As part of a week long look at our new residential care setting, being built at Raby Hall, Radio Merseyside interviewed Becky Whelan, Rick Myers and this morning (27/06/2014) our CEO Robin Bush.

Pic shows:Becky Whelan, mum to Thomas, a 23 year-old resident at Raby Hall, speaking to Jimmy McCracken of BBC Radio Merseyside

Pic shows:Becky Whelan, mum to Thomas, a 23 year-old resident at Raby Hall, speaking to Jimmy McCracken of BBC Radio Merseyside

On Monday Becky Whelan, mum to Thomas, a 23 year-old resident at Raby Hall, spoke to Jimmy McCracken of BBC Radio Merseyside about Thomas’s life and unique needs and how Raby Hall has helped him – and how the new build will improve his quality of life.

You can listen to the interview here (it starts at 51 min 30 sec):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p020p2m4

Wednesday saw  Jimmy takes a tour of the building site at Raby with Rick Myers, WAS Fundraising Officer. And they visit the Ferns, the newly built respite centre, to learn about some of the state-of-the-art features to be incorporated into the new build.

You can hear the interview at 51m18s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p020th8t

Robin Bush, CEO Wirral Autistic Society talking to Tony Snell on BBC Radio Merseyside

Robin Bush, CEO Wirral Autistic Society talking to Tony Snell on BBC Radio Merseyside

The coverage finished at the end of the week when Robin Bush, Chief Executive, appeared live on the breakfast show talking about the unique needs of people on the severe end of the autistic spectrum and why the high-tech new build is necessary.

You can hear the interview at 49m35s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p020zpwf

Our thanks go out to the team at Radio City who made the whole experience exciting and informative and helped us spread the message.