LIFE IN LOCKDOWN Going the extra mile during the coronavirus pandemic
#12 | Autumn 2020 Our heroes
All our CQC registered services rated GOOD!
50 AND OUT MILLION PENNIES Much loved manager Find out how you can says farewell after 50 support our appeal years inside
ALSO: FOOD MARKET, INCLUSIVITY, SCHOOL SUCCESS & MORE! from Normandie Wragg, Nugent CEO
03 Sister Ben says farewell Hello everyone and 04 Black History Month welcome to our latest issue of Together. 05 CEO addresses equality 06 Life in lockdown This issue we focus on our supporters, the 07 Egg-cellent support passionate individuals 08 Help us raise a million pennies who either take part 10 Nugent House update in events, raise funds amongst their communities or dedicate their 11 Staff focus time to volunteering. It is this dedication that 12 Royal heroes helps us create futures, preserve dignity and 14 Superstar supporters look forward with ambition, and I can’t thank you all enough for your continued support in these 15 Nugent’s Fran makes national list unusual times. 16 Our food market delivers for locals 17 Shop celebrations During the past six months living with the coronavirus crisis, through the courage and 18 Laughter got us though lockdown compassion of our staff teams, we have been 18 CQC registered services rated Good able to maintain the health and wellbeing of the people we serve and we are so proud to have 19 Focus on Marydale been able to achieve this. 20 Rise from the rubble 22 Deaf and Sign team go digital We are still not out of the woods, however and guidance is changing daily, as such we have been 22 Change to Trustee structure unable to run the fundraising events we would normally. To help us to keep in touch with you all and bring some welcome relief, our fundraising team took events online, with quizzes, Cheese and wine and music evenings and a regular coffee morning with patron Phil Thompson. Look out for more events, follow our social media, @wearenugent and join in the fun.
Thank you for your continued support and please take care of yourselves and your families.
Thank you.
Normandie
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2 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 Celebrating 50 years with Nugent Following 50 years nurturing We all start to work for Nugent I have always felt loved by staff at children and young people wanting to make a difference and Nugent and have so many happy at Clumber Care in Formby, it is good to look back when we memories of working with you Registered Manager Sister finish our time, knowing that we and I wish to thank you for that. Benedicte retires. have made a difference! It has been such a privilege for me working for Nugent at Clumber “I cannot believe it, but yes, the I have been fortunate in knowing for all these years; I have been so time has finally come for me to say so many of you working in Nugent happy and my life has been really goodbye to you all at Nugent. I will throughout the years, there have fulfilled. be retiring from Clumber as been many occasions where we manager at the end of this week met up for various meetings on To say that I have enjoyed working 31st July 20. different sites, I always enjoyed with the young people and staff at seeing you all, somebody once Clumber is an understatement, it What a journey it has been! I joined called me the social butterfly!! has been my love and my life and I Nugent as a volunteer in 1965 will truly miss it. and then I started my career at It has been a difficult time during Clumber on 2 June 1970, and have lockdown, as we have all I wish you well in all that you do in worked continuously at Clumber experienced, which meant I have the name of Nugent. ever since, for 50 years! missed out on the opportunity to say a personal goodbye to those God bless each one of you, I have seen so much change of you I have worked more closely throughout Nugent with so many with. Sister Benedicte wonderful developments everywhere over the years.
3 BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The work and life of inspirational Civil Rights Movement leader, Martin Luther King Jr., will be celebrated during October.
