The National Learning Disabilities & Autism Awards… We have a FINALIST
Hi everyone, we want to share the news that our #registered #manager, #Lizzy #Dixon, is one of the 8 #Finalists in the #Manager #Category in #Northern #Ireland for The #National #Learning #Disabilities & #Autism #Awards. Lizzy was #nominated by the community in #appreciation and #recognition of her tireless work not only with us in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange but at a #regional and #national level on behalf of those who have a Learning Disability.
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…
We are doing a Christmas sale!
Why #stress yourself by not knowing what to #gift to others, and why last minute shopping? #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 produced within the community by #unique #skilled #adults with #learning #disabilities. Every item is has is own unique character. Did you not find what you are looking for? Do you have something specific in…
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…
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…
Making New Connections
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange is delighted to establish a #new #connection to #promote and #sell the #beautiful things we make in our #workshops. We have just agreed an order of 50 #pens to be sold to #Northeast #Arc is a non-profit north of #Boston, MA that supports over 15,000 people with #disabilities or #autism each year. They have recently opened up a #gift #store, #parcels, that #exclusively sells items made by, or through #businesses owned by #people with disabilities or…
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…
‘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…
