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Working in partnership across our communities
Activities in our Independent Living schemes
CCHA’s Independent Living schemes support older people to live independently, whilst also offering spaces for social activities to promote inclusion and health and wellbeing. Below are two examples of the many activities we have delivered throughout the year.
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Craft for wellbeing
In partnership with Cumbria County Council, the team at Catherine Mill in Whitehaven have been running ‘craft for wellbeing’ sessions including one where they made Christmas gifts and cards.
The residents enjoyed creating bookmarks, Christmas tree decorations with felting, cards and trinket boxes. This was followed by a further programme of crafty sessions in January 2023, demonstrating how popular the programme has proved to be.
Getting together after a challenging year
Christmas well and truly arrived at Wadham Court in Sunderland in December, as CCHA Independent Living Wellbeing and Compliance Officer, Sue Clark (pictured right, centre), hosted the traditional annual Christmas lunch for residents and members of the local community.
A delicious three course meal was followed by cheese and biscuits, coffee, and mince pies, all served in the communal lounge by Whitburn Caterers.
Allison Allison (pictured adjacent, right), Independent Living Manager at Castles & Coasts, said: “After what was a challenging year for everyone, it was so lovely to be able to see residents and local community members coming together to celebrate Christmas. Thank you Sue and everyone else involved in making this such a special day.” Within our schemes, residents have also enjoyed a range of other activities in the past few months including gardening sessions, gentle and seated exercise classes, arts and crafts, games and puzzle afternoons, coffee mornings, pie and pea nights, movie nights, ‘knit and natter’ groups and regular entertainment from local performers. At the time of writing, there was much excitement within many of our schemes as they planned events to celebrate the upcoming Coronation.
