History
2003:
We were informed Leicester City Council would be cutting funding from many voluntary organisations, including our Information Service and ASPIRE.
2004:
Honorary Life President, Arthur Sharpe, died. We were informed our Information Service wouldn’t be cut. However, ASPIRE lost all of their funding. We were very fortunate, though, to be given a donation from Kirby and West to fund the service for one year.
2004:
Currently the services we provide are: Direct Payments, Finance, Information and Help Line, Newsletter, Services to Young People, Antenna Visiting Service, Antenaa Counselling Service, Alternative Day Service for 30–65 and ASPIRE which includes day trips, Sunbeam, Overstrand bungalows, Sailability and Holiday Information Database.
2006:
In August we started an individual advocacy service in both the City and the county for people with physical and/or sensory impairments, also for people with learning difficulties in the county.
2007:
25th Anniversary of the opening of bungalow one at Overstrand.To celebrate, we had a competition to name the bungalows. Bungalow one was named The Fairway and bungalow two became the The Links.
Quotes taken from ‘From Strength to Strength’ by Derek Seaton.