Recruiting Now

The Abbeyfield Gloucestershire Society is an independent living charity which provides sheltered housing for people over the age of 55.

We pride ourselves in making our houses, homes. We can’t do this without a staff team who are willing to go the extra mile for our clients.

Abbeyfield Gloucestershire is always on the lookout for excellent staff.

We have roles for anyone who can provide fresh home cooking for our clients and take a genuine interest in their lives

We are also on the look out for volunteers who can provide IT support, befriending services, activity coordinators, gardening or any special skills you might want to share with our wonderfully curious clients

We have houses in Chipping Sodbury, Cheltenham and Prestbury.

For more information please get in touch with our General Manager, Stacey, on 07368 135 025 or email us on hello@abbeyfieldglos.org.uk

Although as a teacher he was always heavily involved in school music, he was head of chemistry at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School in Bristol and part-author of a science textbook.

Geoff has left a big gap in the hearts of the choir members and also a big gap for the choir itself, as we now seek a versatile musician to take on Geoff’s role of conducting the choir, planning our concerts programmes and organising and conducting an orchestra for our main choral works. While we continue the search for Geoff’s successor, the choir plans for a charity concert in May led by one of our gifted members, Carol Cook, who is planning a programme of classical and light music for this concert, the proceeds of which will go to a charity to be chosen by Geoff’s daughters.

Heritage Centre

David Hardill looks at office life in some of Yate's past workplaces.

WHEN planning exhibitions in a local and social history heritage museum, it is very tempting to revert to tried and trusted themes, which have proven popular over the years.

Yet we often ignore themes which affect greater swathes of the population. One such example is the office.

The office has been the working hub of so many lives throughout modern times, and the development of technology, communication and service industries has ensured that the office has pride of place in many of our working lives.

Yet it rarely features in any historical museum display, unless physically preserved from some distant era.

Office life and culture is certainly worthy of study.

Before the 1960s and 1970s, the Yate office was altogether more formal.

In the Parnall (Yate) and Newman factories along Station Road, people knew their places, and strict formality prevailed.

Even by the late 1960s, Pam Withers at Newman Industries recalled the traditional formality continuing in the typing pool. All