In February it was Chinese New Year and we decided to organise a Chinese function to celebrate the event. Here is an unedited report from one of the staff involved:

"On February 10th, a group of sixteen clients accompanied by six members of staff travelled by the house minibus and cars to the Elmington Hotel Green Room Chinese restaurant in Torquay.
The occasion was to celebrate a client's birthday and also he was leaving us in a few day's time, it also happened to coincide with the Chinese New Year. A very pleasant evening and excellent food was enjoyed by all. Our clients were in very good spirits with a lot of talking and laughter.
All agreed how much they had enjoyed the evening and expressed a wish to be able to go again at a future date.
Signed Trish"

The experience is on the planning timetable and will be repeated shortly.

Holidays

We like to be able to organise holiday breaks for clients. Obviously not all clients are able to afford holidays but we do endeavour to investigate every opportunity we can, to ensure that those clients who might be able to benefit from holidays are able to do so. These holidays are not restricted to the UK. Two female clients are visiting Tunisia in May, followed by in June five male clients will visit the same destination. Ireland and the Alps are destinations for other clients during the summer.

Obviously, extraordinary, often subsidised items like these, are organised in conjunction and agreement with the client, family and Social Services. We are not just a home offering holiday breaks. As a smaller private operation and with staff specialised in dealing with our category of clients, we feel that we are able to provide more comprehensive client care which can benefit from holiday breaks.

A Report was recently carried out by the University of Stirling on Alcohol Related Brain Damage

Their research uncovered our existance and on hearing of our reputation, we were visited by a delegation from Scotland. They were impressed with our style of operation, our experience, and our record. The artical below followed on Page 45 of their report.

Award of Excellence for KorCareLtd

An article and report in the Northampton Journal led to an Award for Excellence being given to KorCare. We were seen to be offering and providinga unique and beneficial branch of adult care.

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The fishing season starts in May, and we have a couple of clients who will be able to pursue their therapeutic hobbies. We have an arrangement with one of the local lake owners for our clients to be taken there, be able to have coffee and meat pies on site and be collected early afternoon. They catch the occasional fish too!