“Betzi makes me get up in the morning. She’s my best friend and I talk to her all the time.” Ill health meant that Sue Ellis had to leave her job in the ambulance service. She and four-year-old Tibetan...
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“I get up in the morning, make myself a cuppa and open Facebook. It’s a window on the world. I live on my own but it feels as though I’ve got company and I’m part of something bigger.” At 83,...
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Housing Plus Group and Stafford and Rural Homes have officially merged today (1 October 2019), launching a new housing, care and property group for Staffordshire and Shropshire. The Group will own and...
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Congratulations to the fantastic members of the Craft Club at Pencric, in Penkridge, who have been fundraising to support Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The crafty neighbours wanted to do what they...
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John is a resident of a retirement community managed by Care Plus. “I spent 27 years as site manager for a school. I loved my job and it means the world that so many former pupils have kept in touch....
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In 2017 Kath Coley lost her partner of 33 years. It’s never easy coping with such an enormous loss and Kath recognised that without David, she needed a new sense of purpose in her life. “I wanted something...
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Champagne corks were popping at retirement living community Coven Court, when the popular scheme learned that it had secured a silver prize in the Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) National Housing...
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Caring colleagues who were pictured digging through snowdrifts to reach people in need were presented with one of the top prizes in the regional finals of the Great British Care Awards. Care co-ordinators...
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She bought her first television to watch the Queen’s coronation and now Joan Morgan is looking forward to receiving a card from the Queen herself. The Perton resident celebrated her 100th birthday with...
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Residents of 17 retirement living communities in South Staffordshire have had their heads in the clouds this summer, watching their sunflowers reaching for the sky. Care Plus, who manage the independent...
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