Home eye tests: Supporting ExtraCare residents in Birmingham
Mr Akbar Karim, Lead Optician for Specs at Home, provides a home eye test service at several of ExtraCare’s Birmingham retirement villages. This National Eye Health Week, he explains how home eye tests work and how he supports residents in taking care of their eye health.
September 24, 2019
Wixams Retirement Village officially opened
Newly-wed 80-year-old David Hope says he’s found his “dream home” as he helps open brand new Wixams Retirement Village.
September 10, 2019
Michael Roberts shares his new role within ExtraCare’s Engaged Lives Project
ExtraCare's Social Engagement Supporter, Dr Michael Roberts, shares his new role within the charity's recently launched Engaged Lives Project.
August 22, 2019
Well-being Team shortlisted for Women in Housing Awards!
We’re proud to announce that our Well-being team has been shortlisted for the category of Team of the year: Frontline (small) in the 2019 Women in Housing awards.
July 29, 2019
ExtraCare and Galliford Try shortlisted for ‘best partnership’ for the National Housing Awards
ExtraCare has been named on the shortlist for its partnership with Galliford Try at this year’s National Housing Awards.
July 12, 2019
ExtraCare achieves two ‘outstanding’ ratings by CQC
Residents and staff at The ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s Brunswick Gardens Village in Sheffield and Reeve Court Village in St Helens are celebrating an ‘outstanding’ rating for the quality of their care service following recent inspections by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
June 19, 2019
Older people to benefit from National Lottery funded loneliness project
Older people will be given the chance to confront loneliness thanks to £98k awarded to The ExtraCare Charitable Trust by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, to deliver the Confronting Loneliness Project.
June 17, 2019
Volunteers help Pannel Croft village to bloom
The rooftop garden at ExtraCare’s Pannel Croft Village in Birmingham has been given a gold-medal makeover thanks to law firm, Shakespeare Martineau and Midlands garden designer, Victoria Philpott.
June 14, 2019
All you need to know about Type 2 diabetes
Diabetes is a common condition causing too much sugar in the blood stream and around 90% of people in the UK with Diabetes have Type 2 Diabetes with a further 12.3 million people expected to be at risk of developing it.
June 13, 2019
Lord Mayor of Birmingham thanks volunteers at Longbridge Village
June 10, 2019
Helping our corporate partners to make a real impact by volunteering
Volunteering is at the heart of what we do; we rely on the support of 2,000+ volunteers who give their time regularly to undertake all sorts of roles. In addition to this, we build links with corporate partners who are often looking for opportunities for their employees to get involved in activities that really make a difference and who want to see the impact they make in person.
June 10, 2019
Diabetes Week: Preventative Healthcare
This Diabetes Week, ExtraCare Well-being Advisor Kate Gokova, who works at Pannel Croft Retirement Village in Newtown, Birmingham, explains how the Charity’s Well-being Service is supporting residents with diabetes…
June 10, 2019