Working at Avocet Trust

Avocet Trust is a charity established in 1991 to provide lifetime support for individuals with profound disabilities.

These include learning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health problems and autism and brain injury.

From its inception Avocet has endeavoured to provide as normal a way of life as possible for its clients through the provision of high quality care and support. The founder trustees included Pat Frankish, Terry Davies, Jean Carlin, Shelagh Devereux and Tim Wright.

In the summer of 1993 Avocet acquired its first property at Kingfisher Rise in Hull, which was purpose built by the Bradford and Northern Property Trust. At the same time the new NHS and Community Care Act provided the right for vulnerable people to have their needs properly assessed. This led to a number of clients with profound learning disabilities being referred to Avocet.

Many of our residents came out of long-stay hospitals and could do very little for themselves.

They relied on the commitment of our staff for round-the-clock care. Increasingly however we are attracting clients who are more independent these days we have clients who attend college and have part-time work.

Nowadays our new properties are ordinary house and bungalows which we have converted to meet CQC standards and you would be hard pushed to distinguish them from any other house in the neighbourhood.

About Our Trustees

Where day-to-day management and operations are delegated to staff or volunteers, your Board remains responsible for supervising the Chief Executive (and sometimes other staff) and ensuring that the organisation is being well managed and operating within agreed policies, the law and its budget.

The Trust Board is a group of people who take ultimate responsibility for a charity.

Services

Neat Marsh Farm & Matthew’s Enterprise

 

Matthew’s Enterprise is part of Avocet Trust, which is a local registered charity. Recently opened the project is based around a therapeutic care farm where we use the power of growing plants and raising animals to help people to reach their full potential.

Neat Marsh farm is situated on Neat Marsh Road just on the outskirts of Hull at Preston Village. There are six and half acres of land and two and a half acres of greenhouses where everyone can join in the fun to help grow their own food or help to look after the animals.

We also have fully equipped woodwork and metalwork shops where people can pick up basic carpentry, rural crafts and metal working skills. Eventually we aim to have links with the local colleges so our qualifications can be accredited. It is our hope that in the near future we will be able to appoint apprentices to help vulnerable adults into employment. Meaningful work is an important part of everyone’s life.

About Supported Living and Domiciliary Service

 

Domiciliary or Supported Living is for you if you wish to remain in control and keep your independence. We aim to achieve this with you as the most important person through a Person centered Plan that ensures your dreams, choices and wishes are being met. Through this person centered plan you decide how this is going to happen, you are in control. We know you are the expert about your own life and we will listen to you to have the opportunities in life that you are entitled to, the same as anybody else!

Short stay & Respite care

Avocet Trust recognises that respite is an essential service for those who have caring responsibilities for relatives and loved ones. Often the ability to have a break can make all the difference to continuing to look after someone.

 

Those who are being supported can also derive real benefits from having a short break away from home. At Avocet Trust we have a range of specially designed short stay services for people with a learning disability tailored to meet individual needs. We have two CQC registered properties, one on Holderness Road, Hull and one at Green Lane Farm, North Frodingham. Both specialise in providing respite care and short breaks. The houses both have ground floor bedrooms available and the facility on Holderness Road also has wheelchair access.