This week is #CarersWeek. Carers Week occurs annually, aiming to raise awareness of caring and highlight the challenges carers face throughout the UK – particularly unpaid carers. Although, our carers are not unpaid, they go above and beyond for the young people we care for. Therefore, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to celebrate some of [...]
This week is #CarersWeek. Carers Week occurs annually, aiming to raise awareness of caring and highlight the challenges carers face throughout the UK – particularly unpaid carers. Although, our carers are not unpaid, they go above and beyond for the young people we care for. Therefore, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to celebrate some of [...]
At CCL, it has been a life-long goal to raise funds to build and open a Hydrotherapy Pool. In 2020, CCL achieved this goal. Unfortunately, due to COVID, CCL’s young people have been unable to use the pool since it was built. However, today (07/06/2021) the pool opened, allowing CCL’s learners and residents to begin [...]
We were delighted to be included in the Shropshire Star this week for our efforts to get our learners and residents fully vaccinated against COVID. Take a look: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/health/coronavirus-covid19/2021/05/17/shropshire-specialist-college-thanks-health-staff-as-all-residents-receive-second-jab/
This week is Learning at Work Week. At CCL, many of our team members are learning at work. Every Support Worker completes Level 3 Health & Social Care as part of their role. In addition to this, many of our team members are completing qualifications up to post-graduate level. https://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/pages/news/category/learning-at-work-week Let’s look back at those [...]
This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Did you know that 1 in 4 people experience a mental health problem in the UK every year? With the impact of lockdown, it has never been more important to talk about mental health. This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is centred around Nature, which has been a huge [...]
Today, we are celebrating Jade, one of our Speech & Language Therapists, because we can, but also because she is one of 30 Speech & Language Therapists in the country to be trained in Sensory Integration. Jade completed her postgraduate certificate in Sensory Integration in March 2021, making her a qualified Sensory Integration Practitioner. Jade [...]
A local business called 'Oh My Meringue' teamed up with CCL to donate their homemade desserts to the Beeches Medical Practice. This week, our Harley Road, High Ridges and Church View schemes received the second dose of their COVID vaccination from the Beeches Medical Practice by Dr Walsh and Dr Middleton. Throughout the whole process, [...]
This month Harley Road have been remembering their cherished friends, Ewan Ferguson and James Woolmer. Sadly, Ewan passed away on 6th April 2020 and James on 17th April 2019. To remember James, Harley Road have a Magnolia bush planted in their garden. Ewan was very fond of trains, so to remember Ewan they have an [...]
Take a look at our March 2021 e-Newsletter: CCL e-Newsletter March 2021
