About Enham
Enham which is based in Andover, Hampshire delivers training, employment, housing and life skill opportunities..
Enham exists to give disabled people the opportunities to make choices in life and in achieving their maximum potential. It aims to enable people with disabilities to secure employment or worthwhile occupations with appropriate housing and support.
Enham offers modern and relevant options to disabled people for living, learning and working, both at its ENHAM Alamein site and in the wider local and regional communities. It provides housing to approximately 300 disabled people, and delivers employment-orientated training and support programmes to over 1,000 disabled people annually.
The overriding emphasis at Enhamis progression, with an increasing number of clients moving on to independent living and employment in the community.
Our history
In 1918 the Enham village centre was founded to rehabilitate, employ and house those who had been wounded in active service and provide shelter and support for them and their families. It was an innovative concept intended to spread throughout the United Kingdom but lack of funding prevented this from happening - Enham was unique.
During the inter war years, Enham continued to help disabled ex-servicemen and their families and in 1945, the village received a gift of £225,000 from the people of Egypt in appreciation of, and their gratitude for, the gallantry of the allied forces in the battle of Alamein. In recognition of this tremendous gift, the village of Enham was renamed Enham Alamein. Completed in 1950 with money from this generous donation, the TB hostel, subsequently named Phipps house, in time became the residential care home for physically disabled people referred from all walks of life and from throughout the UK.
After the second world war, the number of ex-servicemen joining the Enham Trust rehabilitation programme began to diminish and now spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, head injuries, and serious road and industrial injuries account for many of the disabled people who live and work at The Enham Trust.
Renamed as Enham, today’s objective is to enable people with disabilities to achieve their true potential for employment and independent living through its unique and comprehensive range of services. We provide vocational assessment, rehabilitation, training and employment that, together with a range of housing and care options, are all designed to meet individual needs. We help over 2,000 people each year. Many clients reside at Enham but there are a number who attend training courses on a daily basis.
In 1995 Enham embarked on an innovative concept in residential care. Self-contained, fully equipped studio apartments in small two-storey buildings have now replaced the former institutional single-room accommodation. The homes are now fully occupied and 96 residents now have this opportunity to be independent and take responsibility for their own home, whilst still receiving 24-hour care and support. Enham’s vision of enabling disabled people to progress into the wider community means, however, that this work does not end.
Enham’s educational and training programmes, employment opportunities, and range of housing and care options combine to provide a series of stepping stones for individuals to find their route to independence. The new apartments are the first stepping-stone available to facilitate a smooth transition from a care home environment to life in the wider community. They enable disabled clients to develop the confidence and independence they need in their progression to independent living and to open employment where they can confidently work alongside able-bodied colleagues.