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Praise has been pouring in from residents and staff of a Bridgwater dementia care home for the creative talents of maintenance man, Waldemar Perlik, who has conjured up an impressively authentic ice-cream cart using a few old bits of furniture and MDF, and a wheel from an old wheelchair.
Anyone needing help in dealing with the death of a loved one is being encouraged to come forward and access support available at Bristol Memorial Woodlands.
South West nursery group Mama Bear’s has celebrated the hard work of its employees with a special treat box to show their appreciation.
At 67 years of age, Nigel Howe has discovered a previously unsuspected love of cooking thanks to the installation of a new cooker and hobs specifically for use by residents in a specialist dementia care home in Wellington, Somerset.
For retired jazz singer Geoff Brown live music was a must for the day he and wife Rita celebrated their 62nd anniversary, so the pair were delighted to relive memories of the first song they danced to at their wedding: You Make Me Feel So Young.
A Bristol law firm has pledged to extend its support for charity Duchenne UK after fundraising activities were seriously curtailed over the last two years due to the pandemic.
A couple have celebrated an incredible 72 years of marriage at a care home in Wellington.
A pair of enchanting fluffy felines were the headline attraction at a pop-up cat café that has been organised for residents at a dementia care home in Wellington.
West Country PR agency Empica is the latest firm to join the Children’s Hospice South West Business Club 2022.
A woodland burial venue in Alveston, near Thornbury is launching a new programme of bereavement support this Spring.
One-hundred-year-old Jean Jennings was thrilled to open a birthday card from the Queen as part of the celebrations for her milestone birthday at the specialist care home where she lives in Bridgwater.
A multi-million pound programme of refurbishments and upgrades is due to start at a South Gloucestershire secondary school shortly.
A leading consultant fertility specialist who heads the St Michael's Endometriosis Centre in Bristol is calling for greater awareness of the ‘invisible illness’ endometriosis which, according to the World Health Organisation, affects roughly 10% (190 million) of reproductive age women and girls globally.
