by Karolina Lipowska | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog, Stories
Billy was looking forward to the pubs opening after lockdown. Now he is raising a glass to welcome the lifted restrictions and celebrating his independence outdoors with his friends. Supported by our staff, Billy goes out regularly and has been living in one of our...
by Karolina Lipowska | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog
Making sure that the people we support are safe, prioritising their wellbeing and reducing or preventing their risk of harm or exploitation is key to the support which we provide. We support individuals to make decisions with their best interests at heart. We provide...
by Karolina Lipowska | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog
Loneliness is an unwelcome feeling which results from a gap between the quantity of the relationships that we have and the quality of those relationships. For many months we have all been facing challenges to the way we socialise and that has increased our sense of...
by Karolina Lipowska | Feb 24, 2021 | Blog
SOCIAL DISTANCING Thursday 2nd April 2020 More from some of our New Directions kitchens! Homecooking helps the people we support to control portion sizes, get value for money and save costs. Many of our tenants are also batch cooking now as they live independently...
by Karolina Lipowska | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
Education has been affected dramatically by the lockdown due to the pandemic, yet Harry who is supported by New Directions has adapted to a new way of learning and is thriving in his studies. Harry is in his first year of his Diploma Level 1 Professional Cookery...
