Cleaning up Biggleswade

Christopher, a young man supported through MacIntyre Shared Lives, has been independently cleaning up the streets of Biggleswade. After completing a placement picking up litter, Christopher wasn’t satisfied, so began to spend his spare time ridding his street of litter.

After Christopher’s Shared Lives carer, Sally shared his war on waste on Facebook; she was met with floods of positive comments, full of praise for Christopher.

One user wrote:

“Thank you for keeping our town clean and tidy, Christopher!”

Sally said:

“We are so proud of Christopher. We hope others will be encouraged by him.”

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Shared Lives is the little known alternative to home care and care homes for disabled adults and older people. It is used by around 12,000 people in the UK and is available in nearly every area. The UK is only just grasping the potential of families and communities contributing to the well-being of people with support needs, and of those people being active, valued citizens. Shared Lives aims to enable people with a disability to experience ordinary life, with real relationships, rather than receive…

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