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HISTORY

Hft has gone from strength to strength, and now supports more than 2,200 adults
with learning disabilities nationwide to live the best lives possible.
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In the garden at Frocester Manor in the 60s

Since Hft was established in 1962, some things have changed significantly, while
others – like our desire to support learning disabled people to live your best
life possible – have stayed the same. In the 1960s, there were limited
opportunities available for learning disabled people when they reached
adulthood. So, in 1962 a group of visionary parents who had learning disabled
children and who wanted to ensure a better life for them, set up Hft.

To ensure their children would continue to learn and develop and fulfil their
potential after leaving school, these parents joined together to purchase
Frocester Manor in Gloucestershire, creating a home in which learning disabled
people could be supported to take control of their own lives. From this small
beginning, Hft has grown to support more than 2,000 learning disabled people and
your families.

In 1982, Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, honoured Hft by accepting an
invitation to become our Royal Patron. Since then, HRH has made many visits to
our services, conferences and fundraising events, helping to promote the charity
and champion the rights of the people we support.

As well as small, person-centred residential care homes, we now support more and
more learning disabled adults to live independently in your homes within the
community through our supported living services. We also provide support for you
to take part in activities, to make friends and to get the experience that will
help you find paid employment.

Hft is also a market leader in the provision of what we call ‘personalised
technology’ – using assistive technology to support people with learning
disabilities to achieve greater independence in their lives.

In May 2013, Hft merged with Self Unlimited, a charity that was also set up in
the 1960s to provide support for learning disabled people. Self Unlimited’s
similar values and philosophy meant a merger between the two charities made
sense, as the combined charity benefited from the wealth of experience and
knowledge of both organisations.

And in 2017, we took on our first service in Wales, where we’re delivering day
and work opportunities for learning disabled people in the Flintshire area.

Since its launch, Hft has gone from strength to strength, and now supports more
than 2,200 learning disabled adults across England and Wales to live your best
lives possible.

So although things have changed since the 1960s, what hasn’t changed is our
desire to provide the specialist care and support that helps you to live with as
much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. Looking to the
future, we’re increasingly using the skills and experience of our staff to help
people with the most complex, challenging needs.

Find out what we’ve been doing more recently.

What does Hft stand for?

We were originally called Home Farm Trust, but our name was later abbreviated to
Hft, a bit like Associated Dairies becoming ASDA or Marks and Spencer becoming
M&S.

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   Luv2meetU Supported Employment
 * About Us
   Our purpose and long term strategy CQC Regulation and Ratings Learning
   Disability stories Media Centre Governance History Reports & Reviews
   Memberships & Accreditations Modern Slavery Statement Contact us Compliments
   & Complaints
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   Membership Families Public affairs, policy and campaigns
 * Resources & Guidance
   What is a learning disability? Disability rights & legal Social care
 * Jobs
   Job search What is support work? Support Work Quiz Support Worker roles
   Training & Qualifications Colleague benefits Working at Hft FAQs

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