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Residents of Cabrini House in Orpington, a care home run by Diagrama Foundation for adults with learning disabilities, are discovering freedom, joy, and confidence each week through the simple but powerful act of sailing. Each week, residents travel by minibus to Chipstead Lake near Sevenoaks, where they take part in sailing sessions that have become…

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans proudly returned to Normandy this June to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day, honouring the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who played a pivotal role in the liberation of Europe during WWII. The group, including six WWII and five post war veterans,  accompanied by volunteer London…

Residents at Diagrama Foundation’s Edensor Care Centre in Clacton-on-Sea were treated to a special shopping experience this week, thanks to a visit from Tina’s Clothing, a mobile pop-up clothing shop that has been supporting care home residents across Essex, Hertfordshire, London, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Suffolk for over 25 years. Set up in the heart of…

The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans is proud to announce that their Vice President, Dick Goodwin, has been awarded the distinguished title of Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. This royal honour, conferred on Dutch Liberation Day in Wageningen, is especially meaningful as it recognises the contribution…

On Monday 14 April, Lady Emma Barnard, Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, planted a Red Oak tree at Duckyls Farm Centre & Community Services to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The tree planting took place at the heart of Duckyls Farm, a 100-acre residential care home run by the Diagrama Foundation, supporting adults with…

British social entrepreneur and life peer  Lord Bird who co-founded The Big Issue, is passionate about improving the outcomes for young offenders who go through the British justice system. He has visited Fundación Diagrama in Spain, to see first hand the very different approach the charity has towards young offenders who are sent to their…

On 19 November, WWII veteran Peter Smoothy will celebrate his 100th birthday. On 6 June 1944  Peter Smoothy was one of the 156,000 allied   servicemen that took part in the Invasion of Normandy  as part of Operation Overlord. Peter was one a crew of  99 on a Landing Ship Tank LST 215 which headed across…

WWII veterans were driven to Shropshire to meet the master distiller who created a commemorative 80th anniversary D Day dark rum. The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans took a groups of veterans for a couple of days break in Shropshire which included a visit to meet the Distinct Distillers team who have been selling ‘44’…

Delegates assembled in Birmingham for the 2024 Positive Voices Conference to talk about self-advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autism. The Positive Voices Conference was held on October 2- 3 at the Conference Aston, in Birmingham and attracted almost 100 attendees, including people with learning disabilities and autism, self-advocates, support staff, and healthcare professionals.…

Charity Diagrama Foundation, which has pledged to support an African school visited Kenya to see what help was needed. David McGuire, Chief Executive, Diagrama Foundation accompanied by Marina Rubio, Head of Professional Standards took two eight-hour flights to Kenya, followed by an eight-hour drive from Nairobi, to visit the Rusinga Friends Spotlight School in Homa…