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Stories of building community connections from Kepplegate Care Services

Kepplegate Care Home has been working hard to connect themselves to their local communities. Their story helps us all to think about what’s possible when asking our local communities for support in...
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Making it happen! By Sarah Crockett – Community Coordinator from Bath

“When I think about activity provision, I think of everyday meaningful interactions with residents, families, staff and volunteers. An activity can simply be greeting someone when you walk through the door in...
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CFS students make meaningful relationships with care home residents through “Equipped to Serve” programme

Rachel Boulton, Head of Upper School from Christian Fellowship School (CFS) is advocating for more schools to reach out to their local care homes to make new and meaningful relationships between the...
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Teddies toddler group set up camp at The Lawn Care Home

Holybourne toddler group, Teddies, has set up camp in The Lawn Care Home in the village. Due to refurbishment of their usual venue, the Church of Holy Rood, the group of children aged...
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Cocktails in Care Homes

Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ is blasting out of the stereo, Angelica, Helen and Phoebe are clinging onto to each other belting out the lyrics on the make shift dance...
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Dipping into Connie’s past

Connie, 87, has been splashing out in Wales by revisiting her lifelong love of swimming. Pen-Coed residential home has been working hard to support its residents to rediscover their hobbies and interests...
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Success as students connect with care homes!

Student Hubs is a national organisation which supports students to tackle social challenges, learn about issues and connect with each other. The Bristol Hub, which supports the students of the University of Bristol,...
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A new pace of life for Llys Hafren

Llys Hafren is a residential Care Home in Wales and My Home Life England have been in touch with them to find out how their community engagement work has achieved so much...
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The Baring Foundation’s David Cutler explains the magic happening in Wales

Wales has been creating magic with older people living in care homes by using the arts as a platform for engagement and meaningful activity. The cARTrefu project has been supported by My...
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Connecting a care home and a school – by Alive in Bristol

Sometimes you have those moments in your work that really affirm why you do what you do.  Those moments that really touch and stay with you; when you realise you are making...
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