Caring For Life’s 33rd Birthday

Friday 28th February was Caring For Life’s 33rd birthday. Birthdays need to be celebrated, and we try to do that here at Caring For Life! All those who were attending daytime projects here at Crag House Farm that day enjoyed a photocall first thing in the morning, then a get together over lunch, followed by an afternoon of fun and games!

The birthday is always a time for reminiscing and story-telling about various things that have happened over the 33 years. That can be both moving and hilarious. It’s also a time for really thanking God for all He has done through this ministry over the years.

Sunday 1st March was the date of our annual Rededication Service for staff and volunteers, with an afternoon service held in a packed local church, at which one of our trustees, Paul Pease, gave a very encouraging message, and staff and volunteers rededicated themselves to this ministry.

A tea followed, which is always a wonderful opportunity to catch up with our amazing volunteer workforce, to chat, share news and just thank them for their incredible commitment, which literally enables our work to go ahead, day by day.

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Help with the washing up

When you have a lot of people round for a meal, there can be a lot of washing up. So when you are serving lunch to 65+ people every weekday, hungry folks who have been busy on therapeutic activity projects at Crag House Farm, there really is a mountain of washing up!

This is the situation in the Centre at Caring For Life every weekday, and they serve breakfast as well. So a good industrial dishwasher is a must! This not only relieves the burden of work, but also ensures that crockery and cutlery are properly cleaned and sanitised.

Thanks to the generosity of grant makers, just before Christmas, a beautiful “all singing - all dancing” dishwasher was installed in our Centre kitchen.

The team on Catering Academy are getting to grips with how the new model works and we really are grateful for this amazing gift of help with the washing up! 

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Playing A Crucial Part

Corporate volunteers from HSBC came along to Caring For Life this week to play a crucial part in the preparations for Christmas. Sorting countless tins of food might not sound or look very Christmassy, but this is one step in the process of giving over 100 people an incredibly special Christmas.

Kind churches, schools, individuals, Scout groups, children’s nurseries and other organisations which donate food at harvest time, make all this possible. Staff and volunteers undertake the initial, mammoth task of sorting food.

Our kind HSBC volunteers sorted tins this week, ready for Christmas hamper packing. Soon, other corporate volunteers will be making up the actual Christmas food hampers. Then our Being There housing support team swing into action and deliver hampers and gifts. 

Only those who deliver the hampers see the reaction on people’s faces as they receive this lovely gift, but many people have played an absolutely crucial part in enabling this to happen.

To everyone, we say a very big, special thank you!!

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