Camphill MK Wins Charity of the Year Award

We are thrilled to win the Charity of the Year 2026 award at the Milton Keynes Business Awards.

An important event celebrating excellence and impact across our city, Camphill MK was a finalist for Charity of the Year, alongside prestigious organisations such as Willen Hospice, MK Snap and MK Hospital Charity.

We’re delighted to share that we won!

This achievement recognises the incredible work of everyone across Camphill MK—the way we support one another, the dedication to our residents, and our commitment to the wider community. It truly is a whole-organisation award.

A huge well done to our team for being such an important part of our award‑winning journey.

Reasons Behind Our Achievement

Camphill Milton Keynes: Delivering Intent through Bradbury House

Camphill Milton Keynes (CMK) exists to enable adults with learning disabilities and autism to live, learn, and work as part of a supportive, inclusive community. In 2025, this vision was powerfully realised through the completion of Bradbury House — a bold, future-focused development that expands our capacity to meet an urgent national need: the shortage of suitable, affordable, and person-centred housing for people with additional needs.

Delivering Impact for Our Target Group

CMK took a significant organisational risk by stepping forward to embark on a major capital project at a time when it was also undergoing a transition.  In just 5 years, CMK has gone from 15 staff members and 50 residents to 130 staff members and 85 residents.  It has been growing rapidly to keep pace with Milton Keynes’s growth.

Creating Bradbury House represents more than bricks and mortar. It embodies our belief that everyone deserves a safe, beautiful home and the chance to contribute meaningfully to community life. With this new building, we can now support more people than ever before in Milton Keynes, offering both residential and day-placement opportunities in a modern, sustainable, and accessible environment.

The design reflects forty years of experience: generous shared spaces that foster friendship, private rooms that promote dignity and independence, and energy-efficient construction that aligns with our environmental commitments. Residents are supported by trained staff through tailored plans that enable each person to pursue their own goals in work, learning, and social life.

This development directly tackles one of the most pressing issues facing people with learning disabilities — the lack of suitable, affordable, supported housing.

Despite rising construction costs and funding uncertainty, we chose to invest in the future. This courage has been rewarded with a thriving new home that has already transformed lives and strengthened our long-term sustainability.

Benefit to the Wider Community

The project contributes to local economic and environmental sustainability: it created local jobs during construction, supports ongoing employment opportunities for adults with disabilities, and showcases inclusive, sustainable building practices. Its completion demonstrates what a compassionate, forward-thinking city can achieve when community, business, and charity work hand in hand.

We could not have achieved this without a remarkable network of partnerships: our construction team, who used Makaton signage on site and welcomed residents for tours and have-a-go sessions; our funders, who stayed with us through a four-year journey of challenges and change; and the many individuals who supported our community campaign, Tile Me a Story, ensuring every supporter became part of Bradbury House’s foundations.

A Lasting Legacy

The successful completion of Bradbury House marks a milestone in CMK’s history. It shows that even a medium-sized charity can take bold action to solve national problems locally. Camphill Milton Keynes delivers its intent every day: empowering people with learning disabilities to live full lives, building community rather than dependency, and turning vision into reality.

Bradbury House is more than a building — it is a statement of values, a symbol of inclusion, and a lasting gift to the city we call home.