Alongside our equality, inspirational individuals from Students will be taking part in diversity and inclusivity work history and also those who are Black History Month inspired across Nugent, we will be influential in today’s society. cook outs, a drumming session finding different ways of from the music department and celebrating Black History Month At Nugent House School in ‘reaching for the stars’ by during October, aimed at Billinge, Marydale Lodge in understanding the story of inspiring, educating and St Helens and Clumber Care in ‘hidden figures’ including the engaging the people we serve Formby, our children and young BAME women mathematicians and reflecting the diversity of people will be participating in a involved in the 1969 Apollo Moon Nugent as an organisation. range of activities during their landing. day to day learning but also Throughout all of our schools, through developmental We’ll be partnering with key care homes, family and activities that will enable organisations and groups across community services we’ll be students to orienteer their way the region to engage our reflecting how our organisation through key BAME figures of learning in ways that can have and culture has been enriched recent history. a long lasting impact on us as and our society made stronger people and Nugent as an through the influence of Black We’ll be exploring the history organisation. Britons across our 140 year of slavery, the lives of the key history. influencers including Rosa Parks, You can find more about our Martin Luther King and Malcolm Black History Month activities Black History Month was X, and learning to understand at wearenugent.org or by established in 1926 in the United why we celebrate Black History following us on social media, States. It is celebrated in the UK Month. search @wearenugent and in October and USA in February @NugentHouseSch. and celebrates and recognises
4 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 Finding our way on the journey to being culturally competent.
Being a culturally competent in highlighting issues of racism organisation requires us to and inequality, and to support develop the ability to understand, vital anti-racism work in opposing communicate with and racism and promoting racial effectively interact with people inclusion. across cultures. Our Inclusion Statement Sharon Amesu Cultural competence We have developed an inclusion encompasses being aware of statement for our website, one’s own world view, developing careers page, and this will be positive attitudes towards included in all our recruitment cultural differences, gaining literature. knowledge of different cultural practices and world views. So that we are able to keep to our commitment to be actively Over the past month I, like many anti-racist, we have begun with CEO’s in the sector, have been actions to support this important having important conversations work. with staff teams about equality, diversity and inclusivity to Leadership Training consider how we can learn, adapt, and evolve in response In August and September, we to these important issues, both provided all managers within internally and externally. Nugent with mandatory training on Unconscious Bias, and Ayo Barley These issues are important to Inclusive Leadership facilitated us because the people we care by Sharon Amesu. for, protect, educate and inspire, come from all walks of life, BAME Staff Forum and so do we. We employ In October, we will be providing talentedpeople from diverse a ‘brave space’ for interested backgrounds. Black and Minority Ethnic Staff, who have been affected by racial To this end I am proactively discrimination to discuss their learning, listening, watching, experiences within Nugent. and self-reflecting, as well as This space will be facilitated by acknowledging my privilege to Ayo Barley. embrace equality, diversity and inclusivity. Thank you.
Personally, and in my role as Normandie CEO, I pledge to be more vocal Normandie Wragg
5 Life in lockdown
Across the last eight months of the coronavirus To continue to fundraise and keep in touch with crisis our staff have been going the extra mile to our supporters we’ve held virtual events across the help maintain the care and morale of the children, past few months including quizzes, a FIFA young people and adults in our care. We have tournament, a cheese and wine tasting evening, been focussed on ensuring our staff are safe and live music sessions on Facebook and corporate that residents in our care homes are engaged and networking events with our patron, LFC legend Phil in good spirits. Thompson.
At one of our Individual Community Support We continue to programme in events to keep services in Liverpool, the residents purchased a things going, so keep up to date by following us on greenhouse to grow plants, vegetables and social media; search for @wearenugent. flowers, and now have a really special place to relax. We have been able to maintain our ability to support our services through grant funding from At our adult homes, including Lime House in Liverpool, Wigan and Sefton Councils, the Gubay Lowton, St Joseph’s in Aigburth and Margaret Crisis Fund, LCVS and more. This has enabled us Roper House in Ainsdale, staff provided increased to continue to support our services and also activities such as baking, crafts and music, as well extend in needed areas, such as our community as enabling residents to continue to ‘speak’ to food markets, where we have been able to extend friends and relatives using WhatsApp and other the support we offer through delivery of parcels video calling apps; this had a positive impact on directly to the door of those unable to leave their staff and residents. house.
