The Brothers of Charity Services in Lancashire have various Social Enterprises for adults with learning disabilities; these services are designed to support people and 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.
Roccoco
The Veteran’s Cafe held at Roccoco celebrated their 1st Birthday on Saturday! The team at Roccoco made a delicious cake for the occasion and decorated it with the HM Armed Forces Veteran’s badge as well as the cafes sponsors; Brothers of Charity Services England, BAE Systems, South Ribble Borough Council and Oncore Foodservice Solutions Ltd and All Fresh Produce!
Crafty Uniforms
Crafty Uniforms are holding a competition on Facebook for a chance to win sports top for your local community groups. They have a selection of new sports tops in a variety of children’s sizes, up to age 12. The team are offering up to 20 tops as well as a £10 voucher towards extra kit items from the shop to help the winning group. The winner will be announced the week commencing 8th May 2018.
Click here to view flyer. Click here to view Crafty Uniforms Facebook page.
The Walled Garden
The team at the Walled Garden have been making fine use of the spring weather we’ve had over the past few days and have been out on the vegetable plots sowing and planting. They are very proud to have once again been nominated for entry into this year’s North West in Bloom, so they are going to be working very hard to keep the gardens looking their best!
Inprint
Inprint, our social enterprise printers in Chorley, supported the Chorley Grand Prix last weekend by decorating their shop window on Friday Street!
Pets Corner
Pets Corner would like to give a big thank you to Paul for his kind donation of hutches and equipment. We are sure they will come in very useful!
Hands on Gardening and Heaton Street
The teams at Hands on Gardening and Heaton Street Gardening recently took part in the making of St Catherine’s Park Art Trail. They helped to plant over 200 yellow butterfly sculptures created by a local school, Lostock Hall Academy, working in partnership with South Ribble Borough Council.
The Art Trail took 4 very wet days to complete, with the teams working in a variety of weather conditions to make sure that they butterflies were planted in time for grand opening by the local Mayor. Everyone really enjoyed meeting the school children who had produced the butterflies as well as working alongside the staff from the council and St Catherine’s Hospice.
Comments from the many visitors from St Catherine’s Hospice have been very positive about how good the walk is and how it has helped to brighten people’s days in such gloomy weather.
