Milestones Trust

Milestones Trust: support for adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs

Milestones Trust is a British charity incorporated as a company limited by guarantee, registered in England with number 2011021 and charity number 294377. Its work focuses on supporting adults with learning disabilities, adults with mental health needs and people with complex behavioural needs in their daily lives.

The organisation states that its experience, expertise and particular skill-sets enable it to support these three groups of people. Its purpose, according to its own presentation, is to help people live more creative, more meaningful and richer lives.

Services and types of support

The organisation's range of services covers different forms of care and support:

• Residential care homes.
• Supported living.
• Day opportunities.
• Short breaks.
• Assistive technology.
• Community projects.
• Warmley Wheelers.

The organisation also offers those interested the possibility of finding a specific service, making a referral to its programmes or commissioning its services.

Size of the organisation

The figures the organisation itself publishes about its activity indicate that it was incorporated in 1986, has 80 residential and supported living services, supports 530 people with learning disabilities and mental health needs and brings together 1,300 members of staff dedicated to daily support.

Geographical coverage

Milestones Trust provides its services in several areas of the south west of England: Bath, Bristol, north Somerset, south Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire.

Projects and recent activity

Among the initiatives featured on its website is the opening of a new supported living service in Bradley Stoke, developed together with LiveWest and South Gloucestershire Council. That service provides care for eleven adults with learning disabilities in purpose-built self-contained flats, plus one individual in a bungalow.

The organisation also features on its website the holding of its annual Extra Mile and Long Service Awards, held at the Holiday Inn Bristol – Filton, at which it recognises the dedication and achievements of its staff and volunteers.

Involvement and history

The organisation is marking forty years since it was incorporated in 1986, a milestone it covers in a series of articles in which its CEO, Hilary Crowhurst, looks back on her time with the Trust. As well as ways to give financially and to volunteer, Milestones Trust publishes institutional documentation such as its annual review, memberships, reports and accreditations and gender pay report, as well as its modern slavery statement and its carbon reduction plan.

Location and contact

Unit 10 Eclipse Office Park High Street Staple Hill Bristol BS16 5EL · Phone: 0117 970 9300 · Email: info@milestonestrust.org.uk