A Year Like No Other – C-Change Annual Report 2020-2021
We are delighted to release our annual report 2020-2021 titled ‘A Year Like No Other’ Our report is a mix of both Video and Audio + PDF version to view and download We thought it was important to acknowledge that the year 2020/2021 was nothing like any other we have experienced. The impact of a global pandemic was not something we had planned for. We had to adapt and change as circumstances evolved rapidly around us. And so, in recognition that it was not business as usual, we have produced a not business as usual annual report. Instead this report takes the form of a reflection, appreciation and offer of thanks for all those who helped us make it through the most difficult time.
We are delighted to release our annual report 2020-2021 titled ‘A Year Like No Other’
Our report is a mix of both Video and Audio
+ PDF version to view and download
We thought it was important to acknowledge that the year 2020/2021 was nothing like any other we have experienced. The impact of a global pandemic was not something we had planned for. We had to adapt and change as circumstances evolved rapidly around us.
And so, in recognition that it was not business as usual, we have produced a not business as usual annual report. Instead this report takes the form of a reflection, appreciation and offer of thanks for all those who helped us make it through the most difficult time.
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A Parent’s Perspective
Sarah and Stephen Ward’s Story
We first dealt with C-Change when our 16 year old daughter, who who was diagnosed as
autistic and having a borderline personality disorder (EUPD), was getting ready to leave an
adolescent psychiatric ward that had been home to her for over two years. We were full of fear
and apprehensive about the future. We knew we couldn't manage to keep her safe by
ourselves and we needed help, but how do you trust strangers to look after your daughter? It
was a slow process for us all getting to know and trust each other, as my daughter was moving
into our self contained annexe which was beside our house. We hoped for the best and
worried that Covid would add more anxiety to an already big life transition for our daughter.
We have to say, for us, it has been life saving for our
daughter. The entire team have worked hard to get to
know her ways, in sometimes very trying conditions. We
have had many obstacles to come through, with positive
COVID tests, self-isolation and admission into hospital
for a short stay which have all been very challenging.
Our daughter is thankfully doing better in a more
challenging world than the one she knew before
hospital. She is now beginning to realise that ‘having
a life’ is possible.
“
It has been
life saving for
our daughter
“
We all have more hope and if anyone had told me a year ago that this was even possible, I
would have struggled to believe it. So, although the world seems to have turned upside
down and crazy this year, for us, it has also made progress for our girl, who
struggled to think there was any life waiting for her.
In a ‘year like no other’, we give thanks and recognition to the amazing team
who have been looking after our daughter. We all work well together and
that’s what makes it work so well.
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