Having a birthday in lockdown is tough, and that's no different for the people we support. Linda celebrated her 77th birthday recently, and after having a difficult year of shielding and missing her friends and family, our team at Vernon Close - our care home in East Sussex - decided to make it day that Linda wouldn't forget.
After searching for his one true love and even appearing on Channel 4’s The Undateables, Love4Life member James has finally found ‘the one’ and has popped the question to his girlfriend Tasha.
Members of our day service The Maltings in Norfolk have said they ‘love being back’ after the service reopened last month.
Since lockdown began, the team at our Jellicoe Court supported living service in Basingstoke have gone the extra mile to make life feel as normal as possible for the people they support.
We are now over halfway through our Around the World in 80 Days Challenge, with almost 9,000 miles completed and over £5,000 raised. Our services have been getting involved in any way they can, and Danielle, activities coordinator at our Hampshire day service On Track, is encouraging more services and groups to do the same.
Our support workers always find a way to go the extra mile, so when Brenda and Steven noticed how unloved their garden looked at Allen Meale Way, they decided to use lockdown to their advantage and give the green space the overhaul it needed.
Service manager Louise is ‘over the moon’ after her service received a surprise £500 donation from a kind-hearted local businesswoman.
