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• 100th birthday celebrations for Stockport resident

  07-08-2020 10:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jessie Normansell, a resident at Borough Care’s Bruce Lodge home for older people in Offerton, Stockport, recently celebrated her 100th birthday.  Jessie’s 100th birthday celebrations began by her opening lots of birthday cards and gifts from family and friends.  She also had cards from people all over the world who are part of the Postcards […]
  
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• Half-century is an opportunity to hail social work's role in society's changes

  07-08-2020 09:37
  
  A decade of austerity has heaped pressure on the profession, but it’s important to celebrate its achievementsAmid the concentration this year on Brexit and coronavirus, and with a focus on the NHS and its 72nd anniversary, another significant anniversary is passing by with little recognition. It is 50 years since a unified profession of social work was established across the United Kingdom, and 50 years since the creation of integrated local authority personal social services in England an
  
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• Gillingham care home residents enjoy impromptu cream tea

  07-08-2020 07:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  We all know what it’s like when you’ve got a craving for something, which won’t be satisfied until you have it. So, when one of the Rogers House residents told staff she really fancied a fresh cream cake, the staff decided to put on a spread of them.   It was time for tea at […]
  
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