Our Open Day

Our Open Day went very well indeed. We had a good number who came to share in our day and some to see the Centre for the first time which is excellent. At least four people had come as a direct result of reading the blog…so good to meet new faces and identify some of [...]

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Preparations for Christmas

Christmas seems to be coming upon us very quickly indeed. All the shops are full of decorations and ‘tempting’ gift ideas, and November has still got two more weeks left!
We do like to make Christmas special for our clients but as I have mentioned before, it is a very difficult time for many of them [...]

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Open Day

We are holding an ‘Open Day’ on Saturday 28th November, 12.30pm to 3pm, and we would love to invite you all.
It is an excellent opportunity to find out more about what we do!
You can come and see for yourself some of the wonderful art work I have described in the blog previously.
There will be an [...]

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Christmas dinner sorted!

Wendy faithfully shops for the Centre every Monday morning at Morrison’s supermarket. As I have mentioned before she is an excellent shopper and has an eager eye for any bargain. It is amazing how small our food bill is every week, especially considering the quality of the meals we eat and also the quantity we [...]

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Harvest Gifts

It is the time for Harvest and we are receiving some very useful and timely gifts for our Centre. I have said this many times before but it is such an encouragement to the staff and the clients to receive these gifts.
Abundance comes faithfully every week with their fruit they have picked. Abundance is a [...]

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Pool Table

We have a really good pool table in the Centre. As we pursue other activities we are gradually weaning clients off the idea that this is all they can do! Many would just love to come into Bens and read the paper, play pool and perpetuate a ‘pub’ like atmosphere but without the alcohol! Having [...]

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Our window is finished

Our window is finished. As you can see it looks really beautiful and has been such a successful activity for all the clients, staff and volunteers. It has surpassed any of our expectations. It is always an unknown quantity when a new activity is introduced and often it can be quite a slog to encourage [...]

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A busy week

Last week was busy and very varied, with points of sadness, drama, frustration and some really good times…welcome to Bens!
Victoria Hall had kindly offered to give us their harvest gifts, and had asked us if there was anything we would particularly like. We suggested gifts of marmite and marmalade would be useful. So our week [...]

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Back after break

Well we are back after our break. I guess like everyone when you have a break you feel reluctant to get back into the routines of life.
But it is so good to know that we are working with clients who without the services of Ben’s Centre would be denied what is available to them, by [...]

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Feedback from our AGM

We have an extra blog this week as we thought you may be interested to hear about our AGM, and also Ben’s Centre is going to be closed next week and re-open on September 28th.
Our AGM went really well and was well attended. A group of our clients attended too which was good. Wendy always [...]

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