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Motorbike enthusiast with a learning disability finds volunteer work at mechanics

GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNIN’

A team leader at a learning disability supported living service in Staffordshire run by national charity, Ambient Support, has helped secure volunteer work for Darren, an individual with a learning...
HOLMES CARE RESIDENTS DEFEND ROMAN WALL

HOLMES CARE RESIDENTS DEFEND ROMAN WALL

Three new recruits arrived at Rome’s northern frontier, as they swapped Roselea House, their Fife care home, for Callendar House, the 14th century country mansion in Falkirk. Dressed in...
Belong Care Villages celebrate the Coronation

BELONG CELEBRATES THE NEW KING AND QUEEN

As King Charles III and Queen Camilla ascended to the throne at the weekend, customers and families at Belong villages across the North West and Midlands marked the historic occasion with coronation...
CARE HOME RESIDENTS SHARE THEIR ADVICE FOR KING CHARLES

CARE HOME RESIDENTS SHARE THEIR ADVICE FOR KING CHARLES

“Keep calm”, “take a day off at least once a week” and “share your biscuits” are some of the pieces of advice Bupa care homes residents have shared with fellow...
CARE HOME MARKS THE CORONATION WITH COMMUNITY ART INSTALLATION

CARE HOME MARKS THE CORONATION WITH ART INSTALLATION

Not-for-profit care provider Harrogate Neighbours, St Aidan’s CE High School, and locally-based artist Sarah Charneca from Brunswick Studio have joined forces to create a unique and vibrant...
CHICKS BRING JOY TO CRAMLINGTON CARE HOME RESIDENTS

CHICKS BRING JOY TO CRAMLINGTON CARE HOME RESIDENTS

To mark National Pet Month in April, residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Scarbrough Court, in Cramlington, recently started a Chick Hatching Programme with Living Eggs, a nationwide company who provide...
THERAPY DOG MAKES RESIDENTS' DAY AT MALVERN CARE HOME

THERAPY DOG MAKES RESIDENTS' DAY AT MALVERN CARE HOME

Residents at a Malvern care home had a fur-tastic time recently when they welcomed a therapy dog into their home. The four-legged guest joined staff and residents at Court House Care Home as part...
RAF veteran Vera, gets a hug during the visit to Royal Star & Garter from Child’s Play Nursery.(Image credit: Royal Star & Garter)

INTERGENERATIONAL WEEK: ‘MAGIC’ WHEN CHILDREN VISIT VETERANS

Residents at a Surbiton care home have said how much they enjoy visits from nearby schools and nurseries, ahead of Global Intergenerational Week (24 April – 1 May). Royal Star & Garter...
NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM AT WORSLEY CARE HOME

NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM AT WORSLEY CARE HOME

Tina Blake and Chris Critchley have been appointed registered manager and deputy manager respectively at New Care’s Bridgewater Manor on Walkden Road in Worsley. Using their many combined...
AWARD FOR INTERGENERATIONAL NURSERY AT BELONG CARE VILLAGE

INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR INTERGENERATIONAL NURSERY

The first fully integrated nursery within a care setting in the north west has been singled out among organisations worldwide for demonstrating the benefits of building relationships between younger...

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