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
There has been a lot going on at The Walled Garden recently. The team has been busy getting the gardens ready for the summer months ahead.
There is also a large variety of herbs and plants showing off their beautiful colours in the garden. Make sure you call into The Walled Garden and pick up some of our freshly grown herbs and bedding plants.
The herb garden has a lovely display of Chives.
A large selection of bedding plants.
Visit The Walled Garden’s Facebook page to see more of the garden’s beautiful features.
– https://www.facebook.com/TheWalledGarden/
Pets Corner in Astley Park, Chorley
Pets Corner have a new arrival! Buddy the guinea pig has been welcomed into the Pets Corner family.
Buddy was recently rehomed at Pets Corner and he seems to be settling in really well, getting a long with both the other resident animals and the Pets Corner team.
Did you know guinea pigs make lots of different noises when they want to express themselves. This includes squealing, chirping, rumbling, purring and chirping.
Buddy having a cuddle with Rob.
Buddy tucking into some delicious celery.
Pop into Pets Corner in Astley Park, Chorley over the half term and see what fun activities the team are up to.
Pets Corner’s opening times:
– Monday – Friday between 10am – 3:30pm
– Saturday and Sunday between 11am – 4pm
Visit Pets Corner’s Facebook page for more information on their resident animals.
– https://www.facebook.com/PetsCornerChorley/
Roccoco
Have you tried any of the scrumptious cakes at Roccoco? Arron is part of the team behind these delicious cakes that Roccoco have to offer. With some guidance, Arron measures out the ingredients, mixes them and then places the mix into cake tins.
Arron with some Carrot Cakes he made before they were iced.
Visit Roccoco’s Facebook page to keep up to date on their weekly specials and delicious treats.
– https://www.facebook.com/RoccocoLeyland/
Crafty Uniforms
West Wood Residential Care Home recently donated a bike to be decorated to support the Chorley Grand Prix. A lot of the craft materials were bought from Crafty Uniforms and the team decided to kindly donate more materials on behalf of Crafty Uniforms and the Brothers of Charity Services.
Everyone from both West Wood Residential Care Home and Crafty Uniforms are extremely proud of the decorated bicycle!
The decorated bicycle in support of the Chorley Grand Prix.
Visit Crafty Uniforms Facebook page to see what other projects they are supporting.
– https://www.facebook.com/CraftyUniforms/
Hands on Gardening
The team has been working hard re-planting the planters on Hope Terrace in Lockstock Hall. This has given the area a fresh and colourful look, ready for the summer.
The Walled Garden kindly supplied all of the plants that have been used for the re-planting.
The team showcasing their hard work.
The new planters.
Visit Hands on Gardening’s Facebook page for more updates on their recent community gardening jobs.
– https://www.facebook.com/HandsOnGardening/
Heaton Street Gardening
The team at Heaton Street Gardening have been busy working on a fence job for a couple of days this week. They will be replacing the original fence with a 3ft high close board fence with concrete posts and panels. They really enjoyed working on this job in the sunny weather and the customer is very happy with the results!
Before Heaton Street started work
The finished result, they have a very pleased customer!
Visit Heaton Street Gardening’s Facebook page for updates on their recent garden maintenance jobs!
– https://www.facebook.com/HeatonStreetGardening/
Hands on Recycling
It’s amazing how many different shapes and sizes the Hand on Recycling team come across when collecting it from their customers. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle trying to fit as much as possible into the containers before they are collected at the end of the week.
The team love developing their organisational skills when they are arranging the waste cardboard and paper into the container.
Trying to utilise all the space in our recycling container.
The team breaking down the cardboard boxes ready for recycling.
Visit Hands on Recycling’s Facebook page for handy recycling tips and tricks.
– https://www.facebook.com/HandsOnRecycling/