CBSO Musicians Making a Difference to People Living With Dementia at ExtraCare’s Birmingham Retirement Villages
Musicians have been making a difference to the lives of people living with dementia and memory issues at the ExtraCare Charitable Trust’s retirement villages in Birmingham.
May 25, 2018
Minister for Housing and Homelessness Visits Longbridge Village
Heather Wheeler MP, Minister for Housing and Homelessness, visited Longbridge Village to learn more about the work the charity is doing to create better lives for older people.
May 11, 2018
Longbridge Village in Birmingham Awarded for Build Quality
ExtraCare’s latest retirement village at Longbridge in Birmingham has been awarded Best High Volume New Housing Development at the Celebrating Construction Awards.
April 30, 2018
UWE Bristol teams up with ExtraCare Charitable Trust to bring latest technologies to retirement villages
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is to work with ExtraCare to help incorporate innovative technologies into its properties for the benefit of residents.
April 26, 2018
Charity builds on success of Coventry Retirement Village
More than 60 brand new homes for the city’s older people are being created by Coventry based charity The ExtraCare Charitable Trust.
April 18, 2018
Lark Hill Village Chosen for Channel 4’s Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
ExtraCare’s Lark Hill Retirement Village has been chosen for the return of Channel 4’s BAFTA nominated Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds.
April 12, 2018
‘Here you know there is someone who will help you out’
‘I need to keep my health as good as it can be,’ she says. ‘I’m on the go all the time. I’m not one to sit and put my feet up and have a cup of tea.’
March 23, 2018
Housing and Older People – What We Really Want
Moving out of a home you’ve lived in for 31 years is a big thing to do. My husband Graham and I didn’t think we’d ever move out of our lovely two-bed detached property in Longbridge, Birmingham. We never imagined we’d move into a flat, either. But in July last year, that’s exactly what we did.
March 12, 2018
“Bereavement is part of life”
Eve Wilson from Cruse Bereavement Care describes a valuable partnership to improve bereavement support for ExtraCare’s residents…
January 18, 2018
New Oscott Raises Money at Village Fun Day
The residents and staff at New Oscott Village held a Fun Day to raise money for their community.
January 17, 2018
ExtraCare team help secure new resident over £6,000 in unclaimed benefits.
A soon-to-be resident at our new retirement village in Solihull is now thousands of pounds better off after ExtraCare’s Welfare Benefits Team helped her secure unclaimed entitled benefits to the sum of more than £6,000.
December 11, 2017
Charity Opens £48m Longbridge Retirement Village on Site of Former Car Factory
A new £48m retirement village officially opened in Birmingham today marking a milestone for the residents and the city.
September 27, 2017