Celebrating Brendoncare’s volunteers – Ami Talpallikar
To celebrate Volunteers’ Week this week (3rd – 9th June), we are sharing stories about our fantastic volunteers. Ami Talpallikar is one of the Wellbeing and Activities Volunteers at our Brendoncare Knightwood care home. Ami started volunteering with Brendoncare to improve her communication skills and confidence. She is also using this opportunity to gain experiences […]
40 Faces of Brendoncare – Sharon Green
To celebrate Volunteers’ Week (3rd – 9th June), our 40 Faces of Brendoncare is Sharon Green who explains how becoming a Brendoncare volunteer changed her life for the better. Sharon joined Brendoncare’s Saturday Club as a volunteer in 2018. During the pandemic, she supported Andover members with telephone calls then moved to become an in-person […]
St Giles View resident Amy celebrates 102nd birthday
Celebrations for the 102nd birthday of Amy Lanham, a resident at Brendoncare St Giles View care home, started with her enjoying fish and chips for lunch at city restaurant Shoal. Afterwards, Amy’s celebrations continued with a birthday party at St Giles View with family members including her son Tony and daughter Jean. Amy grew up […]
Celebrating Brendoncare’s volunteers – Pauline Piper
To celebrate Volunteers’ Week, (3rd to 9th June), we will be sharing stories about our fantastic volunteers. Pauline Piper has been one of our club helper volunteers at the Portsmouth Good Companion Social since the club started 10 years ago. Pauline saw an advert in the local newspaper in 2014 about a new club opening […]
Taking a stand against scams with Brendoncare
When a person lies to you to gain an advantage such as taking your money or learning private information about you, that’s a scam – and it’s happening to people every day. It happens via email, text, phone and in person, on the street or even on your own doorstep. Friends Against Scams is an […]
Tony’s perfect day watching favourite football team
Brendoncare St Giles View resident Tony Day enjoyed his perfect day when he went to see his favourite football team play in London. Tony is a huge fan of Brentford FC. Brendoncare St Giles View arranged for him to go and see the club’s local London derby match against Fulham at the Gtech Community Stadium […]
40 Faces of Brendoncare – Debbie Smith
To celebrate International Nurses Day on Sunday 12th May and Brendoncare’s 40th anniversary this year, we would like to introduce you to Debbie Smith, who works at Brendoncare Otterbourne Hill. Debbie explains how she returned to Brendoncare as a nurse after beginning her career with us as a carer. I was at college and did […]
Food Glorious Food, the Brendoncare Way
Mealtimes are the most important times of the day for many of Brendoncare residents. We are taking positive steps to ensure that every meal is an enjoyable experience for them. To continue doing this, Brendoncare has introduced Food Forums. These forums give our catering teams a chance to talk to residents and their relatives about […]
40 Faces of Brendoncare – Janet Budd
To celebrate our charity’s 40th anniversary this year, our latest 40 Faces of Brendoncare is Janet Budd. She is one of our Vice Patrons, who worked for a trust that was a forerunner to Brendoncare. Janet was committee secretary of the charitable trust that ran Meadway and Rosemary Holt residential homes in St Cross. These […]
What is the Digital Switchover? Brendoncare answers your questions
Some of you may have heard the phrase “digital switchover” in relation to changes to landline telephones in 2025. The UK is moving from the old copper telephone network to a new digital telephone system that uses the internet. This process is being referred to as the Digital Switchover. The Digital Switchover, which has already started […]