Nugent House School remained open during the Across the pandemic, we have provided vital crisis. To ensure that the education and welfare of supplies to over 2,000 people with the delivery of our children was not disrupted, the staff team over 1,000 hampers across the Liverpool City developed a programme to ensure they were Region. You can read more about this work on inspired and engaged, and have now welcomed page 16. them back for the autumn term. Following government guidance, our charity shop Most of our children were able to attend school in Allerton closed for three months from March, across the summer term, but as transport issues but reopened on Monday 15 June, following a full worsened, we developed support packages for risk assessment, deep clean and with social those who were staying at home, which distancing measures in place. It’s been amazing included a weekly work pack and daily support to find some kind of normal and welcome back our calls with teachers to help them continue their wonderful volunteer team. learning. Lunch packs were put together by the school catering team, as well as extras for their We have been overwhelmed to see our regular families, such as bread and fresh food, to keep supporters back, and new customers too, in such everyone safe and well. numbers, and we have been overwhelmed by the support we have received. Our Fundraising team had to make some difficult decisions and were unable to continue with planned key events. These included our annual Phil Thompson Golf Classic and our fundraising gala, Strictly Nugent. Both will be back bigger and better next year.
6 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 Egg-cellent support
Gardening at Wadham Road
Quizzes and coffee mornings on Zoom
We had some wonderful donations of Easter eggs during lockdown.
A big thank you goes out to Quarry Athletic U14s based in South Liverpool for their generous donation of Easter eggs for residents at one of Feeding families in our local adult services. It need at our markets was a lovely surprise to Getting pampered in receive a message from Childwall Garry who contacted us to say they wanted to support their local charity, Nugent.
We also recieved great donations from local businesses; Michael Byrne at Blakes - Workplace Interiors and Office Solutions and James and Steven from Fireplace Factory Knowsley.
VE Day celebrations at Lime House
Live music on our James and Steven from Facebook page Fireplace Factory Knowsley
7 The Catholic Times 1866 WANTED! A MILLION PENNIES TO SAVE THE BOY
“Please Sir! Will you spare a poor boy a copper to get a bit of bread with? Do Sir, I’m starving! I haven’t tasted anything today. Father’s dead and mother’s sick and can’t get work and we ain’t got anything to buy nutting with. Do kind gentleman, just one penny.” M ENT ILLI UG ON N
P E L NN A IES APPE
In 1854, Nugent’s founder, not facing levels of poverty This appeal is part of our 2020 Father James Nugent, witnessed by Father Nugent, Good Shepherd appeal, that arranged a meeting of but for some young people life Father Nugent started in 1902, leading citizens and is not as easy as we might find and that we have continued churchmen in Liverpool it; in 2017-18 there were 4.1 every year since: million children living in poverty wearenugent.org/fundraising/ Town Hall. His rallying cry in the UK. That’s 30 per cent of oldestcharity was, ‘Save the boy.’ His children, or nine in a classroom concern was the plight of of 30. Through this appeal generations the thousands of homeless of schoolchildren have continued children who survived in As Nugent heads to its 140th to support us and use their squalor only by begging or year in 2021, we are reviving imagination and come up with stealing. our founder’s rallying cry with some amazing ideas that their our own ‘Nugent Million Pennies friends and staff can take part in. One of the young people Father Appeal – children supporting Across the last 10 years the Nugent recalled in a speech was children!’ appeal has raised over £500,000 Tiny Bill; to support our work. “Please Sir! Will you spare a poor We are asking individuals, boy a copper to get a bit of bread schools and businesses to try Every year the appeal supports with? Do Sir, I’m starving! I haven’t and collect a million pennies, people across our communities, tasted anything today. Father’s that’s £10,000, to help those less from those living in poverty dead and mother’s sick and can’t fortunate. through our food markets in get work and we ain’t got anything Kirkdale and Woodvale, to to buy nutting with. Do kind The appeal runs from Tuesday providing education for those gentleman, just one penny.” 1 September 2020 until who need extra support in their #GivingTuesday on Tuesday learning; we are proud to be The plight of these young people 1 December 2020. taking Father Nugent’s legacy prompted Father Nugent to into 2021, our 140th year. arrange, ‘Save the Child’ meetings which took place at Liverpool Town Hall, at which he campaigned for financial support How to get involved to help those in need under the slogan: ‘Wanted: a million If you would like to take part, find out pennies to Save the Boy!’ His more information, or request one of rallying cry appeared in the our collection boxes, please call our Catholic Times in 1866, and fundraising team on 0151 261 4498 or collecting boxes were placed in public places across the city. email [email protected]. Some 156 years later we are
9 A new look
Nugent House School has a fresh new look to head into the new academic year and beyond.
