Home Instead Scarborough & Ryedale newsletter
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Spring 2022
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Happy Easter! Our team have kindly been helping to distribute bunches of daffodils to clients, as a way of wishing them a Happy Easter. We’d also like to say a big ‘thank you’ to all our wonderful staff who will be working over the Easter period, we really do appreciate all their hard work.
Have you spotted one of our new recruitment banners yet? We've been distributing them to primary schools around Scarborough & Ryedale, with the aim of attracting new, friendly, kind, compassionate people to join our CAREGiver team. Big thank you to all the schools who have kindly allowed us to use their premises to display one. Pictured is Tracey, our Community Engagement Coordinator, with our ‘Margaret’ banner outside Norton Community Primary and our ‘Beryl’ banner outside Malton Community Primary. If you know somebody
who’d be interested in a position that makes a real difference to the lives of ageing adults in their local community, get them to give us a call on 01723 263263 or visit our website for more information: https://www.homeinstead.co.uk/ scarborough-ryedale/vacancies/
Free home delivery and collection If you weren’t aware, Scarborough library offer a free home delivery and collection service. They’re able to deliver books, audiobooks, music CDs, DVDs and information to the homes of people who find it difficult to get to their local library. HOW THE SERVICE WORKS Once you have expressed an interest, a volunteer or staff member will visit you at home and: • help you join the library if you are not already a member; • discuss authors and genres you like or dislike; ª ask if you prefer ordinary print, large print or audiobooks; • draw up a detailed reader profile, which is used to choose books matching your interests. Books will be delivered to you every two weeks on an agreed day, either morning or afternoon. You can keep the books as long as you need and there are no fines or overdue charges. You can also ask your volunteers for specific titles or authors. HOW TO JOIN THE HOME LIBRARY SERVICE You can email libraries@ northyorks.gov.uk, phone on 01609 533800 or contact your local library to join. You may use the service on a temporary basis, such as only in winter or when recovering from an illness or operation.