We exist to help you live the life that you want. We’ll work together to understand how we can support you to reach your life goals, whether this is making friends, managing your health, learning how to live more independently or getting a job.
Respite Support
We offer a range of respite services from daytime sessions and holiday breaks to long-term housing for people with profound learning and physical disabilities. Parents, carers and siblings can take time to look after their own welfare, safe in the knowledge that their loved one is receiving high quality care.
Community Support
We know autistic people and people with learning disabilities want to have the same opportunities as everyone else. Our community support services will help you realise your life goals whether that’s to be more independent, find paid work, learn life skills or try different things and make new friends.
Where we help
Our services are based in communities across Essex and support is offered through a variety of experienced staff, skilled volunteers and passionate peer mentors. It’s important to us that a lot of our support is delivered in ‘real life’ settings, but some sessions are more appropriately based in our buildings. You can see a map of our sites below.
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Braintree district
Bfriends offers mentoring, befriending and peer group support for people needing to overcome barriers in order to lead the life they wish tolead. Bfriends operates across Braintree and Chelmsford districts.
Chelmsford district
Bfriends offers mentoring, befriending and peer group support for people needing to overcome barriers in order to lead the life they wish to lead. Bfriends operates across Braintree and Chelmsford districts.
Brentwood district
Social Prescribing supports health and wellbeing by connecting people with activities, groups and services. This is offered across Brentwood and Basildon districts.
Basildon district
Social Prescribing supports health and wellbeing by connecting people with activities, groups and services. This is offered across Brentwood and Basildon districts.
Billericay is home to our community support services where individuals can learn key life skills, build friendships, and have fun.
The Bungalow in Wickford is our 5 bed purpose built home for young people and adults with profound and multiple learning and physical disabilities.
Rochford district
Gowlands is our 9 bedroom holiday home where disabled people can come and experience exciting activities, whilst offering a break from caring for families.
Roots & Shoots is our horticultural training project, which supports improvement of physical and mental wellbeing whilst enabling poeple to develop skills for life and work.
Our Hydrotherapy pool enables people to rehabilitate following trauma and manage long-term health conditions. Bespoke services are led by experienced physiotherapists.
Contact Us
If you want to understand more about the services we offer or how we can support you, we’d love to hear from you.
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We’re proud to work with a broad cross-section of our community; together improving the world for disabled and neurodiverse people. Our work is only possible thanks to individuals and businesses generously giving us their time, fundraising efforts and donations.