Nugent’s marketing team have worked in conjunction with staff and pupils, led by Headteacher Sarah Gregory, to craft the new identity for the school and also teamed up with St Helens based design agency, Cultivate Creative, to provide a new website which will be launched towards the Nugent House end of September.
The brief was to represent the ups grades school’s ethos and Nugent’s Nugent House School is a Many thanks to Headteacher, values (integrity, ambition, special independent school Sarah Gregory, for her ongoing courage, compassion, located in Billinge, Merseyside, inspiration to both staff and optimism, respect and dignity). and has been operational pupils. Also, thank you to the We also wanted to depict the throughout the pandemic. This staff on Hope Lane who care for school’s aims and the has been particularly challenging many of the pupils at Nugent challenges that our pupils time for many, and our children House School and all of our staff overcome. are no exception. around Nugent who supported the school and Hope Lane – The iconography also 32 recognised qualifications have what team work! represents a journey up a been awarded to pupils in 2020, mountain, with a pathway up which is TWICE as many as the To find out more about the middle, overcoming the previous academic year. placements at Hope Lane or challenges ahead, a stepped any of our children’s services ascent to the top, a way of Pupils have DOUBLED their grade please email: reaching dreams and 4 and grade 3 achievements from [email protected]. ambitions. 2019 and four post-16 pupils have achieved the All centre assessed grades have been To find out more about confirmed as accurate by Ofqual and Nugent House School visit necessary grades to continue in the awarding bodies. their chosen career pathways. nugenthouse.co.uk.
10 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 Tell us about your role... Not many people know this, STAFF FOCUS but... I have had the privilege of being the Headteacher at I love shoes! I have a secret door Nugent House School since in my hallway that leads to a January 2020. This means I get to cavernous cupboard full of all my spend my days leading a school footwear treasure; last count was family of close to 100 individuals over 100 pairs in literally every based in our beautiful buildings colour of the rainbow – including and grounds in Billinge. five pink pairs!
I’m very blessed to have a Favourite possession... fantastic team of staff working hard with me to enable every A bracelet my son bought for me one of our students, who are as a good luck gift on the day between the aged of 7 to 19, to I had my interview for Nugent fulfil their potential and achieve House School. I haven’t taken it their dreams. No two days are off since! the same at school; from horticulture to hockey, maths My hero/heroine... to meditation, woodwork to wellbeing, and with our Mary Ward; she was a 17th growing menagerie of century nun who, just like Father therapeutic animals, Nugent Nugent, fought hard for the House School really is a unique education of disadvantaged place and I am proud that the children at a time when iACCORD values absolutely women did not always have a Sarah underpin all we do as we voice. Small but mighty, against continue to move forward the rules of the Catholic church Gregory together and, in the words of our at the time, she travelled from recent Ofsted inspection, “Love her native Yorkshire all around Headteacher, our children fiercely”. Europe, often on foot, to set up Nugent House School schools; She even has the Your role in six words... dubious honour of “graffiti-ing” her name into the wall of the The best job in the world! Vatican in protest at the Pope’s views of not wanting nuns to What are the highlights of work in the community, your role... becoming known for her cry of “No half women, no half Too many to mention – there is measures!” That’s my kind of girl! not a day that goes by during which a member of our school During the Coronavirus community, whether a student Crisis, Sarah has also helped or a member of staff, doesn’t do our education provision at something unforgettable that Marydale Lodge to develop makes me glow with pride. their curricular activity.
