Our story
2019
Mark Drakeford visits Cardiff smart house
As the first supported living provider in the UK, we are passionate about our work.
In 2018, we began driving forward the use of ‘Intelligent Personal Assistants’ and mainstream devices to promote independence and wellbeing for the people we support.
Working in partnership with Cardiff University Psychology department, we undertook extensive research into independence and wellbeing before and after the introduction of assistive smart devices and smart speaker technology.
Our dedication led to a visit from the Welsh Health Minister at the time, Mark Drakeford AM.
2019
Innovate Trust heritage exhibition
Following on from our 50th Anniversary and the yearlong Heritage Project with funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Cardiff People First, a Heritage Exhibition and History Roadshow toured Cardiff and surrounding areas.
Our volunteers created a history exhibition to share our story with the world in a range of multi-media formats, including a documentary, volunteer artwork, exhibition boards and interactive pieces.
The exhibition was opened with a Ceremony at the Senedd sponsored by Mark Drakeford AM, and was seen by over 22,000 people.
The yearlong showing of the exhibition featured at Glamorgan Archives, The Senedd, Cardiff Story Museum, Innovate Trust RCT Office and Special Collections and Archives at Cardiff University.
2020
The launch of our Insight app
Our Insight app was created by Innovate Trust in 2019. We created the app to serve as a digital diary for the people we support.
It became a chance for families to check in and have a visual account of their loved ones and the activities they take part in.
When the pandemic hit, Insight took on a whole new vital purpose of keeping the community together.
Today, Insight is a free community app for adults with disabilities across the UK, offering 100s of activities online.
We continue our online activities to this day, as so many more people we support were able to access them. Those who face physical and social barriers or require more support, who had previously been unable to get involved, are now tuning in regularly.
