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Dementia Action Week aims to raise awareness of dementia, and this year their Forget Me Not appeal calls for people to share their stories to highlight support available for families dealing with dementia. For families like Alan’s, our Older People Day Centres form a part of their support system, allowing their loved ones to stay at home, and have greater agency in their care. WATCH Alan's Story:
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National Apprenticeship Week 2026 - Celebrating the People Who Help ECL Make a Difference National Apprenticeship Week is an important moment for us at ECL. It gives us the chance to recognise the colleagues who are building their skills and shaping their careers while helping us deliver the high quality support our customers and their families rely on. Across ECL, 58 colleagues are currently completing apprenticeships. Each one brings dedication, curiosity, and a real commitment to providing excellent care and support. Their growth strengthens our teams and helps us continue to offer services that enhance people’s quality of life.
ECL Basildon receives autism specialist accreditation. We are thrilled to announce that our Basildon Day Centre for people with learning disabilities and/or autism has gained the National Autistic Society’s Autism Specialist accreditation. This national charity award is in recognition of the centre’s dedication to providing excellent support for autistic people. The accreditation is testament to the service’s person-centred approach to care as well as its community-based focus on building social connections and reducing isolation.
ECL's successful first year of Barking and Dagenham reablement service. ECL’s new reablement service in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has reached the milestone of delivering home care to 519 people in the first year of its contract.
ECL’s Sensory Service celebrates 100th member of the Sensory Action Alliance. ECL’s Sensory Service is proud to announce a major milestone in its mission to create a more inclusive Essex. Over 100 businesses and organisations have now joined the Sensory Action Alliance, the UK’s first initiative of its kind dedicated to improving accessibility for individuals with sight and/or hearing loss.
Meet Tara - When Tara Klave was looking to change careers from hairdressing to something more meaningful that would enable her to give back to the community, she did not realise that responding to a job advertisement from ECL would change the course of her career so dramatically. For all of our current vacancies visit our website. https://jobs.ecl.org/vacancies/vacancy-search-results.aspx
ECL’s first supported internship scheme is a triumph ECL’s South Essex Supported Internship Job Coaches were bursting with pride recently as they attended the graduation ceremony of their first cohort of students.
ECL is participating in Buzz in the City - an art trail, organised by Farleigh Hospice. The trail will feature a swarm of colourful bee sculptures sponsored by local organisations to raise vital funds for Farleigh Hospice. The swarm consists of 30 large, six-foot-high bee sculptures and 25 smaller ‘mini’ bees located in places of interest throughout the centre of Chelmsford from 5 July to 9 September.
ECL- Buzz in the City. Excitement was buzzing through ECL Chelmsford Highfields and Charles Dickens Day Centres recently as they took delivery of their bees for inclusion in the Buzz in the City art trail organised by Farleigh Hospice.
