Annual Practice Learning Review
On the 7th of September, #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange was invited to participate in the #Annual #Practice #Learning #Review. This #forum offers the #opportunity to #share about what Mourne Grange offers to #social #work #students who come on placement. A contribution was shared by Lizzy, our #Registered #Manager, Karen Aiken and Neill Randall, two #villagers who have both had the opportunity to work with social work students on placement in Mourne Grange, and Orla Johnston, a previous social work student….
Supporting Local Help
As a #community and a big #family, #Camphill #Mourne #Grange would like to thanks everyone for all the numerous #kind and #supportive #messages regarding the #passing of #Hayley #Sargent. THANK YOU! If you wish to #donate #flowers, please do not. However we would #love if you could support #Air #Ambulance #NI >> DONATE HERE << as they where of great support on that very sad day. Once again, THANK YOU!!
Consultation on The Reform Of Adult Social Care
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange has taken part in the #production of this #public #consultation #document, outlining a proposed #plan to #reform our #adult #social #care #services in #Northern #Ireland. It was great to be involved at this level of planning and hopefully contributing to a #better #future for #people with #disabilities. Please take time to follow the link to #contribute your own #thoughts and #ideas about adult social care services. The picture on the front of the document features two…
Supporting People Annual Report 2020/21
The #Supporting #People #Annual #report for 2020/21 has just been published and it is really #positive that one of #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange #Good #News stories was included. In February of this year Camphill Community Mourne Grange took part in the #NI #Heart to Heart #project. This meant that some of our service users in the #Weavery #workshop #knitted or made hearts and then we delivered them to a #local #residential #home in #Kilkeel. It is lovely to remember about…
A BIG thank you to ARC NI
Everyone in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange wants to say a #BIG thank you to #ARC NI. You bring us together to #share, #celebrate and #challenge and make sure we are always looking to the #horizon and #promoting #change. We could not have managed without the support of ARC through these #difficult times with #COVID. We look forward to continuing to work together to achieve #real change for the #wonderful #family of #people with #learning #disabilities and the people who support…
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…
International Social Worker Day
We wish to say thank you to all our #Social #Workers from all the #residents in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange. 16th March #2021 is the key day in the year that social workers #worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. The theme for #International Social Work Day 2021 is #Ubuntu which means ‘I am because we are’. Ubuntu is a powerful message on the need for #solidarity at all levels: within communities, societies and globally. It is a…
We share the Love with Slieve Roe Residential Home
During #January #2021, #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange joined a regional #Heart2Heart project ran by the #Forward #South #Partnership, they are an independent #charity that works with community, #schools, #business, #public and #private sector partners to help regenerate and sustain a healthy and prosperous South #Belfast. They are part of a city-wide structure known as the Belfast #Area #Partnerships who have led community regeneration initiatives over the past 21 years. Camphill Community Mourne Grange always welcomes the opportunity to make connections…
‘We Matter’ Learning Disability Service Model for Northern Ireland
‘We Matter’ is a new plan for how #services for #people with #learning #disabilities are going to be changed. This will hopefully mean that services are better, and that people are involved in planning their own services. In #February last year a group of people from #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange went to #Belfast to take part in this process. Because of #COVID all of these plans had to stop. The process has now been restarted and a report has been…
Positive Planning for our Future
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange is involved with a #policy #development #group called #Advanced #Care #planning. During #COVID it has been highlighted that not enough people take time to think about how they want to be cared for and what happens to them if they die. This can include thinking about #organ #donation and planning your #funeral. This is an area of #life that people with #learning #disabilities are often not involved in and families can make decisions for them. This…
