20 Jun 2025 Fighting inequality | News ‘It’s like having another family member’ Shared Lives Week runs from Monday 23 June to Friday 27 June 2025. Ahead of the week we’re shining a spotlight on a local …
2 Sep 2022 Fighting inequality | News ‘We are just one big, mad family’ “She is better than a mum,” said Jefferson as he looked at Julie on a sunny day in the garden when we visited a …
7 Aug 2019 Fighting inequality | News ‘We shared our lives – it worked out wonderfully’ Christine Lyons cared for Elspeth and Jane for more than two decades. The pair have learning disabilities and lived with Christine and her husband …
29 May 2018 Fighting inequality | News Shared lives: ‘We are a family’ Raheem is autistic and has lived with the Hussains since he was nine years old. He was fostered by the Greenford family and then …
22 Nov 2017 Fighting inequality | News How living shared lives could work for you Sharon and Fiona have shared their lives for two years, through a council scheme that places adults with local families. Fiona comes to stay …
9 Jul 2025 Leisure & culture | News New Gen Festival 2025: young people take centre stage A bold celebration of young people’s creativity, culture, and community is set to return to the borough later this month. New Gen is a …