11 Our supporters come from all University Hospital who took part “Working in a busy inner-city walks of life and bring so much in Strictly Nugent in 2018. hospital has allowed the team to their involvement, they at the Royal Liverpool University enrich our ability to provide care “I learned about the event from Hospital, the opportunity to help and support to people through colleagues as The Royal has had a some of the most vulnerable their dedication and passion. contestant in each of the previous and disadvantaged communities We asked a few to tell us their two years! I have taken part in in Liverpool. We have a very stories. runs and abseils for charities in the hard-working and dedicated team past and was really excited to raise who wanted to branch out further Over the past few years we have much needed funds for Nugent. than the day to day workings of had amazing support from staff Taking part was fabulous, and to our hospital, to further support at Royal Liverpool University dance in St George’s Hall was the those in our community who really Hospital who have taken part pinnacle.” needed it most. in events like Strictly Nugent and Vertigo, our abseil. Dr Terence McLoughlin is an We therefore turned to Nugent Emergency Medicine Consultant back in 2016 to support them in The trio of fundraisers include at Royal Liverpool University assisting local children and adults Edna Flores Panambo, a Ward Hospital. struggling with poverty, various Manager at the Royal Liverpool complex needs, those in crisis or
12 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 L-R: Edna, Terence and Rob (at Strictly Nugent 2017) those who are simply just in need partnership with Nugent and hope I acknowledge that there are lots of a helping hand. to offer an unwavering level of of charities, and I have supported support for many years to come.” a number, including national ones, Our staff take enormous pride in over the years, but I very much what they do and genuinely care Rob Jackson an Advanced Nurse believe that we should all support about helping others. We treat Practitioner, formely at Royal local charities that are close to us. everyone with respect and dignity Liverpool University Hospital and have sought to emulate these now at Salford Royal. I believe that local charities such as characteristics in the work we have Nugent are often under recognised, done for Nugent over the last few “I hadn’t come across Nugent until but these are the organisations years. Terry made me aware of it, and that do the personal touches so Terry said that Nugent does such a well, such as saying please and Our amazing team have taken part good job and is a fantastic cause. thank you to supporters, which in sky diving challenges, bake sales, Terry took part in Strictly Nugent is so important! I have a box in gunge dunks and have 2016, and had such a great the loft with certificates, cards, competed in the ‘Strictly Nugent’ experience it inspired me to want trophies and medals from Nugent dance competition every year since to get involved and take part the relating to the fundraising events it was launched. I myself have been following year. I’m still in touch and activities I’ve completed for covered in fake tan and glitter as with my Strictly Nugent 2017 dance them.” ‘Dr Salsa’ in the dance competition, teacher, Sian. as well as abseiled down the Rob thoroughly enjoyed the two Anglican Cathedral with some of When I took part in Strictly Nugent, fundraisers he got involved with my team as Disney’s ‘The I was completely out of my comfort for Nugent, and his advice to Incredibles’, all to raise vital funds zone, I am the typical dad dancer. anyone thinking of supporting for Nugent and facilitate the When asked to abseil down the Nugent is ‘100% get involved!’ fantastic work they do every single Anglican Cathedral two years later day in our city. in 2019, it was a no brainer, given that I have been involved with the We are very proud of our strong Cathedral for forty years.
