Omega have been serving Leonard Cheshire Disability since August 2015.
On successful completion of a recent removal project, they said:
“Many thanks for all the documentation. I would also like to thank you and all of the Omega staff for keeping myself informed daily of ongoing events and for everyone’s professionalism during the project”. – Claire Banks, Team Leader (Hotel Services), Leonard Cheshire Disability
Their founder, Leonard Cheshire, started the charity in 1948. The story is inspiring.
On 22nd May 1948, former RAF pilot Leonard Cheshire took a dying man, who had nowhere else to go, into his home. With no money, Leonard nursed the man himself. They became friends and this one act of kindness saw many more people coming to Leonard for help, people who were keen to share a home with others and all chip in together.
Almost without him having to try, by the summer of 1949 his home of Le Court, in Hampshire, had 24 residents with complex needs, illnesses and impairments. As word spread, referrals came from the new NHS hospitals already struggling to cope with waiting lists of people needing urgent care.
Now with over 100 homes in the UK, they provide thousands of disabled people with housing and quality care. We take great pleasure in being able to serve them.
