Our history

 
Mark Snell started Walsingham in January 1986.

Back then we were called Walsingham Community Homes. We soon became a .

Lots of people with lived in big then. Mark wanted to change this.

Mark thought people should live in houses near to their families so they could visit each other easily.

He also thought people should be part of their .

The parents Mark worked with wanted run on . They wanted their sons and daughters to be as s and to everyone else.

Walsingham has changed a lot since then. We started with 1 . Now we have over 60 in England and Wales.

Our have changed too. We only had at the start. Now we have other types because people want different support.

Our have many different or none at all. We support people using our to follow their own if they have one.

In April 2003 we changed our name to Walsingham to show that we provide more than .

Mark decided to in 2005. Our boss is now Paul Snell. He is our .

In October 2007 we asked Mark Snell to be our because he has done so much for Walsingham.

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