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Residents at Plymouth dementia care home Butterfly Lodge have been the happy recipients of Christmas gifts from the public, donated and distributed by Dunelm as part of their national ‘Delivering Joy’ campaign.
Care worker Alice Jacobs is relishing her new role as activities co-ordinator at Camelot House and Lodge in Wellington, after 10 years’ experience as a healthcare assistant.
Holsworthy’s former Deer Park Care Home which was acquired in September by Camelot Care is to re-open in early 2025 as Deer Park Nursing Home under the management of Suzanne Evans.
The annual St Peter’s Hospice Long Service Awards this year honoured more volunteers than ever before, with awards for 31 years of service and over being handed out for the first time.
TV star Briony May Williams has helped to relaunch a much-loved charity shop following its refurbishment and transformation into a vintage boutique.
Staff at a Bridgwater dementia care home have raised an amazing £710 by holding a pink-themed coffee morning as part of national Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the funds raised will benefit the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now.
Residents at a dementia care home in Wellington really entered into the spirit of the season at Halloween, creating decorations galore, donning spooky fancy dress items and enjoying traditional games.
An outing to the Museum of Somerset by residents of a Taunton dementia care home included a tour of Somerset Military Museum which delighted them just ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
When Alex Halsey and his child therapy team came close to running out of vital sensory bears, he knew exactly who to turn to.
A singer whose performance was described as ‘worldclass’ and ‘breathtaking’ by judges who named her as winner of Germany’s version of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ will be doing a five-hour singathon at The Dolphin in Plymouth on 1 November as a fundraiser for the local dementia care home where she now works.
An historic mansion near Bristol that has played vital roles in the health of the city for 200 years is now welcoming organisations and businesses that want to use its facilities for retreats, away-days and well-being events.
A new £1.4m facility for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) has officially opened at Redruth School.
Residents and staff from Bridgwater’s Avalon Nursing Home were among the crowds enjoying the annual Bridgwater Fair.
Care homes across the county are being offered up to £10,000 to introduce acoustic monitoring systems – an innovative approach that uses AI, sound and motion-based technology to boost resident safety and well-being.
In 2019, when Bristol couple Sarah and Matthew had been trying to conceive for two years without result, they sought fertility advice from their GP and were relieved to be taken seriously, referred for initial blood tests and very pleased to discover they qualified for NHS funding for investigations and possible treatment.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP is supporting survivors of catastrophic injury during Major Trauma Awareness Week this week.
