International Day of Happiness 20th March 2023
It’s a #day to be #happy, of course! Since 2013, the #United #Nations has celebrated the #International Day of #Happiness as a way to #recognise the #importance of happiness in the #lives of #people around the #world. Happiness is a #fundamental #human goal. The United Nations #General #Assembly recognizes this goal and calls for “a more #inclusive, #equitable and #balanced approach to #economic #growth that promotes the happiness and well-being of all peoples.” In 2015, the #UN launched the 17…
Sharing Our Knowledge
Our #Registered #Manager, #Lizzy #Dixon, took time to #work in #partnership with #BASW (#British #Association of #Social #workers) to deliver a Continuing #Professional #Development #Seminar to a group of qualified Social workers from across the #UK #region. The seminar focused on the importance of working with people with #learning #disabilities as equal citizens and to #challenge current #systems that rely on labelling people with differences who are at the margins of our #society. The importance of #inclusion from a #young…
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…
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.
