Camphill Holywood and Mourne Grange – From Farm to Fork
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange and Camphill #Holywood have #developed a #partnership that will bring the people of #Northern #Ireland the very best of #sustainably grown, #organic #vegetables and other #produce. These #veggies are grown with #love and #care in Camphill Community Mourne Grange, by #growers and #gardeners who love their work. The veggies and other produce are supplied to customers via the Camphill Holywood organic #shop, #bakery and #café by community #members. The growers and #suppliers include people with #learning…
CCMG Inspection Report 2020
The #Regulation and #Quality #Improvement #Authority (#RQIA) usually come to visit us every year and spend time looking at what we do and spend time talking to us. This is part of making sure we are doing everything we can to offer a #positive, #creative and #safe #service for everyone in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange. Because of the #COVID-19 situation our RQIA inspector, Jim McBride, couldn’t come to visit us because he wanted to keep us safe. It was lovely…
Thank you to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Everyone in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange has worked well together as a team to keep the Community free from #COVID-19. #2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, and we are so thankful to everyone who supports us and also to the #Southern #Health and #Social #Care #Trust. We were delighted to hear that we were going to be one of the first supported living facilities, for adults with learning disabilities, to receive the COVID-19 #vaccination. Everyone has had the…
Contributing to positive changes
Thank you to everyone in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange for completing this important #questionnaire. This is a #CARE #innovation #project funded by the #Southern #Trust #Speech and #Language #therapy #service to help improve access to #medical services and information. This is a really #positive #development and we are glad to be able to take part and contribute to positive changes.
Halloween, All Saints, All Souls
#October 31st was an old #Celtic #festival, known as #Samhain. It was also the beginning of the #New #Year and marked the transition from summer’s end to the beginning of a long, unpredictable winter that could bring hunger and hardship. This time between years was a time of transition. Even the usual stable boundaries between the Other World and our Human World were more open on this day and the spirits of the dead could roam on earth, along with…
Contribution from our Wood Workshop
Our #Mourne #Grange #wood #work #team really enjoyed being able to work with #Hanna’s #Close to make a lovely wooden #arch to add to the beautiful surroundings at the #holiday #cottages. During the recent difficult times, relating to the #COVID-19 situation, Mourne Grange has also really appreciated being able to use the lovely holiday cottages for safe spaces for Mourne Grange #volunteers and #service users to have short breaks. This has been really positive and beneficial to everyone’s #health and…
Come and shop in our online store for local handmade products
Come and #shop in our #online #store for #local #handmade #products – camphillmournegrange.etsy.com #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange sells unique, hand crafted, #environmental #friendly #candles, #wooden #bowls, wooden #pens, woven items such as wall hangings, #rugs, #oven #gloves, #bags and #table #runners. Those are designed and produced within the community by unique skilled adults with #learning #disabilities. Each item is unique and one of a kind. Items will be added regularly to the online store. If you cannot find what you…
Michaelmas Celebration 2020
During the Covid pandemic, we’ve missed out on some of the #seasonal #festivals that normally help us to create a feeling of #community and to expand our #awareness of what we are trying to #achieve together for ourselves at this present moment, and for future generations to come. #Celebrating the festivals together is like taking a step out of the usual #rhythms and routine and taking a pause to experience the richness and possibility of #life. The festivals help us…
