🏥 Haydn is having an op on his ‘giggipump’ (watch this to learn more! youtu.be/vsDOdBjaaGI?si…). 🌱 7 years ago, the seed was planted for our name when people sent photos of their Happy Smiles to cheer Haydn up.. So we’re asking everyone to send a nice message for Haydn 😁👍

It was a pleasure to support last week’s Better Connected community fun day at Armed Forces Community HQ! Thank you Wigan Council’s Tenant Voice & Engagement team and Bob, Victoria, Rebecca & David from our team 💛 A better connected community is definitely a more inclusive community 😁👍

❓How do we bring Inclusion to life? 🤔 📧📞 Get in touch to find out how you can and more! We’ve been delivering #EDI training to Wigan Council staff on topics like #Inclusion, #Equality, #Equity & #Diversity, alongside Everything Human Rights Community Group 🙌

👟We’re excited to be joining the @Wigan10k on Sun 1st Sep! 👨‍🦼💨 You can be of HUGE support to our mission by: 👉 Donating whatever you can via the link below: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/h… 👉 Joining our team on the day (we’re aiming for our biggest team yet!)

Do you know a young person that might be affected by someone in the family having Lewy body dementia? Order a children’s book about Lewy bodies written by award-winning author Alex Winstanley - Author #SBSWinner from our online shop. Only £8.99 inc p&p: lewybody.org/product/childr…

We recently showed off some artwork by local artist David Prescott… 👏🎨 😍 Check out this soon-to-be addition to our website, created by David- a video based on his jigsaw idea, representing the value that each of our team bring - we love it! 🙌 Thanks David 😁👍

👏Congratulations to our very own Victoria who has been shortlisted in the Wigan Council #OurTownAwards! 🎉 Victoria’s dedication to our mission and willingness to always go above and beyond means she has become a vital part of our team! 💛 Good luck Victoria! 🫶 Victoria Jayne Davies

🏆 What a week! We found out that our work has been recognised by the Wigan Council #OurTownAwards24! 🎉 As part of Wigan Borough’s 50th anniversary celebrations, our co-founder Alex has been shortlisted in the Leader’s Award in recognition of his leadership of our work! 🙌

My Cousin Has Tourettes is out now! 💛 Through rhyme & engaging illustrations, this heartfelt picture book helps children better understand tourettes — informed by people with lived experiences of tourettes and tics. 📖 Out now: bit.ly/3TDW3Ue Alex Winstanley - Author #SBSWinner

Officially less than 2 weeks to go until we take part in this year’s HW Moon Toyota Wigan10k! 👟 You can be of HUGE support to our mission by: 👉 Donating whatever you can via the link below: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/h… 👉 Joining our team on the day (we’re aiming for our biggest team yet!)

Yesterday we delivered Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Mandatory Training to Wigan Council and WWL NHS staff! Well done to all of our team involved, particularly Haydn, Zoe and David! 👏 More photos to follow – here’s Haydn and Zoe just before the training started! 📸 #OliversCampaign

As promised… some photos of David brilliantly delivering Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training this week! 📸👏 🤩 Just a few bits of feedback we’ve had: 🙌 Excellent and informative 🙌 Very well delivered 🙌 Made me feel relaxed #OliversCampaign #LearningDisability #Autism

🗣️ Our rollout of Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training continues! Thanks to Romain from @SolsonaFilms who captured a recent session we delivered to both Wigan Council and WWL NHS workforce! 💛 Check it out 🤩 #OliversCampaign #LearningDisability #Autism #LivedExperience #Training

Off we go! 👟💨 HW Moon Toyota Wigan10k #Wigan10K #Wigan10K2024

A HUGE thank you to the 32-strong crew of legends who took part in the HW Moon Toyota Wigan10k yesterday, in support of our work! 👟 Every single one of you smashed it! 💛 Thank you to everyone who made it happen and to everyone who has supported us in any way 🙌 👇 justgiving.com/crowdfunding/h…

🎉Happy Birthday Happy Smiles! 🥳 In 5 years, despite Covid, we’ve: ⭐️ Positively impacted 20,000+ people & created long-term volunteering & employment for 30+ #DisabledPeople To everyone who continues to support our work, like our HW Moon Toyota Wigan10k crew, and many more.. Thank you 💛

Happy 5th Birthday to this amazing organisation Happy Smiles Training CIC 😁👍 🤩🤩🤩🤩

🥳🎉 Happy Birthday to us! 🎂🎈 Yesterday marked our 5th birthday and our celebrations were wonderfully captured by @SolonaFilms! 🤩 Thank you to Hollywood Bowl UK Wigan for hosting and to all local stakeholders who joined us - watch out for some questionable tactics.. 🧐🤣🎳

What a week! 😅 ✅ Sun - HW Moon Toyota Wigan10k (ohotos below!) ✅ Mon - Interviews ✅ Tue - EDI Training with Everything Human Rights Community Group to Wigan Council staff ✅ Wed - 5th Birthday event! 🥳 ✅ Thur - Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Training to Wigan Council & WWL NHS staff ✅ Fri - EDI Training We 💛 it!

Thank you to Enable Magazine for featuring me in this month’s edition! 📰 I love talking about my grandma, her experiences of #Dementia and that her legacy is positively impacting children and families globally, through ‘My Grandma Has Dementia’ 💜 #AlzAuthors AlzAuthors