Wayforward Specialist Support Services

24/02/2026

06/02/2026

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Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (9–15 February), we caught up with Philip Batten, Community Learning Disability Nurse, who completed the Nurse Degree Apprenticeship in September 2025. This route enabled Phil to advance his nursing career while continuing to support his family and maintain his income.

Reflecting on his experience, Phil shared: “Compared to a traditional university programme, the apprenticeship enabled practical, workplace-based application of knowledge. I was able to immediately embed skills into practice, build confidence across services in real time, and develop my professional identity while contributing to patient care.”

Read the full interview on our website: https://orlo.uk/KI5RV

24/12/2025

23/12/2025

Huge thanks to our incredible & exceptional team for an amazing year! ✨ Your hard work and cheer make Wayforward what it is.
Merry Christmas, team & to everyone that supports us! 🎁🥂

18/12/2025

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15/11/2025

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31/07/2025

Appreciation post! 👇
Western Medical Services worked in collaboration with us recently to formulate & present some person centred holistic training for a person we support. This has helped equip our staff with necessary skills to help keep the person safe in a physical health emergency. Thank you Will Price & team, very professional & well presented. 🚑

28/07/2025

Wayforward are really proud to be sponsoring Ben Cornish BMX an exceptional Neurodivergent professional athlete. Such a great ambassador for the Neurodivergent community. Go Ben! 🔥🔥

ICYMI: Here’s our BMX Racing squad looking for rainbows in Copenhagen this weekend! 🌈

You’ll be able to catch Sunday’s finals live on BBC Sport from 10:50.

Best of luck to all the Challenge riders racing for GB this week! 🙌 🇬🇧

22/07/2025

Places where Children can eat for free (or £1) during the School Summer Holidays 👇

17/07/2025

It’s unbelievable in this day and age that Medical Professionals are still able to discriminate, against people who have a learning disability! 👇👇

A preventable death. A failing system. And by 2028, no new learning disability nurses. We must invest in specialist care—before more lives are lost.

🔗 Read more: https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-16/unforgiveable-report-finds-death-of-learning-disabled-man-was-preventable

11/06/2025

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Social care has been pushed to breaking point.
Today’s announcement will reveal if anything is about to change.

For too long, governments have patched over the cracks with recycled promises and consultations that go nowhere. Meanwhile, providers are closing. Staff are burning out. And thousands are left waiting for the care they’re entitled to.

This is not a system in need of reform.
It’s a system in need of rescue.💚

Behind every spreadsheet is a care worker walking miles to work..
A disabled person waiting months on end for support..
An older adult stuck in hospital because no care package exists..
A provider choosing which bills they can’t pay this month…

Today, we need action that matches reality:
• Funding that reflects what it truly costs to deliver care
• Clear accountability for how public money is used
• A government that LISTENS to those on the frontline, and acts on it
• Recognition that social care isn’t a side issue: it’s central to our economy, our NHS, and our communities

If today’s review fails to show real commitment, it won’t just be a missed opportunity.
It will be a message heard across every care home, supported living service, and family waiting for help.

We’re not waiting quietly.
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