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.
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…
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….
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…
Thank You from Dr Edel O’Neill
We are so #appreciative of the #positive #working #relationship #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange has with #Edel, #Consultant #Learning #Disability #Psychiatrist from the #Southern #Trust. She has really enjoyed being able to look around our #wonderful #estate and asked our #flower #workshop to arrange some beautiful #bouquets of flowers to say thank you to her #tour #guides, #Aimee, #Joanne and #Margaret. It is always a #pleasure to be able to #share the beautiful estate that we all live in.
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…
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…
Peer Networking
We also want to #celebrate the strength that we create through #peer #networking with other #organizations for example #ARC (#Association for #Real #Change). ARC supports many organization like #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange to come together and share about a whole range of issues. One example of this is supporting all of the #Safeguarding #Champions from across the region to share and learn from each other to ensure that we are all working together to support everyone to be safe. Camphill…
