Vacation!

We are closing the Centre for two weeks from Wednesday. It’s always a difficult decision to decide to close. We know for a good number of our clients it will not be easy for them but we break up trying to give client’s the minimum of disturbance. The other Centres are open.
Last week one of [...]

Read Full Post »

Waste!

There is quite a debate going on nationally about what we do with our waste. The ever increasing landfill sites are getting fuller and local councils are being asked to look seriously at the collection of our rubbish. As a family we try and recycle what we can and having had a daughter out in [...]

Read Full Post »

Distractions!

I’m writing the blog this week on ‘distraction’! This may seem a strange thing to write about but in Ben’s Centre we find very often that clients want to distract us from what is really going on in their lives
I guess Gordon Brown would appreciate a distraction this morning to give him some breathing space, [...]

Read Full Post »

Sailing Close to the Wind!

We are out in our little court-yard garden again now the weather has been so lovely. Mary, one of our volunteers, brought in some tomato plants, beans, lettuces strawberries and herbs. The clients really enjoyed all the planting and now we have to remember to water them every day. It is amazing to see the [...]

Read Full Post »