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Steve Swift smiling with The Lawn care home in the background.
Steve Swift joins The Lawn Care Home family in Alton

Posted on 23 July 2025

Steve Swift has joined our Alton-based residential care home as the new Registered Manager. Steve, who has worked in the Care Sector for 27 years, joined us after an extensive caring career. “I’d always wanted to work in the Care Industry as I had, and still do have, an inbuilt need to be able to…

1950s Rock N’ Roll is here to stay at Essex Care Home

Posted on 23 July 2025

At New Copford Place, our Colchester-based residential care home, the residents and care team are getting their Blue Suede Shoes ready to travel back to the 1950s by hosting a free community fun-filled ‘Cool Cat’ event to celebrate the Charity’s 120th Anniversary. On Saturday 9th August from 11:30am to 4pm, the free ‘Daddy-O’ 50s community…

Alina Gutu. Mark Wilson & Jennifer Griffiths at the opening of Friends Place care home in Reading.
Our new care home – Friends Place – opens in Calcot, Reading

Posted on 22 July 2025

At Friends of the Elderly, we are delighted to announce the opening of our brand-new residential care home, Friends Place, in Calcot, Reading. The opening of our new home reflects our long-standing commitment to providing high-quality care. Friends Place has been thoughtfully and carefully designed to create a warm, welcoming atmosphere where residents feel valued,…

A cropped image of a Malvern Day Care client wearing a large red hat in celebration of the Royal Ascot.
Malvern Day Care clients enjoy ‘hat-tastic’ Royal Ascot celebrations

Posted on 22 July 2025

At our Malvern Day Care service, which supports people who are living with dementia and a range of age-related conditions, clients have had an ‘un-bridle-ed’ fun time celebrating this year’s Ascot Races. “To celebrate this year’s Royal Ascot, we wanted to do something special for the clients to enjoy,” said Shirley Bradley, Head of Day Care…

St. Margaret’s Badminton Club supports our Wallington Day Care service

Posted on 18 July 2025

Our Wallington Day Care Service, which supports people who are living with dementia and a range of age related conditions, has been chosen by London’s oldest Badminton Club, St. Margaret’s Badminton Club in Tooting, South London as its fundraising Charity of Choice for the 2025/2026 season. Each season, the Club and its Members support and…