We hope that our children will continue to live their optimum quality of life, with long term security of their social care placements. This prevents any further trauma for them, and us! Each of them will continue to learn, grow and develop to reach their maximum potential and live fulfilling and happy lives.

JMS Trust made our dream possible by the invaluable support this has now enabled Lucy and her friends to have a secure future in this home and should anything happen to us we have peace of mind she is settled. We can also move forward with our lives not feeling guilty that we have left Lucy at home or always planning around her, but she equally knows she can come back whenever she likes she has the flexibility…although prefers her home to ours now!!

We often wondered if our daughter was ready to leave the family. In the event there was no holding her back. We were really missing having her around and it look quite a while to settle. She didn’t want to come to us for a weekend for around 3 months. We think she thought she would lose her place at the Croft. She’s extremely settled now and loves it as she did initially.

Our daughter is delighted, blossoming and thriving. She likes coming back to visit us but loves coming back to her home. Its given her the chance to say ‘my life, my house, my rules’. The girls really support each other, they have dinner parties, its all real life and normal – it wonderful.

We kept positive for Lucy encouraging her to be independent it has been a roller coaster of emotions from happiness to feeling of loss, but so proud of her to what she has become. She knows we are on the end of the phone and does ring and text us the frequency of which varies according to her emotional need and the need to tell us what’s she’s been doing

The Springfield House tenants lack mental capacity and are not able to express themselves verbally. However, it is evident every single day what this project means to them. One individual had epileptic seizures every 7 to 8 days, but within months has achieved a seizure free episode of over 40 days. His neurologist puts this down in a recent email to a calmer and happier lifestyle. His previous placement involved huge stress and he was assaulted on a number of occasions. It is hard to put into words, his genuine delight at living in his new home with outstanding support, maximum freedom and close to family.

The girls have blossomed; they wave at the bottom of the road bye and are happy to go home