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CARE HOME ENCOURAGES PUBLIC TO SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS TO RESIDENTS

In the season of giving, an Oxfordshire care home has issued an appeal asking kind-hearted members of the public to send its residents Christmas cards.   Featherton House care home, in...
Residents Knit Coats for Dogs

Residents from a Scunthorpe care home have been busy knitting winter warmers for local rescue dogs. Residents and staff from St Mary’s care home, on Speedwell Crescent, visited Jerry Green...
(L-R) Chief Executive Tracey Stakes and Deputy Chief Executive Tracy Paine with the Residential Care Award at the LaingBuisson 2019 award ceremony.

BELONG SCOOPS NATIONAL CARE AWARD

Care village operator Belong has won the Best Residential Care Accolade at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2019. Belong’s innovative provision of care and customer-centric focus saw it...
Strictly's Flavia Visits Care Home

STRICTLY’S FLAVIA DANCES WITH CARE HOME BALLROOM GROUP

A ballroom dance group from a Nottingham care home hit the dance floor recently, with Strictly Come Dancing’s Flavia Cacace helping to perfect their moves. Residents from Fairway View in...
L-R Staff Nurse Monica Moffat, Senior Carer Kasia Rosol, Administrator Gill Rennie and Carer Robert Trelfa.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS SPREAD JOY BEFORE FESTIVE SEASON

Muirton House care home, in Blairgowrie, is supporting Perth and Kinross Foodbank this winter by opening a donation drop-off point within the home. Staff, residents, family members and the public...
(L-R) Daniel Gwilliam, Rachel Pepperdine, Andrew Stratford and Melissa Jones holding the Belong flag at the top of the summit.

CARE STAFF COMPLETE FUNDRAISING CLIMB FOR DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY EQUIPMENT

A group from care village Belong Warrington has raised a whopping £5,000 for life-changing equipment by hiking up England’s highest mountain, Scafell Pike. The team of seven...
The team at Marriott House with a cheque for the Jeanette June Gill Gold Award for £15,000.

CHARITY ANNOUNCES NEW GRANTS TO COMBAT LONELINESS

A care home charity has launched a set of grants to help tackle isolation and loneliness, in memory of a kind-hearted resident who bequeathed the funds which will facilitate the grants. ...
Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme resident Brian Tansley and Terry Conroy, Stoke City legend from the 1970s.

BELONG ORGANISES ‘DREAM COME TRUE’ VISIT FOR STOKE FAN

The wish of a lifelong Stoke City supporter was recently granted by support workers from his care home, Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme, who took him to see his favourite football team play once again...
Residents from Sunrise of Bagshot care home recently spent time at Sebastian’s Action Trust’s family outreach centre – The Woodlands – filling sweet cones in preparation for the charity’s Christmas Market.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS HELP OUT AT FAMILY OUTREACH CENTRE

A group of residents from Sunrise of Bagshot care home recently spent time at Sebastian’s Action Trust’s family outreach centre – The Woodlands – filling sweet cones in...
Staff at Care UK’s Sherwood Grange care home in London recently held a life drawing class complete with a nude model.

CARE UK HOME HOSTS LIFE DRAWING CLASS

Recognising the creative talents of the skilled artists amongst its residents, staff at Care UK’s Sherwood Grange care home in London recently held a life drawing class complete with a nude...

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