Elders from the Grange Day Care Centre in Throckley went on a ‘charm offensive’ at a jewellery making day in Tynemouth. Organised by local business woman Dawn Mclean 32, the event, hosted at her shop, Rosewill Cottage, in Whitley Bay, was designed to give the elders an insight into the craft of jewellery making as...
I am a new care ambassador for ‘Skills for care’ in my new voluntary role I will be going and talking to people who may want to be working in care services, and informing them on the diverse opportunities available in care services. They were so impressed they ran this article on the service and...
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Elders from across the North East have been brushing up on their artistic skills, thanks to an innovative arts and cultural programme. Their work, produced as part of a scheme with Newcastle City Council, will be on display at Newcastle Civic Centre on Friday 12th November between 1pm to 4pm. Professional artist Chris Robinson, who...
As Autumn bids farewell and Winter creeps in, our poetry group enjoyed reminiscing about their favourite walks. Below is the product of their hard work: Today we took the road I used to walk, so long ago. The birds were singing, high in trees, with butterflies below. The rain kept off; a lovely breeze swept past...
We are all looking forward to Tai Chi this morning with Steve, ceramics all day - with Annette and textiles with Sally in the afternoon. Busy day for service users to enjoy. Another busy day in The Grange Day Centre.
Check out this amazing new set we’ve just posted on Flickr of outdoor activities at Calvert Trust, Keilder in 2010:
So much fantastic work has gone on at The Grange over the past decade that we have to periodically update the website to display it all at its best. We now have several thousand pictures and dozen of fantastic videos in our collection that show the work created by people at The Grange supported by...