Brandon Trust
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Brandon Trust is a United Kingdom charitable organisation working with and for people with learning disabilities.
Profile
Brandon Trust is an award-winning[1] UK-registered charity working throughout the South West of England and in London, supporting approximately 1,200 people with learning disabilities and autism.
It has more than 2,000 employees[2] and its registered head office[3] is in Patchway, Bristol.
Brandon Trust is licensed to provide services by the Care Quality Commission (Provider ID: 1-101639606). It provides personalised services designed around individual needs, from living solutions to vocational courses, from community and leisure access to employment training and support.
Brandon Trust is a member of the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG)[4] and the chief executive is Lucy Hurst-Brown, who is a regular contributor to national articles[5] relating to social care and learning disabilities.
History
Brandon Trust was formed in 1994 by the merger of the Buttress Trust with the South Avon Housing Association. In April 2000 Spectrum Day Services, previously part of the NHS, was transferred to Brandon Trust. Six years later the charity secured an innovative contract with the Gloucestershire Partnership. The following year, in 2007, Brandon began work in Cornwall, supporting over 90 adults with learning disabilities, all brokered on individual budgets. Its London operations started in November 2012 as part of a full merger with not-for-profit organisation Odyssey Care.
References
- ^ "Third Sector website". Third Sector.
- ^ "Charity Commission website". Charity Commission.
- ^ "Get in touch". Brandon Trust.
- ^ Voluntary Organisations Disability Group http://www.vodg.org.uk/members/the-brandon-trust.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Hurst-Brown, Lucy (2014). "People with learning disabilities need friends, not just paid carers". The Guardian.
External links
- Brandon Trust
- Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- UWE Helps Learning Disability Charity Brandon Trust. (Press Release Issue Date 28 February 2007)
- Valuing People Now
- English Community Care Association
- Learning Disability Today
- Advance Housing
- Western Challenge
- Golden Lane Housing
- North Somerset Housing