We’re proud we’ve changed and we are a rights-based organisation
By Aby Hutchinson-West Being a rights-based organisation means that you put people’s human rights at the centre of everything you do, how you are governed, what your policies and processes are, and how you operate. It’s your heartbeat – and it says something about...
We’re proud we’ve changed on learning and development
By Katherine Kirkwood, Senior Learning and Development Business Partner ‑ Projects Lead When people ask me why I’m proud of the changes we’ve made at Afford, my excitement truly comes alive when I talk about the remarkable strides we’ve made in learning and...
We’re proud we’ve changed on quality, safety and practice.
By Leith Sterling, Executive Director Consumer Experience and Safeguarding When Afford appointed its new Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leadership Team at the end of 2021, there was a conscious decision to make quality, safeguarding and practice a strategic and...
Jean and Stephen’s happy Supported Independent Living home
Meet Jean and Stephen! Jean and Stephen have been living in one of our Supported Independent Living (SIL) houses for seven years. Jean and Stephen became good friends soon after they first met, and they are now friends for life. Jean and Stephen live in the same SIL...