In the scenic town of Bishop’s Castle, a heart-warming tale of lifelong friendship has emerged at Coverage Care’s Stone House Residential Home. Gwenda Corfield, known affectionately as Elsie, aged 96, and Eileen Richards, aged 95, have shared a bond that has stood the test of time. Their journey began at Lydbury North School,…
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Care home hosts colourful garden party for Pride month
New Fairholme care home in Oswestry held a colourful garden party to celebrate this year’s Pride month. Staff and residents took part in the colourful party, which also included games and party food, and was attended by family members and other guests from the Oswestry community. New Fairholme home manager Imelda Briones said “It’s been…
Coverage Care celebrates Pride month
Coverage Care celebrates Pride month A competition was held for all the homes to make a mosaic with the residents to celebrate pride month and here are the colourful results! Well done everyone! …
Team Expansion at Coverage Care in Shrewsbury
Coverage Care Services, an independent not-for-profit care provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of several new members to its team. To meet its ongoing commitment to delivering high quality care and support to its care homes, Coverage Care has recruited additional posts to support its major investment in introducing digital solutions to complement and…
Carers go above and beyond to deliver ‘The Little Things in Life’
Here at Coverage Care Services we know that it’s the million and one little things that we do that make our residents’ lives better. ‘The Little Things in Life’ is a new online campaign to highlight the many ways in which staff go out of their way to help our residents really feel at home.…
The work of champions
Our work and continued commitment to driving greater inclusivity for older LGBT+ people living in our homes has been showcased at a key Shropshire event. The Small Steps Big Difference conference was held on October 3, at Shrewsbury Town Football Club, by county organisation SAND (Safe Ageing No Discrimination). The aim of the event was…
Paulette takes on manager role at Newport home
A new manager has taken over the reins of a care home run by Shropshire’s largest not-for-profit care provider Coverage Care Services. Paulette Morgan is the new manager at The Cottage Christian home in Newport. She has stepped up to the new role following the retirement of long-standing manager Julie Stevenson. Paulette joined the home…
Coverage Care residents share memories of royal celebrations ahead of King’s coronation
Residents across our care homes have been reminiscing about the Queen’s coronation ahead of this week’s royal celebration. Joan Ryder, a resident at The Cottage Christian care home in Newport, was in her early 20s when the coronation of Queen Elizabeth took place in 1953. At the time, she lived in Donnington and remembers fondly…
Charlie takes the reins at Telford care home
A manager who has spent her entire career with Shropshire’s largest not-for-profit care provider has stepped up to a new role. Charlie Bradley is the new manager at Coverage Care Services’ Lightmoor View home in Telford, after starting her career as a support worker at the company’s Innage Grange site in Bridgnorth 19 years ago.…
Coverage Care celebrates National Apprenticeship Week
At Coverage Care Services we are marking National Apprenticeship Week 2023 by celebrating the success of our own apprentice programme. For many years we have run a successful apprenticeship scheme and to date it has helped to train more than 70 apprentices. Sam Woosnam, HR director, said the scheme had a proven track…