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At New Copford Place, our Colchester-based residential care home, history was brought to life for residents and the care team thanks to historical talks by Simon Robinson, the Engagement and Outreach Officer at Colchester and Ipswich Museums. “I wanted to introduce a new interesting and engaging activity for our residents,” said Chelsey Leather, the care…

Something spooky was brewing at Little Bramingham Farm, our Luton-based residential care home, as the care team and residents welcomed over 180 members of the local community to enjoy and share in the frighteningly good fun at their ‘errie-isitable’ Halloween party. “Our Halloween community party was ‘fang-tastic’, even Count Dracula himself would have been a…

At Redcot, our Haslemere-based residential care home, residents and the care team have been celebrating with Ann Essam, one of the care home’s Activities Coordinators, who has just won the coveted ‘Unsung Hero – Making Care Possible’ Award at this year’s Surrey Care Awards. Ann, who joined Friends of the Elderly in 2001, after she…

At New Copford Place, our Colchester-based residential care home, the residents and care team have been celebrating their win at this year’s Copford and Easthorpe Scarecrow Festival. The care team – with creative input from the residents – designed and brought to life ‘Marilyn’, New Copford Place’s very own scarecrow. “We chatted about the Scarecrow…

Clients at our day care services in Wallington and Woking have been celebrating with Fran Simpson, the Manager at Woking Day Care service and Nicola Davies, the Manager at Wallington Day Care service, as they have both been announced as Finalists in this year’s Surrey Care Awards in The Care Worker of the Year –…