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Community Lives Celebrates Inclusion and Creativity in Windsor and Maidenhead
Community Lives in Windsor and Maidenhead hosted an inclusive event for people with learning disabilities and autism, offering sensory, musical, and active sessions for all abilities to enjoy

Community Lives Revisits Jubilee Tree Planting Site
Community Lives revisited Ockwells Park to see trees they planted in 2022 for the Queen’s Green Canopy. They reflected on their impact and were proud to see some trees had grown over 6 feet tall.
New free digital resource for Carers
Wokingham Borough Council has teamed up with Carers UK to offer local carers digital products and online resources with information and support for carers on a single webpage.

Supported Employment Service holds career clinics at Addington School, Woodley
The Optalis Supported Employment Service will be at Addington School on Thursday 29 September.

Ace@Optalis is top of the class!
Reading College students are celebrating their graduation from a job-focused course run by the Optalis Supported Employment Service

Suffolk Lodge in Wokingham is recruiting!
We are an older people's service just opposite Waitrose in Wokingham and are looking for care and support workers.
Optalis celebrates National Learning Disability Week by launching initiative
Learning Disability Week takes place between 20 and 26 June supported by National Mencap. To mark the occasion, Optalis is Iaunching a guide to how people can join in. We are also asking our customers what makes a good friend.

Optalis staff excellence celebrated at Awards ceremony
Dedicated individuals and teams at Optalis were honoured by their colleagues at the annual Star Awards ceremony held at Easthampstead Park Conference Centre on 25 May.

Do you care to make a difference? Then come along to the Optalis Recruitment Day on 29th June
If you would like to work in a supportive and nurturing team, then join us and feel really valued

Optalis celebrates 5th birthday
Optalis celebrated our 5th birthday on 6th June with customers and carers invited joining us for cakes and strawberries (with the wearing of purple strongly encouraged!)
Calling All Carers! It's Carers Week from 8th to 14th June 2016
To mark Carers Week, Wokingham Borough Council has teamed up with a number of voluntary sector organisations to organise a programme of events and activities for carers in Wokingham
Out and About go away for a weekend break
Out & About based at Wokingham Day Services held their first group weekend away this year