On the 9th June seven learners from the Grafton Centre took part in their Duke of Edinburgh Expedition, the last section to complete before achieving their Bronze award. Learners took part in an overnight stay at a campsite near the Long Mynd. On the weeks running up to the expedition all learners helped to prepare, [...]
Bethan, a resident at CCL recently received her new eye gaze communication aid, which she was very excited about! Today, Bethan, her dad and 6 members of her support team were provided training on how to use the eye gaze device from Smartbox. They all had a wonderful time - particularly Bethan. Our Speech & [...]
Monday 21st – Sunday 27th February is #YouCanCareWeek hosted by Home Instead. #YouCanCareWeek is all about shining a spotlight on the incredible people working in the care sector and encouraging others to join. To celebrate You Can Care Week 2022, we wanted to take the opportunity to share some stories from our wonderful CCL team [...]
Monday 21st – Sunday 27th February is #YouCanCareWeek hosted by Home Instead. #YouCanCareWeek is all about shining a spotlight on the incredible people working in the care sector and encouraging others to join. To celebrate You Can Care Week 2022, we wanted to take the opportunity to share some stories from our wonderful CCL team [...]
Naomi and Kevin from Kynaston Farm held a Valentine's Day card competition with all the schemes across CCL, including Grafton and Day Opportunities. All of the entries were brilliant and very creative, so Naomi and Kevin had their work cut out! Naomi said "Kynaston were overwhelmed with Valentine’s Day cards for the competition and they [...]
Today at the Grafton Centre, we took part in Safer Internet Day. This year's theme once again was "Together for a better internet", the day calls upon all stakeholders to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people. To take part, students video called each [...]
A brief insight into Chrissie’s career… Chrissie Simmons, CCL’s Housekeeper & Health & Safety Co-ordinator, has been appointed an MBE in the New Year’s Honours 2022. Having dedicated herself to CCL for 8 years and the care sector for 20 years, Chrissie has exceeded all expectations of her role as Housekeeper and Health & Safety [...]
A very Happy Christmas to you all! Here is a special Christmas message from our Executive Group... https://youtu.be/DDpVWmQsm0A
This year, due to COVID, once again our Christmas celebration was held via Zoom. All schemes including the houses, Grafton, Day Opps and Longbow (Head Office) attended. The Zoom event was hosted by Day Opps, starting with a Makaton cover of 'Frosty the Snowman' by Longbow: https://youtu.be/6BVIl0FjXN8 (see below). https://youtu.be/6BVIl0FjXN8 Following this, we [...]
Last month, students, staff and parents at the Grafton Centre enjoyed supporting Children in Need. Students in CCL’s purple class utilised their arts and craft skills to design a poster advertising the event. During the week leading up to Children in Need on Friday 19 November, the students partook in Pudsey themed crafts, Attention Autism and [...]