13 Superstar supporters
Roger and Sandra Mullin presenting a cheque to our Community Fundraisier, Fran D’Arcy
Roger and Sandra Mullin are or a baby girl. We replied ‘either’, society’s offices in Mount Pleasant, long term supporters and and added light heartedly, ‘or adjacent to the Cathedral, when ambassadors for Nugent and are twins’. Sister Dorothy and her sister, part of the St Helens Circle, The handed the babies to us. 21st Circle of the Catenian At the end of July 1972 we received Association. a phone call from Sister Dorothy We have kept in touch with Nugent who asked if she could call to see over the years in a number of “We first contacted Nugent, then us that evening, as she had news ways, selling the Charity Christmas the Liverpool Archdiocese Catholic for us. cards through the Piety Shop at Children’s Society, in 1971, when our church, taking part in the we decided to investigate the At this point Sandra was working charity golf days, and most possibility of adoption. A for St Helens Council as a Clinic recently, when President of the neighbour, fellow parishioner and Nurse, having previously worked St Helens Circle of the Catenian work colleague had adopted two at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital on Association, I was able to include children from the society and the newly formed Intensive Care Nugent as one of my nominated encouraged us to enquire. Ward. We will never know what charities and present a cheque for influenced the individuals who £900. Our first individual contact was selected the adoptive parents, but with Sister Dorothy, who we we suspect that it was Sandra’s As we have close connections with initially met at Holly Road. She experience of dealing with sick and south Liverpool, we are also able became our social worker, and she premature babies that was the to support Nugent’s charity shop ‘checked us out‘ several times, deciding factor and not our on Allerton Road, and act as a visiting us in our home in St Helens. flippant comment, because just collection point for our friends, two weeks later on 11 August 1972, neighbours and fellow St Helens On one occasion, during our we became Mum and Dad to six Catenians.” conversations, after we had been week old identical twins. accepted as potential adopters, Sister Dorothy asked if we would Our lives changed forever on that have a preference for a baby boy Friday when we went to the
If adoption is something you’ve 01744 613 041 been thinking about, then get [email protected] in touch with our friendly, nugentadoption.org.uk experienced team today. #youcanadopt
14 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 funds for the Clatterbridge Cancer Hospital development in Liverpool. She managed corporate partnerships and worked on promoting the community build of a LEGO replica of the hospital.
As a fundraising officer for Nugent, in 2017 she helped devise, organise and host the charity’s Strictly Nugent event, which raised £25,000. Fundraising Magazine has She also regularly appears announced their ‘25 under on local radio and other 35’ list of outstanding young media outlets, raising fundraisers and this year we awareness of events and are very proud that our very encouraging fundraising. own Community Fundraiser, Fran D’Arcy has made the As Nugent’s Community list. Fundraiser, Fran continues to initiate new ideas and inspire Father Anton Fernandopulle The list shines a light on others through her work is Parish Priest at St Agnes and those professionals who will and leads Nugent’s Good St Aidan, Huyton. help lead the sector through Shepherd appeal working this crisis and beyond and closely with schools across “Our parish of St Agnes and St Aidan, Fran has been working hard the region to help them raise Huyton, has been for a number of over recent months to funds. years involved in charitable projects maintain our supporter’s abroad, especially in Romania and engagement and been a Mike James, Fundraising and Suriname in South America, but it huge support to colleagues. Marketing Manager and was decided that we would also like Fran began fundraising at colleague said: to support a project closer to home. the age of nine, and before “We are really proud to work Our choice was Nugent for the becoming a professional with Fran, she has a passion tremendous work they do in social fundraiser she had already for people and her dedication care, helping children, adults, and raised £60,000 for local to improving lives through her families in so many ways. causes. work is unwavering, she always goes above and Parishioners are enthusiastically She started her career in beyond and does so with such donating good quality clothing and 2011 as a community commitment it is inspiring.” other items, neatly bagged and fundraiser at Alzheimer’s dropped off at the presbytery where Society, where she organised Katherine Woods, one of they are safely stored in the the first Memory Walk at this year’s judges and generously sized garage till the Aintree Racecourse in 2012. partnership development Nugent volunteers can collect them. The walk raised £60,000 in lead at Action for Children, 2013 and was then says: We also save used/left over foreign developed into a nationwide “I was impressed to see coins from our holidays abroad as flagship event that still takes how fundraisers from Nugent make good use of them too. place every year. These are simple ways everyone can organisations of all sizes have dug deep to find renewed feel involved, even those who do In 2018, she worked as a energy and go above and not have the means to make cash community fundraising beyond for their teams and donations. manager for Clatterbridge their beneficiaries during such Cancer Charity, supporting a challenging time.” We are happy to be a part of the the campaign to raise work of Nugent in our diocese.”
