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Fernlea Summer Fair

Our first summer fair at Fernlea for two years went was a roaring success! It was so nice to welcome our families and friends back to enjoy the summer sun and have a mooch around our wonderful stalls, and enjoy some delicious cake and ice cream! We were also able to welcome our little bees… Read more »

Autism and Learning Disabilities Training

Today, some of our team undertook a training day for Autism and Learning Disabilities! A huge thank you to Abuka for delivering a very informative and interactive training session!

Employee Spotlight – Jul 2022

At Olea Care Group, our Employee Spotlight recognises those of our team who have gone above and beyond their duties. This month we are celebrating: Doves Nest: Louise Hanlon Fernlea: Helene McNay Yorklea: Tracy Crompton Fernbees: Kayleigh Shenton Group: HR Team for going above and beyond, showing incredible initiative, and making a positive difference to… Read more »

Ice Cream in the rain!

So on a rainy Friday what does Fernlea and Fernbeesdo?I bet you didn’t guess….Well we filled our bellies with icecream….so many smiles and so many icecream faces ….it was lovely…Thankyou so much to our new icecream man

Hazel Grove Carnival

Wow what a day! Our teams pulled out all the stops to make sure we were part of Hazel Grove Carnival . Our lifestyles team decorated the minibus and completed the procession with help from some amazing young gentleman, Charlie, Elijah and Liam.While our Fernbees team were setting up and manning a craft stall on… Read more »

American Night at Doves Nest

We hosted our very own American themed party this week! We had fantastic entertainment and some delicious food including hot dogs onion rings and fries!

Garden Centre Trip

Our residents at Fernlea took the opportunity of the nice weather on Tuesday to go to the garden centre for coffee/ tea , cakes and a good old nosey around.

Employee Spotlight June

At Olea Care Group, our Employee Spotlight recognises those of our team who have gone above and beyond their duties. This month we are celebrating: Doves Nest: Tom Morris Fernlea: Simon Davey Yorklea: David Doyle Fernbees: The Fernbees Team for going above and beyond, showing incredible initiative, and making a positive difference to our services…. Read more »

Animal Friends at Olea Care

Sometimes, all it takes to brighten someone’s day is a visit from an animal friend! At Doves Nest, one of our carers was wonderful enough to bring Bob the tiny tortoise to visit our residents, and our residents at Yorklea had a surprise visit from Benji, our manager’s gorgeous King Charles Spaniel!

World Bee Day 🐝

We are just checking that you heard the buzzzzz ….it was World bee day on Friday and we all had bee themed activities. So much fun

Gardening at Yorklea

Last week we tried our hand at a little gardenening! The residents enjoyed getting their hands dirty and we had smiles all round!

Mental Health Champions

On Friday, representatives from each of our teams took part in a full day Mental Health First Aid training course and we now have 12 trained mental health first aiders throughout the organisation.A huge thank you to Manchetser First Aid Training for delivering the mental health first aid training which was, as always, engaging and… Read more »