Bethphage Company

Bethphage was founded in 1994 when Donna Werner, an executive of Bethphage in the US (now Mosaic), came to the UK. After visiting a long stay hospital (institution) that accommodated people with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties, Donna witnessed a person sitting alone, tearing up a magazine into pieces to keep them amused. Such was her passion to support and enable people with learning disabilities to live in “Inclusive Communities” where all people have the opportunity to live the life they choose, (Our Vision today) that she spoke to commissioners in Shropshire about the potential for providing UK services. This move for the people we then supported, was part of the hospital resettlement programme. Initially managed from the US, Bethphage soon became a free-standing UK organisation supported by our American parent.