Living and Learning with Nature
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange invited #Bernard #Graves to provide a 3 day #workshop focusing on #Living and #Learning with #Nature. The #group focused on the #process of #working with #raw #wool, #dying and #felting. The course was attended by #employees and long-term Community #members and offered the #opportunity to learn and #connect #together. The group #produced some #beautiful pieces of felted work. The 3 days also offered the opportunity for #workshop #coordinators to share with each other about their #workspace…
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…
Tenant Participation in Mourne Grange
Representatives from the #Department for #Communities, #Trudy #Creane and #Dovile #Bagdonaite, visited #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange on the 15th #September to learn about the #wonderful #work we do to work #equally with the #people we #support to #inform #decision #making and #planning for the #future. They were accompanied by #Billy #McCreight from #Craigowan #Housing #Association. It’s wonderful to be able to share the great work we do and how important it is to genuinely work together with as a #whole…
Mourne Grange 50th Anniversary
Thank you to all of our #friends, #families and #Community #members who joined us for our 50th #Birthday #celebrations on the 1st of #September. In #August of 1971 a small group from #Camphill Community #Glencraig moved to #Mourne #Grange to start a new Camphill community for #adults with #special #needs. Since then Mourne Grange has continued to #grow and #flourish. Everyone enjoyed the birthday celebrations and it was a wonderful opportunity to share about the #history of Mourne Grange, how…
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…
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…