15 Our food market delivers for local people Since the beginning of the number of people needing hamper delivery scheme. As the Coronavirus pandemic, Nugent’s support to feed themselves and crisis developed, we found the Caritas team have extended their their families. We had more new donated stock running low as weekly food market, located at people coming to the market and supermarkets were struggling to Epsom Street Community Centre telling us they were struggling refill shelves. Grants from in Kirkdale, and added a weekly to afford the basics as they were Liverpool, Wigan and Sefton a food parcel delivery service either having problems with Councils, LCVS, the Albert Gubay to reach those self-isolating or benefits or finding themselves Foundation and more helped shielding. out of work. us buy in provisions to ensure our continued ability to support This immediate front-line We also found that many of people. response, targeting those most our regulars were not coming, in hardship, has, across the and were either self-isolating or This success of the project was pandemic, provided vital shielding as per the guidelines also helped by collaboration with supplies to over 2,000 people issued. This was a major other departments including with the delivery of over 1,000 concern, as many weren’t able Assets and Facilities helping us hampers across the Liverpool to get to the shops or have find PPE supplies and Nugent City Region. someone to shop for them. House School donating food.
The food market has been With more people shopping at Fran and Danika from our running for over a year and the market we had to review how fundraising team, our Schools supports people of all ages and we operated, and following a Social Worker, Gail, Jeanette and backgrounds, including working risk assessment we were able to Naira from our charity shop and families, young mothers and move the market outside of the our maintenance man Dave are older people from sheltered building to ensure social all staff who provided extra accommodation and provides distancing and we issued PPE to support on market days supermarket quality food at protect our staff and customers. alongside new volunteers Father hugely reduced prices, with a Stephen Maloney, Chris Walsh, shopping basket of food The team responded quickly to Peter Skinner, Cathy Bradley and available for £5, compared to the needs of those not able to Marianne Dowdall. almost £30 at leading come to us, and put in place a supermarkets. delivery service using volunteer This meant we could respond drivers, and redeployed Nugent quickly and maintain support for When the Coronavirus crisis hit staff from other services to as many people as possible. we saw an unprecedented provide a free weekly food
16 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 Still going
L-R: Jess Little from Little Cakes, volunteer Theresa McPoland, Fundraising strong Coordinator Danika Leahey, CEO Normandie Wragg and volunteers, Barbara Corbett and Sam Williams.
Our shop has been open for said: “Many thanks to the staff and Coronavirus crisis. It’s great to 11 years this month, and volunteers that have supported have you all back. recently we had a small, socially our shop over the years and to the distanced celebration, despite community for donating to us and Come and visit us, we’re open the rain, and shared some supporting our charity shop.” six days a week, 10am-3pm at beautiful cakes with the shop 73 Allerton Road, Liverpool. team. Thanks to Jeanette, Naira and the volunteers making our shop so Our CEO Normandie Wragg successful, and for all your hard shared the moment with us and work and dedication during the Having a summer clearout? Our charity shop on Allerton Road is always extremely grateful for donations of clothing, shoes, handbags, bric-a-brac and books to raise funds for local services. Donations can be dropped off at the shop, 73 Allerton Road, Liverpool, L18 2DH, Monday to Saturday, 9am until 5pm. Please contact Jeanette Burnett for more information.
0151 737 2951 [email protected]
wearenugent.org 73 Allerton Road, Liverpool, L18 2DH
17 Laughter has got us through! How Lime House care home in Lowton, near Billinge, cared for its residents during the coronavirus crisis.
