G L O B A L B R I E F I N G R E P O RT R E V I E W BIRMINGHAM CARE GROUP B R A N D E D S T O RY
Serving its Community During the Pandemic
Mahatma Gandhi said: ‘the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members’. I am Fiona Ramdeen, and I come from a background of caring for some of the most vulnerable people in my community. In May 2012 I established the Birmingham Care Group, a registered charity (1149682). It has been supporting older adults with a range of conditions such as dementia and younger adults with conditions such as learning disabilities and autism. We provide person centred day opportunities for members of our local community who are being cared for by GROUPOFNATIONS.COM
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their loved ones. The aim of our service is to support our beneficiaries to engage in a range of activities bespoke to their needs and preferences to provide opportunities for their self-development and achievement of outcomes which have a true meaning for them. Our centre Manager Sharon BholaHarris alongside Roshan and Rani has created an environment where they feel safe and have built a good rapport and understanding of their needs. Our service also provides the added value for informal carers to have break from their caring role. Our focus as a service is to promote and encourage a healthier, active lifestyle whilst forming
companionship within an informal but safe setting for our users. There is an increasing demand for our services particularly from our aging population. Thus, services, have become more limited (stretched) within the local area because of the increase in more service users attending our centre. Many of them do not meet the criteria for their day care service to be funded by the Council, increasing the burden on informal carers to look after for their loved ones. As a small community organisation, we have limited resources available. We need to expand our services to meet the increasing demand for our
