The Brothers of Charity Services have various social enterprises for adults with learning disabilities; these services are designed to support people to develop skills with confidence in a supportive working environment whilst offering services in the local community.
The social enterprises carryout lots of great, fun activities for the people we support and the local communities to get involved with. Here you will be able to find out what each of the social enterprises have been up to this week.
Crafty Uniforms
The team at Crafty Uniforms received a very generous donation of art and craft materials last week from a very kind person. The items will be sorted, bagged up and used towards raising funds for the enterprise and also used for some of their community craft sessions that the team organise. Thank you to all the kind people who donate; everyone at Crafty is very grateful, no matter how large or small the donation.
Taking part in a summer event or having a BBQ and looking for decorations? We have a variety of bunting at just £2 a pack! Or you can make your own with some really sturdy material from just 30p a metre. Ideal to re-use as it’s not paper that rip after on use!
Planning to make jam from the fruit you’ve been growing over the summer months? We have jam decoration packs including tags, gingham material toppers in packs of 6 for only £1 (Limited whilst stock lasts)
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The Walled Garden
The team at The Walled Garden, our social enterprise in Chorley, welcomed South Ribble Borough Council yesterday for a photo call for the Silent Solider, sponsored by the South Ribble BC, which will be displayed proudly in The Walled Garden. People can visit the Silent Solider in the peaceful Walled Garden and reflect on the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the First World War as part of the Centenary Commemorations.
The walled Garden have a good crop of runner beans that they harvest to order- you can’t get any fresher than that!
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Pets’ Corner
Pets’ Corners rabbits have grown so much since their last photo at 3 weeks. They’re not 6 weeks old and looking extremely fluffy and cute! Pop in to see how big they’ve grown- they are open Monday to Friday 10am to 3:30pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.
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Heaton Street
Another week of wonderful weather, but many of our customers are worried about their gardens. We recommended that people don’t use hosepipes and can check out the advice from United Utilities. Click here to view their website.
The Heaton Street team are always looking to expand their services and as the year passes by, they are preparing to book in general landscaping jobs such as fencing and flagging. They welcome enquiries from enthusiastic people to join their expanding team to help with their growing workload.
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Hands on Recycling
At this time of year many of our customers in schools and colleges are on holiday which gives the team at Hands on Recycling team the chance too contact new customers and also vary their activities by taking part in various community based events. The team are always looking for new people to join them in work in this exciting enterprise. If you or someone you know would be interested in working with the team, get in touch!
Rather than letting your recycling materials oil up and cause a problem in this hot weather, contact a friendly and reliable service in the form of our social enterprise, Hands on Recycling.
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Hands on Gardening
As many of us enjoy the hot weather we have noticed the number of elderly and more frail customers of Hands on Gardening struggle in the heat so please ensure to check on neighbours and relatives.
After a very busy week of visiting their regular customers, the team at Hands on Gardening have also had a lot of enquiries from new customers via recommendations! The team currently have a waiting list for upcoming garden jobs but as they move forward they are hoping to recruit some new team members! If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the team, please get in touch!
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