Over the last 25 years we have achieved many milestones. Beginning with 20 clients in Southwell to supporting 250 adults with learning disabilities across five centres in Mansfield, Newark and Southwell.
Timeline of Reach’s life so far! Click the image to enlarge it
We celebrated our 25th anniversary recently, with a lovely service held at the Minster Cathedral. Many service users from all our centres came to watch and participated enthusiastically, it was wonderful to see their love for Reach!
The service was incredibly heartwarming, led by the Very Reverend Nicola Sullivan, Dean of Southwell alongside former trustee Michael Davidson. Clients showed off their dance skills to ‘Brave’ and led the congregation in singing and signing to ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. Funky glasses and air guitars were brought out!
The Voice and Participation group marched down the aisles of the cathedral, showing a very important, simple yet effective message. Demonstrating the accessibility Reach is striving to deliver and the barriers we need to break down.
Some of the Voice and Participation group
Steve Shatwell, our Chief Executive and Rachel Lannon, our Chair of Trustees delivered moving and rousing speeches. They highlighted many of our achievements and opened Reach’s next chapter. Amelia, a Flower Pod Southwell client introduced her beautiful poem which was played on the big screen.
Click the image to watch Amelia’s poem
Thank you for all your support, whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or have just joined on our journey! You can find out more about our anniversary here.
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