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Celebrating 100 years of LD nursing

Today Milestones Trust today celebrated 100 years of Learning Disability Nursing with a celebratory lunch of nurses past, present and future! Learning Disability nursing has always had significance before and during the 33 year history of Milestones Trust. Since the closure of long stay hospitals, learning disability nurses have had various roles working with the …

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Positive feedback

We were delighted to receive some lovely feedback from a member of the public, with credit going to our wonderful staff members Caroline and Louise who work at our Stepping Forward South Gloucestershire day opportunities group: “I just wanted to pop you a quick email to let you know about the wonderful care I witnessed …

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Care and Support West Awards 2018

On Saturday 20th October, Care and Support West held an awards ceremony to celebrate the hard work and successes of people who are involved in the social care, support and health sectors in the West of England. A massive congratulations to the winners and nominees from Milestones Trust, who have made the whole organisation proud …

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Saving a young man’s life

In 2018, Milestones Trust employee Richard Gaman saved a young man’s life after finding his lifeless body on a beach, whilst on an early morning walk. Richard gave the gentleman CPR, despite reservations that the man was even alive. After 20 minutes of CPR, the ambulance crew arrived at the scene. Although having severe hypothermia, …

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Transitions Talk

On 27th October 2018 we held an event at Fairburn to discuss the move of a son/daughter from home and using short breaks to moving into a residential home. One of our service users, B, recently stopped staying at Fairburn, after 20 years+ because she left her family home to live in a Milestones residential …

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