Cunningham House recognised with award

Cunningham House, Pike Way recognised at regional Great British Care Awards

Cunningham House, a dementia-friendly residential care home in North Weald, has been announced as the winner of the Care Home Team Award at the South East Regional Great British Care Awards (GBCA) 2020. Cunningham House provides dementia specialist care and support for up to 54 older people. Services that the residents can enjoy include a varied year-round activities programme, a hair salon, a sensory room, exercise classes with a personal trainer and a personalised care package. They also have the opportunity to help take care of the house pets, including chickens, cats and the resident Peacocks!!! The awards ceremony, which took place on Friday 23rd July at the Hilton Brighton Metropole, was delayed from its original date in October 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. A number of Cunningham House staff were present to accept the award, including Operations Manager Melanie Kemsley and Heads of Care Ann Bird and Jade Shaw. The GBCA judges were extremely impressed by Cunningham House’s nomination, commenting, “The team from Abbeyfield exhibited an infectious sense of humour, brand and passion for caring for their residents in their care home.” Operations Manager Melanie Kemsley said, “I am so very proud of each and every member of the team at Cunningham House, the last 18 months have been such a challenging time but the team have just rolled their sleeves up and carried on. They are a delight to work alongside. The Care Team at Cunningham House will now be shortlisted for the GBCA national awards, and will compete against the other Care Home Team Award winners from around the UK. The ceremony will take place at the ICC in Birmingham on Saturday 25th September.

Effects of the ‘Pingdemic’

Cllr Nigel Avey, Cabinet Member for Environmental and Technical Services, Epping Forest District Council, alerted members to Biffa – our waste contractor’s – shortage of drivers, made worse by the current ‘Pingdemic’. He said they are doing a good job of coping but he will be keeping the situation under review. Waste and Recycling is one of the Council’s most important frontline services. Councillor

Avey undertook to keep all councillors up to date ‘in real time’.

On Sunday 22nd August, firefighters were called to a road traffic collision on Mount Road in Theyon Garnon early this morning.

On arrival, crews reported that a car left the roadway on the wet roads and had collided with a tree leaving a woman trapped.

Crews worked to rescue the woman by 3:57am and she was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

Source: Essex County Fire & Rescue Services Ltd

No objection to restaurant/take-away plans

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Plans to turn the former Santander premises in Epping High Street into a "tastefully fancy" restaurant and take-away have met with no objection from Epping Town Council. Councillor Grahame Scruton told the last planning and general purposes committee: "As a town council we would rather have an occupied shop than an empty unit." A document submitted with the planning application states that the proposals are to provide a "tastefully fancy destination for the community" which would "make the area lively". A minimum of ten full-time jobs would be created.

Remembering Brian

On Thursday 26th August, Brian Perry lost his fight with illness and died peacefully in hospital. Many people will know the man who was always in Art Nursery Garden Centre, and was very talented and made all the trellis, wooden planters, wheelbarrows etc. Nigel from Art Nursery Garden Centre said that Brian helped him so much when he took over the Garden Centre many years ago. Brian has also helped Nigel’s son Tom who runs Little Art Nursery. Brian will be sadly missed by the team at Art Nursery Garden Centre and it’s customers.

Brian leaves behind a wife, two sons and their families.

I met Brian regularly when I was in the Garden Centre and he was a great guy, very helpful and was always busy despite retiring 15 years ago. My thoughts and sympathies go to Brian’s family.