Celebrate Volunteers Week
The #Camphill #Movement has thrived for 80 years and #Mourne #Grange will celebrate its #50th #Anniversary this year. #Volunteering is at the heart of the Camphill Movement and the past present and future is made up of a rich tapestry of peoples lives and their choice to #volunteer and live and contribute to a Camphill #Community. The 1st to the 7th of May 2021 has been marked as a week to take the time to #celebrate and thank everyone who…
Lecturing at Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences
Our #manager, #Lizzy #Dixon, was delighted to be invited to present as a #guest #lecturer to a group of #social #work #students and staff at the #Rosenheim #Technical #University of #Applied #Sciences, based near to #Bavaria in #Germany. On the 2nd of June Lizzy was able to connect with the group of students and staff at Rosenheim and share about the history of #Camphill and also of #Mourne #Grange and how the role of the social worker connects with the…
Proposed Siting For New Nursing Home
We are inviting your views on a #proposal to demolish the eastern wing of the existing #nursing #home #building and replacement with a new, purpose built nursing home building. The feedback received will help to inform the #planning #application that will be submitted to #Newry, #Mourne and Down #District #Council. At present, the existing #Camphill #Community Mourne #Grange nursing home facility is at capacity and unable to accommodate and care for any additional persons, with the eastern wing of the…
Social Care – making a difference in people’s lives, every day
#Social #care #workers are individuals who help to support, care for, protect and #empower people to live as well and as independently as possible. They deliver a range of #practical help and #emotional #support to #individuals, #families and #communities. Working in social care requires staff to be #compassionate, #kind and #skilled in delivering a #quality #service to the people being supported. You Can Do it – Described as a magical place, #Andrea believes the residents at #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange…
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…
International Social Worker Day
We wish to say thank you to all our #Social #Workers from all the #residents in #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange. 16th March #2021 is the key day in the year that social workers #worldwide stand together to advance our common message globally. The theme for #International Social Work Day 2021 is #Ubuntu which means ‘I am because we are’. Ubuntu is a powerful message on the need for #solidarity at all levels: within communities, societies and globally. It is a…
Supporting Camphill Hermanus
Hello to everyone in #Camphill #Hermanus. It has been a very difficult time for all of us keeping safe from the virus and working as a team to still connect as a #Community. We were not able to have our usual #Christmas #Craft #Sale because of #COVID. We would usually send you the money we make from this sale. We thought about it and decided to have a Christmas #raffle and also to include the profit we made from selling…
We share the Love with Slieve Roe Residential Home
During #January #2021, #Camphill #Community #Mourne #Grange joined a regional #Heart2Heart project ran by the #Forward #South #Partnership, they are an independent #charity that works with community, #schools, #business, #public and #private sector partners to help regenerate and sustain a healthy and prosperous South #Belfast. They are part of a city-wide structure known as the Belfast #Area #Partnerships who have led community regeneration initiatives over the past 21 years. Camphill Community Mourne Grange always welcomes the opportunity to make connections…
‘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…
