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Optalis 2025 year in review
2025 was a year of growth and impact. We expanded services, welcomed new people, and created spaces where those we support and our teams can thrive. Here are the milestones that made it special.
Serving Up Skills and Festive Treats
Our Ability Catering team kicked off a busy festive season at the Railways 200 celebration at Windsor & Eton Riverside Stations 166th Birthday.
Active Lives now available in RBWM for FREE
Active Lives is a free, easy-to-use website designed to help people stay active, fit and healthy – without needing equipment or going to classes.
Ability Catering's biggest event yet!
This festive season, the Ability Catering team stretched their catering skills providing freshly prepared food and snacks for their biggest event to date, preparing food for over 170 people.
Emma’s fundraising dress up day
Emma, who works at the Birches runs an annual charity fundraiser, dressing up and working a whole shift in a festive outfit, for sponsorship, this year she has chosen motor neurone disease (MND).
Working Together Toolkit A Guide to Involving People
We have developed a co-production guide. Highlighting ideas, approaches and the importance of ensuring opportunities are inclusive and accessible to a diverse group of people.
Back to health, with flexible and friendly support
Back to health, with flexible and friendly support - Customer story, The Birches | Extra Care
The Good Care Series - Communication and independence
Our next article focuses on improvements made to one of our residential care home environments, which have helped create a culture that supports communication and promotes independence.
A special birthday celebration
Philip really enjoys a party. His plans to celebrate his birthday were disrupted when his poor health, led to a hospital stay. The team, were not about to let that get in the way of his celebrations.
Wokingham is the best place to find work in the Southeast if you have a learning disability
Optalis and Wokingham Borough Council are proud to announce that Wokingham has ranked number one in the southeast and number two in the country on the ASCOF employment figures
The Good Care Series - Improved community integration and choice
This article explores a recent re-organisation, to support a new direction for the Community Lives Service, to further improve the quality of provision for the people we support.
Events to help spread the word about Carers support
Dulsey Tapera is based within the Optalis First Contact Team and has been supporting a number of carers events this year to help spread the word about support available.
