Victoria Winfield-Brown, a Registered Nurse & Registered Health Visitor was recently made redundant from her senior nurse leadership role. She has taken the opportunity to launch a new Suffolk based business, Aprisce. Aprisce brings together three distinct but connected areas under one brand: organisational development, professional mentoring and personal wellbeing. Aprisce offer organisational development support…
Chloe Swarbrick, Home Manager at Care UK’s Britten Court, on Love Road, has been shortlisted for ‘Inspirational Leadership’ in the Suffolk Care Awards 2024. The Suffolk Care Awards recognise commitment to care and shines a spotlight on committed individuals who go above and beyond to support residents, families and team members. Chloe first joined Britten…
Two fitness trainers are taking on an epic endurance challenge this weekend – despite one of them still recovering from a fractured leg. Former Paratrooper Luke Read and his colleague Michael Jennings, from the Airborne Fit gym near Ipswich, were determined to do their annual challenge for Movember, to support men’s mental health, in spite of Michael’s injury. The 26-year-old suffered a stress fracture after completing two marathons in three weeks last month but was…
St Elizabeth Hospice has been recognised for its dedication to helping people in Suffolk with much-needed grief and bereavement support. St Elizabeth Hospice led a team including St Helena Hospice, St Nicholas Hospice Care, the University of East Anglia and the Pear Tree Clinic, to launch the Compassionate Community project. The project offers local communities…
A Suffolk charity based in Stowmarket, has had a boost of nearly £10,000 in funding, helping it to upscale its provision for transport and later life support in the wake of Covid. BSEVC, which first launched as Bury St Edmunds Voluntary Centre in 1991, has received a total of £9,643, via the Suffolk Community Restart…
A team of colleagues are set to battle a muddy course all in the name of charity. Eight workers from Melton-based firm Infotex are taking on one of the toughest obstacle courses around, the Whole Hog, at Wantisden on Sunday. The team will be scrambling over cargo nets, through tunnels, climbing up steep banks and…
The founders of PredicAire, the first holistic care management system to use Artificial Intelligence, have announced a key appointment to its Advisory Board. Rob Hammond is a senior social care professional with extensive experience in running care homes for two large corporate providers. In a career spanning over 20 years, Rob has undertaken a variety of roles starting from…
A Suffolk project based in a former shipping container and designed to encourage men to talk, has officially reopened this week, thanks to a community grant. The Debenham Men’s Shed is part of a national network – UK Men’s Shed Association – and brings men (and women too) together to chat and exchange skills, on…