Leading housing and care provider Bield are taking full advantage of advances in technology to create services that enable service-users to lead fuller, more flexible lives, while at the same time reducing the workload of care providers. ‘Sure Call’ is an automated daily well-being call service that arranges a telephone call every day or on specific days depending on the individual’s ... Read More »
Bield, one of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers, has appointed a new Chair who has revealed her desire to keep the charity ‘caring, innovative and strong’ into the future. Susan Napier has a 37 year career working in the housing sector. Most recently as a freelance housing consultant and prior to that as Director of Business Development at Dunedin ... Read More »
Red carpet glamour has made an appearance at a Kirkintilloch retirement housing development as tenants and staff celebrated the people who have made an outstanding contribution to the development. The black-tie event took place at the development where HND Photography students from New College Lanarkshire, were out in force to capture the images of the award winners. Awards were presented ... Read More »
Long serving staff members have been honoured at Bield’s 2016 AGM for their service to the leading housing and care provider. Staff members who have served at Bield’s developments and offices for 15 or 25 years made up the group who celebrated a combined total of 235 years of service with the charity. As a thanks for their longstanding dedication ... Read More »
The retiring Chair of Scotland’s leading provider of housing, care and support services for older people has underlined the importance of people who have devoted their lives to work the in sector. Gerry O’Sullivan, Chair of Bield, said his last year in the position has been full of challenges but recognised that the hard-work of colleagues and volunteers had contributed to ... Read More »
Tenants at a retirement housing development in Stirling have been keeping fit with a novel exercise programme that is making everyone sit up and take notice. The seated exercise class, at Bield’s Allan Park House, meets once a week and has been keeping tenants active and social for a year. Everyone at the development is encouraged to get involved, with ... Read More »
Bield, one of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care, is highlighting the important role that volunteers can play in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives in Inverclyde. Bield’s Crosshill Retirement Housing Development in Port Glasgow is looking for a Social Activity Co-ordinator to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. ... Read More »
Service users and their families at some of Bield’s care homes in Fife are set to join a pioneering project that uses music to improve the quality of life for those living with dementia. Bield’s Gillie Court and Grants Bank in Dunfermline and Finavon Court in Glenrothes will be the first to implement the scheme, Playlist for Life, which was ... Read More »
Bield, one of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care services, has raised more than £160,000 over the past year thanks to the efforts of the tenants, carers, family, friends and staff. In the latest Annual Fundraising Report, Kevin Rowe, Fundraiser for Bield praised the efforts of everyone involved in ensuring those using their services can enjoy the brightest possible ... Read More »
Bield, one of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care, is highlighting the important role that volunteers can play in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives in Perth. Bield’s Quayside Court Very Sheltered Housing Development is looking for a Social Activity Assistant to help organise weekly bingo sessions (Monday afternoon) at the development and assist with tidying ... Read More »
Bield, one of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care, is looking for several volunteers to support tenants by increasing their community involvement and helping to reduce isolation. Mansewood Court Retirement Housing Development in Whitburn is looking to recruit a Befriender to get to know and socialise with tenants, helping to broaden their horizons, as well as two Social Activity ... Read More »
One of Scotland’s largest housing and care providers for older people marked their continued commitment to invest in new affordable homes by celebrating the start of construction works on their new site in Edinburgh with a formal sod cutting ceremony. Bield’s development at Fleming Place, located on the site of the former Eastern General Hospital, will create 40 apartments for ... Read More »
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