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Yahoo
11-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Banbury care home invites the public to join knitting group
A knitting group at a Banbury care home is connecting residents with members of the local community. The group at Highmarket House aims to bring people together through a shared love of knitting. It meets every other Thursday from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, with its next session on April 24. The sessions are open to all abilities, and members can enjoy tea, share stories, and exchange knitting tips. For some residents, the group has reignited their passion for knitting, while others have taken up the hobby for the first time. Denise White, an 86-year-old resident at Highmarket House, said: "I gave up knitting before I came here as I struggled to follow patterns, but I've found I can still knit small things, and I like to knit everyday now. "It's lovely to be part of a group where we can sit, chat, and create something together." Francesca Cowley, home manager, added: "Highmarket House's Knit and Natter group is a great way for residents and local people to come together, learn from each other, and enjoy a relaxed evening. "Whether you're an experienced knitter or just starting out, it's a chance to pick up new skills, have a chat, and enjoy some light refreshments in good company." Highmarket House provides full-time residential, nursing, and dementia care, as well as short-term respite care.
BBC News
19-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Bretton Library dementia resource centre idea moves a step closer
A council plan to set up a dementia resource centre in a library has moved a step closer to City Council is selling a building which currently houses the centre and wants to set up a service at a library in the of the council's planning committee have approved a change of use, which would allow such a centre to be set up at Bretton Library. Library users, and people working with dementia sufferers, have raised concerns about the idea. Members of the council's planning and environmental protection committee were on Tuesday asked to decide whether approving a change of use was appropriate under planning officers had recommended that a change of use should be members did not decide on the rights or wrongs of setting up a dementia centre in the library - or dismiss health concerns raised by people working with dementia woman who works as a volunteer with dementia sufferers said the library was not the right setting for a resource said dementia sufferers could have library users have said library activities would be under threat if space was reduced. Paula Flood, who runs a "Knit and Natter" group at the library, is campaigning against the dementia centre plan and said the fight would continue."They've just approved a change of use. It's just one hurdle," she said."The fight's not over yet. We will continue with the campaign." No party has overall control of Peterborough City Council, although Labour has the most Qayyum, the council's Labour cabinet member for adults and health, has said both the library and dementia resource centre are "important community facilities".She said the council wanted to ensure that space was being used in the "best possible way" and the "best services possible" were being dementia resource centre gives advice, information and support to people, and is currently based in a council-owned building on York Road. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
