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Daily Archives: June 16, 2016

EU Referendum, Learning Disabilities and Social Care…

We are a politically neutral organisation. Our role during any national election is to support our residents to have access to information on all aspects of voting, so that they are empowered to make the choices that reflect their views, their needs, their futures. The EU Referendum is fast approaching.  June 23rd will see a national vote on staying in or leaving the European Union.  There has been minimal literature provided to households surrounding the benefits of leaving, more so surrounding the benefits of remaining ‘in.’ Therefore, we continue to source other means of information including the useful Mencap/Electoral Commission Easy Read …

We love butterflies…

Man has achieved some incredible things.  We build, we invent, we extract from nature the resources to feed, to heal, to beautify our world. But, what does man put back?  What do we give Mother Nature in return for all her gifts to us? Butterflies! Yes, those beautiful, rarely noticed little things who flit around our gardens and catch our eye from time to time.  Here at Apple House care homes, we really do love them. Not only do we love them, we’ve been GROWING them! “Our butterflies hatched over the bank holiday. The butterflies arrived as caterpillars and we all …