lyall, has won Social Care Nurse of the Year at the Leeds Quality Care Awards 2023 The Leeds Quality Care Awards recognise the fantastic services which are being delivered across Leeds. These awards have…
Our Alcohol Services received a wonderful donation of a new television from John Lewis on Friday 28th April. The service has a proud record of supporting people to make significant changes in their life. Most of the clients who go…
We are pleased to announce we recently gained our Investors In People Accreditation. Many people and teams across the organisation were interviewed as part of the process. There were many positives from the assessment including: People are proud of the…
Sensory engagement promotes cognition and memory, it supports communication and people's ability and readiness to learn, and it is also good for mental health Sensory engagement is an important part of the support we provide, facilitating this our Hartwell Road…
Throughout spring we have been nominating our colleagues in our PROUD Awards, recognising the care, devotion, and outstanding work our colleagues and teams undertake in making our vision “of a life without limits for the people we support” a reality.…
Our Durham supported living services have received a “Good” rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in a recent assessment (February 2023) The service that offers support to adults with learning disabilities and autistism, was praised for the care, respect,…
We are proud to have over 30 years of expertise in delivering community-based Outreach services, and the work our teams undertake in local communities is truly life-changing. Our professional, experienced, and caring staff work collaboratively with the people they support…
Our Belle Vue Road Service, Leeds, loves to engage the people they support in activities which support learning and development. During early March they decided to run a cake baking master class, to create a delicious chocolate cake. The class…
It was National Science Day on 28th February, and our team at Hartwell Road wanted to make the day exciting for their clients. After careful research and planning the team came up with some really creative experiments that the clients…
Across our services on Pancake Day (21 Feb) the people we support had a great time cooking, creating and designing and of course eating some wonderful pancakes. Fr0m Portland Avenue in Seaham to Creykes Lodge in Goole the perfect pancakes…
National Storytelling Week takes place every year and is a celebration of the power of sharing stories. Stories teach us about the world, they allow us to step into someone else’s shoes and feel empathy, they let us escape the…
On the 13th January 2023 our Creykes Lodge Service celebrated a client’s 'Present Day" in style. Present Day is celebrated instead of birthdays in accordance with the clients Jehovah’s Witness faith. During the day the clients’ parents came to visit…
In December, we joined our lovely friends from St Anne's Shared Lives for a beautiful walk in the winter sunshine at Golden Acre Park. Our Shared Lives scheme recruits and supports carers that can offer a home to adults…
Our Resource Centre, with great support from DAC Beachcroft, held their Christmas Party on Friday 9th December. The food area was packed, and everyone had a wonderful time, with amazing food, singing from "Music Box Inspiring Voices Choir"…
On Thursday 8th December, our Heatherstones service had their fantastic Christmas Party. The evening was a perfect winter evening with live music from local musician Dean, a special visit from Santa and his Reindeer and even SNOW! Fantastic…
On Tuesday 29th November we had a very special birthday celebration for our Somewhere Safe To Stay Hub, at the Civic Hall, Leeds. Gathering together friends of St Anne's, Trustees, supporters, team members and clients, with our special guest the…
Congratulations to our Rockhaven team from Horsforth, Leeds, who received a superb Care Quality Commission (CQC) report in August. The CQC detailed the quality of care delivered at the service as well as a fantastic working culture which the staff…
We are so proud to see our Heatherstones Service manager, Gerard Wainwright win the Learning Disability category of the RCN Nursing Awards (Royal College of Nusing). Gerard led the Unsafe Swallow Project to address the disproportionately high number of people with learning…
My name is Ian. I’ve been involved with St Anne’s for about eighteen years now. I used to have a casual cleaning post at Heatherstones but that stopped about two years ago. I still attend all their parties and events…
Welcome to the latest St Anne’s update, ‘Without Limits’ It has been a busy year with lots happening across our services, our clients have enjoyed many experiences, events, day’s out and celebrations. To access the lastest edition, please see here…
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful as the new provider of the Redwood Glades Extra Care scheme in Hull. Redwood Glades is one of three extra care schemes run by Hull City Council. Extra Care is…
After missing the last 2 years due to the pandemic, St Anne’s were incredibly excited to be part of Leeds Pride 2022. Our charity had the privilege of taking part in the parade, as well as hosting a stall on…
Proud to be a Lord Mayors Charity We are very proud to be one of the Lord Mayor's of Leeds Charities for the year 2022/23. Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Roberts Gettings MBE JP, will be raising money for four…
St Anne’s Community Service, a proud partner in Forward Leeds, the alcohol and drug service, is thrilled by the recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection rating of the service as “Outstanding”. Detailed as ‘highly innovative’, the report goes on to…
Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee Across the summer our services and clients have been celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee. It has been lovely see so many celebrations, here is a montage of our many events and parties:
Gerard Wainwright, manager from our Heatherstones service in Halifax, has led the Unsafe Swallow Project as part of a Queens Nursing Award, which we are very proud to announce has been nominated as a Finalist in the Royal College of…
On Friday 10th June we were very proud to launch our new Westgarth service in partnership with Calderdale Council, with a special guest the Lord Mayor of Calderdale, Cllr Angie Gallagher Westgarth has undergone major refurbishment works providing much-improved accommodation…
Alcohol Services and International Nurses’ Day. At St Anne's Alcohol Services we are celebrating International Nurses’ Day by thanking our Nurses for their work. Nurses play an integral role in the success of our residential alcohol treatment services. In 2021-2022,…
People-focused, passionate, and committed are just some of the words we would use to describe St Anne’s Community Services, as they encompass many of the aspects which make us so special. We are an organisation that is for people, by…
Celebrating and commemorating our 50th Anniversary in 2021-22, our teams from Gateshead and Dewsbury have planted 30 fruit trees as a lasting legacy of our golden anniversary during spring 2022. In Gateshead our team planted 25 fruit trees in Dunston…
Without Limits Welcome to the twice yearly St Anne's client update, 'Without Limits'. 2021 has been a difficult year with Covid, but our clients have enjoyed many experiences, events, day's out and celebrations. We are dedicated and proud to supporting…
Welcoming our new Chair and Vice-Chair One of the north's leading charities, St. Anne's Community Services (St. Anne’s), has appointed a new Chair and Vice Chair. The new Chair is Anthea Sully, who is Chief Executive of White Ribbon UK,…
To celebrate and commemorate St Anne’s Community Services, 50th Anniversary on Wednesday 15th September, a special time capsule was buried in Temple Newsam Park, Leeds. Organised by the St Anne’s Shared Lives Team, who support adult support placements with families,…
A charity, dedicated to supporting the most vulnerable in society, has planted a new sensory garden in the heart of Leeds, close to where it was founded in 1971. St Anne’s Community Services (St Anne’s) which this year is celebrating…
Leading Charity Appoints New Vice-Chair and Trustees One of the north’s leading charities, St. Anne’s Community Services (St. Anne’s), has appointed fours new Trustees including one to the position of Vice-Chair. A not-for-profit organisation supporting over 1600 people across the…
St. Anne’s Community Services (St Anne’s), one of the North’s leading person-centred charities is celebrating its 50th Anniversary with a fund-raising, online cycle ride in support of homeless people. Set up in 1971 to support homeless people in Leeds, St…
A life without limits. We have great pride in sharing with you our new five-year strategic plan, “A life without limits”. "A life without limits", showcases our future direction which puts the people we support and our staff at the…
Our staff from Heatherstones did a wonderful walk on the canal towpath which runs from Copley to Sowerby Bridge. There were six of our clients and seven members of staff on the outing. This had to be carefully planned as…
