The Brothers of Charity Services in Lancashire has 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 into the local community.
The social enterprises carry out 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.
The Walled Garden
It’s been a busy week for the team at The Walled Garden, cabbage, cauliflower and khol rabi were ready to be harvested, they gave most of these to Roccoco who used them in a tasty vegetable soup.
The Walled Garden is home to lots of mixed fruit and vegetable plots, bringing lots of fresh produce throughout the year. This gives the team lots of opportunity to become part of the supply chain for our other social enterprises such as Roccoco, seeing the end product is very rewarding for the team!
Here is some of the latest harvest of kohl rabi, cauliflower and cabbage.
The delicious vegetable soup which was sold at Roccoco.
The Walled Garden’s opening times:
Monday – Friday: 10am – 3.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11am – 5pm
Visit The Walled Garden’s Facebook page to see what other amazing things are being grown in the gardens.
– https://www.facebook.com/TheWalledGarden/
Pets Corner in Astley Park, Chorley
This week, the team has been giving the bearded dragons’ home a spring clean. Juno took this as the perfect opportunity to enjoy the views of Astley Park around Pets Corner. It is important to keep the animal enclosures clean to ensure they are living in healthy environments.
There are two resident bearded dragons living at Pets Corner, Draco and Juno. The simple way to tell who is who, is that male bearded dragons have larger heads while females have thinner tails, this means Juno is on the left and Draco to the right of the picture below.
Draco and Juno, the resident bearded dragons at Pets Corner.
Juno admiring the view of Astley Park.
Pets Corner is located in the middle of the beautiful Astley Park, Chorley and is the home to many amazing animals. If you are in the area, call in and say hi to the team and resident animals at Pets Corner!
Pets Corner’s opening times:
Monday – Friday: 11am – 3.30pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10am – 4pm
Visit Pets Corner’s Facebook page for more fun facts about their resident animals.
– https://www.facebook.com/PetsCornerChorley/
Roccoco
The team at Roccoco are always working hard to create tasty dishes to keep their customers coming back for more! Rebecca, has been making apple crumble for customers to enjoy this week. With help from the rest of the team, Rebecca measured out all of the ingredients into a baking tray and carefully placed it into the oven, where it baked and left a beautiful golden finish on top.
The apple crumble that Rebecca made was so tasty; it has been sold as Roccoco’s weekly special. Rebecca is very proud showing off her apple crumble, and we’re sure the customers will enjoy it very much this week!
Rebecca measuring out the ingredients into a baking tray.
Rebecca proudly showing off the scrumptious apple crumble.
All of Roccoco’s dishes are put together with the freshest and highest of quality ingredients to make sure they are always providing a delightful dish.
Roccoco’s opening times:
Monday – Friday: 9.30am – 3.30pm
Visit Roccoco’s Facebook page to see what other tasty treats the team are making.
– https://www.facebook.com/RoccocoLeyland/
Crafty Uniforms
Crafty Uniforms had a great time at Mencap running a cops and robbers themed craft session last week. The team helped people to make masks and police badges out of many different arts and craft materials. There was an amazing atmosphere at the sessions as everyone had a lovely time spending it with friends and learning new craft skills.
The team love working with the local community and meeting new people, the sessions are always full of laughs and smiles.
The crafty team showing off their robber masks and police badges.
If you would like to make your own mask and police badge or you have any other creative ideas, Crafty Uniforms sell a large selection of arts and craft materials you may need. If you’re in the area, stop by and see what they have in store.
Crafty Uniforms opening times:
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4pm
Visit Crafty Uniforms Facebook page to find out what craft materials they have on sale in store.
– https://www.facebook.com/CraftyUniforms/
Hands on Gardening
This week the Hands on Gardening team completed another fantastic fencing job. To make it easier, a breaker was hired to help remove the original concrete boards and posts. This was a perfect opportunity for the team to learn how to use a new piece of machinery in a safe and effective manner. We’re sure you will agree that the finished fence looks great!
The team from Hands on Gardening are always learning new skills in both garden maintenance and community engagement, they love new challenges and working together to complete the job.
The completed fence.
The team getting to grips with the breaker.
If your garden is in need of some TLC and you want it to be ready for the summer weather, call the Hands on Gardening team on 07834 490 373.
Visit Hands on Gardening’s Facebook page to see more of their garden maintenance jobs.
– https://www.facebook.com/HandsOnGardening/
Heaton Street Gardening
Heaton Street Gardening have been busy planting a selection of beautiful flowers in the planters around the Baxi Heating office grounds in Bamber Bridge, bringing some much needed colour for the summer. The plants that have been used in the planters were grown and supplied by The Walled Garden.
Heaton Street Gardening now has a commercial contract with Baxi and regularly visits them to provide professional garden maintenance.
The beautiful planters on display at Baxi Heating in Bamber Bridge.
A colourful selection of summer bedding plants supplied by The Walled Garden.
Visit Heaton Street Gardening’s Facebook page for more information on their professional garden maintenance services.
– https://www.facebook.com/HeatonStreetGardening/
Hands on Recycling
The Hands on Recycling team love seeing what can happen to the items that they collect for recycling. Whilst most recycled cardboard is turned into new boxes and packaging at recycling plants, some people like to get creative.
Check out these wonderful one of a kind cardboard furnishings crafted out of recycled packaging materials and catalogs by David Stark Design and Production in New York, including these cacti made out of layered cardboard. It is impressive that pieces of art like this can created from the everyday items that we recycle!
A display of cardboard cacti from David Stark Design and Production.
Hands on Recycling are always willing to help with any recycling needs you may have. Call the team on 07834 480 363 to find out more about their friendly and cost effective services.
Visit Hands on Recycling’s Facebook page to see what other cool and creative things can be made out of recycled items.
– https://www.facebook.com/HandsOnRecycling/