by Jill Palmer | Mar 2, 2023 | Blog
At New Directions Rugby, we take immense pride in our town and are extremely fortunate to be surrounded by local organisations, businesses, and people who look out for and enable the people we support to live happy, safe, and independent lives. The officers at Rugby’s...
by Jill Palmer | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog
At New Directions Rugby, we are always looking for ways in which we can support people to give back. We are incredibly fortunate to be surrounded by such a generous, tight-knit community of people in Rugby that have supported us, our staff, and the people we support,...
by Jill Palmer | Nov 24, 2022 | News
At New Directions Rugby, we’re delighted to introduce our new chairperson, Adrian Canale-Parola. We celebrated the beginning of his journey, and the end of our previous chair, Wendy Back’s service, here at New Directions at our annual general meeting on the 15th of...
by Jill Palmer | Oct 10, 2022 | Blog
In addition to pet therapy and music, we also offer arts and crafts as part of our Community Choices Network. While we ensure that this is a fun activity for our service users, we don’t do it simply because it’s fun: there are several therapeutic benefits too. Broadly...
by Jill Palmer | Sep 5, 2022 | Blog
Music strengthens the parts of the brain associated with speech, language, reading, focusing, attention, and concentration, which have been shown to be reduced in people with learning disabilities. The repeating elements of rhythm and melody help our brains develop...
