Social Enterprise Blog 12/09/18

12/09/18 |

News, Social Enterprise

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.

Heaton Street

The team at Heaton Street had a great day last Thursday with the students from NCS at their event held at Lisieux Hall. They brought with them lots of games as well as musical instruments for us to play such as the keyboard and guitar. The students were also offering nail painting for anyone who fancied a pamper, as well as a delicious buffet that was enjoyed by everyone. It was a fantastic day and our teams loved being a part of it!

As the evenings are starting to get darker and autumn is fast approaching the Heaton Street team are starting to think about organising winter activities. The team wold love to volunteer at wildlife reserves such as Brickcroft in Longton.

Click here to view Heaton Streets Facebook page

Roccoco

The team at Network 50+, an enterprise also run by the Brothers of Charity, paid a visit to Roccoco last week to enjoy the dishes they put on especially for National Allotment Week. Everyone had a lovely time catching up over cake and a coffee.

Come and enjoy Roccoco’s home made bacon and tomato quiche, served fresh every day! They’re open weekdays between 9:30am – 3:30pm.

Click here to view Roccoco’s Facebook page.

Hands on Recycling

Now the kids are back in school, the Hands on Recycling team’s rounds will be getting increasingly busier. The team really enjoy visiting local schools to collect their recycling. Contact the tea on 07834 480363 or send a message to discuss your recycling needs!

The teams are all very busy now as schools and colleges are back and are collecting as much cupboard, paper etc to recycle and prevent from being dumped into landfill sites. Contact the team if you are interested in recycling in your workplace, school or college!

Click here to visit Hands on Recycling’s Facebook page.

The Walled Garden

With the cooler weather and the much needed rain, The Walled Garden vegetable plot has cropped well and their produce is available for visitors to buy. Call in between 10am – 3:30pm weekdays and 11am – 5pm during the weekend!

Click here to view The Walled Garden’s Facebook page.

Hands on Gardening

As autumn approaches, the Hands on Gardening team are starting to organise projects to complete when the gardening season is quieter. This will include some hedge pruning and repairing and repainting fences. Call 07834  480373 or send a message to discuss your autumn garden needs!

As we move into the colder months, our teams will soon be helping with conservation work at Brickcroft Nature Reserve- SRBC a couple of days each week, everyone is very much looking forward to getting involved in this new project!

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Click here to view the Hands on Gardening’s Facebook post.