By Kath Hurst, Registered Manager “During the period of COVID 19 together. We even featured in the grounds, adhering to social we had to adopt a different way the Leigh Journal. distancing of course, the of working and it was all a bit feedback from families was so surreal particularly the wearing In May our VE day celebrations good, they really loved the the of facemasks, which has been went ahead and were really fact they could see their loved difficult in terms of enjoyed by everyone, we had a ones face to face. communication and making sure singalong and a quiz. The we didn’t worry our residents, highlight of the day was when The support from the local but we have persevered and it the 1954 MG arrived at the community has been amazing is now second nature to wear home, the staff loved having too, they have brought them. their photos taken with the car, facemasks, chocolates, biscuits it also caused a stir in the and toiletries and the thankyou In the early part of lockdown we community as people walking cards and cards of good wishes purchased two mobile phones to past the top of the drive stopped really helped with staff morale. help families and friends keep in to admire the car. It is so heart-warming to know touch with their loved ones who people are thinking of us and were then able to use WhatsApp The early part of the year the supporting us. to send messages and videos to weather was kind to us so this let them know they were okay. enabled the staff to undertake Laughter has got us through Additionally we were fortunate to activities in the garden and that this difficult time and we shall take delivery of two iPads from really helped keep everyone’s continue to keep spirits high and Wigan Council and this allowed sprits up, sharing the planting ensure the safety of the us to widen our communication and enjoying the flowers. residents is our priority. Who skills by setting up a Zoom call to knows what getting back to celebrate one of our residents, During the period of good normal will be like but whatever Bertha’s 100th Birthday. Bertha weather and when the it is Lime House will embrace it contacted with family members restrictions had been lifted and work through it together.” from around the world and they slightly we set up a booking all celebrated her special day system for families to visit in
All of our CQC registered services are rated Good Lime House, Margaret Roper dedication to the people in our House, St Joseph’s and Nugent care, and for working so hard Community Choices are all rated to keep people safe during the ‘Good’ by CQC. Coronavirus crisis.
We want to thank all the staff Visit wearenugent.org to find teams for their continued out more about our adult care.
18 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 FOCUS ON MARYDALE
VE Day Young people at Marydale Lodge Secure Children’s Home got in to the VE Day spirit during lockdown with some fantastic Martin with Natalie, one of the dedicated staff at Marydale. activities to mark the special occasion.
They had a fun-packed day with Boxing legend visits all their work themed around VE Day. They enjoyed wartime food such as spam, made ration books, Marydale dressed up and all staff had Marydale Lodge, St Helens, soldier face paints. received a very special guest recently.
Local boxing legend Martin Murray was only too pleased to spring a surprise visit on one of the young people in our care who has developed a love of fitness and boxing during his time at Marydale and looked forward to training with our external fitness coaches. Award
Martin was more than happy to nomination take time out to visit the home We’re delighted to announce and spend time not only chatting that Marydale Lodge has Planetarium about his own life experiences but been selected by the judges the catalyst he also managed a quick training as a finalist in the Children’s session with our young person. Services category at this for learning Needless to say, he was delighted year’s LaingBuisson Awards. A massive thank you to to have the opportunity to train Catalyst Science Discovery with the champion himself and This year they received a Centre in Widnes for described the experience as “the record-breaking number of bringing their incredible best day of my life meeting my nominations for every single inflatable planetarium to idol”. category, with over 400 Marydale Lodge during entries in total. The lockdown so our young Martin returned for a second visit competition was extremely people could enhance their bringing a signed copy of his tough, and decisions were learning, even with safety inspirational story ‘Sinner and very hard, but we’re thrilled measures in relation to Saint’. to have made the finalist list. social distancing in place!
19 This August Shout Out Loud ways to engage with history in with an illustrator to express partnered with Nugent on a far-away places such as Dover their findings. summer workshop project and forming parallels with the funded by English Heritage with white cliffs and Formby Beach, Working in a co-collaborative a group of our young people where D-Day landing soldiers way, they were able to learn from Clumber Lodge in Formby, of the King’s Regiment were through practical team projects, Marydale Lodge in St Helens and trained, bringing heritage to life. build relationships and have fun Hope Lane in Billinge. along the way. During the project the young This brand-new collaboration people explored creative writing, The project was facilitated by examined the history of the local spoken word, performance and Shout Out Loud’s Cat Foley and area and the impact of the end dance to create a series of short Alison Downs. of WWII. The participants were stories around histories near and tasked with exploring creative far, then and now and worked
20 Issue 12 Autumn 2020 Sunday 11 October, 4.00pm On Zoom
In light of this year’s struggles, we’re holding an extra Light Up a Life service in addition to our Advent remembrance services.
This will be an ecumenical, online service with readings, reflections, poems and prayers from Reverend Paul Rooney, John Clayton - Humanist Celebrant, and more.
For more information, and to book, please visit our website.
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