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Community Circles, making a difference for people living with dementia

Arthur lives in a care home, the purpose of his Circle is to keep him involved in gardening and DIY.

Community Circles in Residential and Extra Care Workshop

This is a development workshop designed to introduce people to the role of Community Circles in residential and extra care. It will also launch a new e-resource and explore how organisations and localities can use the learning

Community Circles Training Day To Take Place in Manchester

Community Circles is due to host a training day in Manchester to introduce people to the approach. This training and development day is for people, groups and organisations wanting to explore the potential of Community Circles in supporting people to be happier, healthier and more connected.

Celebrating Community Circles as I move on to new opportunities by Helen Smith

After six years of being part of developing and growing Community Circles, my path now takes me on to new opportunities with Boo Coaching and Consulting . So, I thought I would share with you some of my key reflections from the last six years from the initial meeting...

Community Circles in Extra Care Settings

Community Circles are working with Wigan Council to support care homes and Extracare settings across the whole Wigan Borough. Circles make a positive difference in individuals lives and help build local community connections. As a Community Circle Connector in Wigan...

Community Circles – Building a Community of Support

Webinar recording April 11th As part of the launch of our new membership for those wanting to develop Community Circles, myself and Cath Barton enjoyed presenting an introductory webinar this morning. You can see the recording here. We have made this first webinar and...

The Essence of a Circle

Essence – the basic, real and invariable nature of a thing or its significant features At Community Circles we set out with the aim of developing circles of support at scale so that everyone can benefit. We knew circles of support had been around for a long time and...

How can Community Circles contribute towards achieving outstanding?

In November 2017 Andrea Sutcliffe spoke at the Towards Outstanding conference in Wigan and shared some key thoughts about the things that she considers to be the elements that enable a care home to be considered as outstanding. It made me think about how Community...

Care homes and schools, the magic relationship

Community Circles are working with care homes throughout Wigan and Leigh, supporting people to stay connected to what really matters to them. The purpose of the Circle could be anything that is important to the person; staying connected at church or keeping involved...

I want to live in a world where I feel connected and supported

What we can do to help alleviate loneliness and isolation? Being lonely isn’t just a feeling. It is proven to be bad for you. Research shows loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being an alcoholic, that it’s as harmful as not exercising and twice...