Introducing Archery to the Community
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange is now part of #ArcheryGB #Archery #Activity #Partner programme. We have agreed to form a #partnership with ArcheryGB, act as #ambassadors for the #sport of archery, and actively #promote #campaigns and #events. Archery Activity Partners will always use trained, ArcheryGB #qualified, and #competent staff to deliver our archery sessions. The community has two officially trained ArcheryGB #instructors and provides Archery #sessions to our residents. Did you know that archery is an exciting sport and a fantastic…
Welcome to Vera Meister
#Vera has joined #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange for one day a week to become part of our #therapy #team in our #beautiful #health #centre #Helios. She was previously with us for her #placement as part of her #training and we are happy to be able to invite her back to work with us. Vera qualified as a #transpersonal #arts #counsellor from the #Tobias #School of Art. Being able to offer therapies grounded in the #anthroposophical #ethos of Camphill is at…
Learning Disability Week
This year #Learning #Disability #Week is from the 14th to the 21 of #June and as always we are delighted to get involved and share with all of the other people and services in #Northern #Ireland. It is important to #celebrate the #contributions that people with learning disabilities make to everyone’s lives, and #communities. In #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange we are very lucky to have a range of #wonderful work areas were everyone irrespective of level of ability is able…
Mental Health Awareness Week 10th to 16th May 2021
We should all take time to contribute and share about how we can support ourselves and each other with our emotional #wellbeing and #mental #health. The past year has involved living with the impact of the #COVID-19 global #pandemic and this has been a particularly challenging time as we have all had to manage significant changes to our way of life and how we connect with others. The theme for Mental Health #Awareness week this year is how we connect…
The Impact of COVID on our Lives
#Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange really appreciates being able to work with #ARC (#Association for #Real #Change). ARC helps #organisations in the #Voluntary sector to come together and share experiences and highlight the great work that we do. ARC took time to ask for a review of our experiences of what it is like to live and work with all of the #COVID #guidelines. This #review is really important as it has helped to tell us what we have all tried…
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…
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…