A base that reaches into the heart of the community

The ACE Centre is the base for professionals from many different services who are working together. Their common agenda is to find out what people need and then provide it. It is a kind of working which is still exploratory, and is sometimes challenging. 'We are all committed and caring professionals at the centre,' says Clempson, 'but you never get to the point where you've "cracked it". This work isn't just about words on bits of paper. We have found that when people are working together for the first time, their own needs have to be met even as we...