Blogs

Gwen Davis has been volunteering at Beacon for over ten years. Gwen visits two blind parents every week to help support them with personal tasks and provide social companionship. Gwen normally arrives in the morning and helps them read through the mail, read to the...

Scott Hadley has been helping our hospitality staff in the Beacon Bar for over 18 months. His disability has limited him in many aspects of his life but since volunteering at Beacon it has really opened him up as an individual. Scott explained: “I enjoy speaking to...

Becky Green, volunteer coordinator at Beacon, recently signed up to get her will in place during Make a Will Week at Beacon. Becky shares her thoughts on why she chose to make her will and what it means to her. “After recently getting married I felt I had more...

Dal Bhutta recently signed up for the Beacon Santa Run on December 1st at West Park. Dal explains why this years run means so much to him and why he signed up. I work in the Beacon Charity Shop at our HQ on Wolverhampton Road East, so I see people Beacon support every...

Richard Garton is a service user at Beacon, who shares with us his journey and the impact Beacon has had on me. Richard is supported in the Health and Wellbeing department and spends his time at Beacon within the social room, crafts room and cookery classes. Richard...