Learning Disabilities and Covid-19 Research
It has been a really #positive #opportunity for a number of our #residents in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange to be directly involved in this #research #project which will hopefully ensure that the #voice of people with #learning #disabilities is part of the process of learning from the #pandemic and planning for the #future. A #team of #researchers from across the #UK have spoken to people with learning disabilities, and the people who support them, to #understand their #experiences during the…
A Letter From Action Renewables
A #Letter From #Action #Renewables Did you know that as a loyal customer, #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange have helped Action Renewables support the local community in the following ways during the last year? – Funded #Belfast #Food #Network with £10k to inform, engage and enable community groups on renewable #energy – #Sponsored the #Eco #Schools programme with £10k to help #young #people engage with #environmental #education and take action on #climate #change – #Creggan #Country #Park. We have provided in-kind…
Peer Networking
We also want to #celebrate the strength that we create through #peer #networking with other #organizations for example #ARC (#Association for #Real #Change). ARC supports many organization like #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange to come together and share about a whole range of issues. One example of this is supporting all of the #Safeguarding #Champions from across the region to share and learn from each other to ensure that we are all working together to support everyone to be safe. Camphill…
Learning Disability Week
This year #Learning #Disability #Week is from the 14th to the 21 of #June and as always we are delighted to get involved and share with all of the other people and services in #Northern #Ireland. It is important to #celebrate the #contributions that people with learning disabilities make to everyone’s lives, and #communities. In #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange we are very lucky to have a range of #wonderful work areas were everyone irrespective of level of ability is able…
Celebrate Volunteers Week
The #Camphill #Movement has thrived for 80 years and #Mourne #Grange will celebrate its #50th #Anniversary this year. #Volunteering is at the heart of the Camphill Movement and the past present and future is made up of a rich tapestry of peoples lives and their choice to #volunteer and live and contribute to a Camphill #Community. The 1st to the 7th of May 2021 has been marked as a week to take the time to #celebrate and thank everyone who…
Lecturing at Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences
Our #manager, #Lizzy #Dixon, was delighted to be invited to present as a #guest #lecturer to a group of #social #work #students and staff at the #Rosenheim #Technical #University of #Applied #Sciences, based near to #Bavaria in #Germany. On the 2nd of June Lizzy was able to connect with the group of students and staff at Rosenheim and share about the history of #Camphill and also of #Mourne #Grange and how the role of the social worker connects with the…
Proposed Siting For New Nursing Home
We are inviting your views on a #proposal to demolish the eastern wing of the existing #nursing #home #building and replacement with a new, purpose built nursing home building. The feedback received will help to inform the #planning #application that will be submitted to #Newry, #Mourne and Down #District #Council. At present, the existing #Camphill #Community Mourne #Grange nursing home facility is at capacity and unable to accommodate and care for any additional persons, with the eastern wing of the…
Social Care – making a difference in people’s lives, every day
#Social #care #workers are individuals who help to support, care for, protect and #empower people to live as well and as independently as possible. They deliver a range of #practical help and #emotional #support to #individuals, #families and #communities. Working in social care requires staff to be #compassionate, #kind and #skilled in delivering a #quality #service to the people being supported. You Can Do it – Described as a magical place, #Andrea believes the residents at #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange…
Mental Health Awareness Week 10th to 16th May 2021
We should all take time to contribute and share about how we can support ourselves and each other with our emotional #wellbeing and #mental #health. The past year has involved living with the impact of the #COVID-19 global #pandemic and this has been a particularly challenging time as we have all had to manage significant changes to our way of life and how we connect with others. The theme for Mental Health #Awareness week this year is how we connect…
