44 ����� ����������� ����� Two Walking Groups Run By Peacehaven Residents Free To Join & Well Behaved Dogs Are Also Welcome. Meeting Points Vary: Peacehaven, Telscombe, Newhaven, Seaford etc. Most are accessible by bus. Only cancel if weather is severe. ----------------------------------------------------------------------Peacehaven Plodders – run in conjunction with SCDA charity
Peacehaven Evangelical church Friendship centre, Mayfield Avenue Wednesday 5:30 and 7:30 with Michelle 07467 182971 Thursday 8:45 and 10:15 am with Val 07761 020 509
Wednesdays 10:30 am. Around 2 hours/3 miles, suitable for most fitness levels. Optional coffee afterwards. Walk Leader Dawn Paul has run the group for several years. View latest 12 week schedule on Facebook and just turn up, or contact Dawn for more info: Mobile 0796 684 2232 dawn.paul99@outlook.com www.facebook.com/peacehavenplodders -----------------------------------------------------------------------Sussex Strollers Tuesdays 10:30 am. Around 2 ½ hours, 4 miles, occasionally 5 or 6 miles - longer walks not suitable for beginners. Optional coffee afterwards or along the route. Walk Leader Chris Goodwin (who is also one of the Plodders) set up an additional smaller group of 6 Plodders (not linked to SCDA). Some longer walks are occasionally further afield, e.g. Eastbourne, Stanmer Park, Beachy Head, and may also include a lunch being arranged. Please contact Chris for info: 01273 587376 chrisgoodwin@sky.com
Martlets on the Move to Maycroft Manor as Hospice Rebuild Begins Hospice re-sites to award-winning care home as multi-million-pound upgrade of Hove site begins Martlets, the much-loved hospice care charity for Brighton and Hove, is spreading its wings with a major £10 m rebuild of its hospice site at Wayfield Avenue in Hove. Sunninghill Contractors start work on the rebuild at the end of May, with the new hospice set to re-open in 18 months’ time. During this time, Martlets will temporarily relocate to a private wing at award-winning care home Maycroft Manor in Brighton. This year sees Martlets celebrate its 25�� anniversary; the hospice opened in 1997 and has supported more than 34,000 local people since then. The charity is now looking to the future and creating a modern and welcoming new space which will help it reach more people facing death, dying and bereavement. The new hospice will allow Martlets to care for even more people as outpatients and accommodate up to 14 patients in self-contained, accessible rooms which will open onto their own garden spaces. All patient rooms will have ensuite facilities to ensure privacy and dignity, and the building will be designed to manage the challenges presented by a future pandemic.
While the rebuild takes place Martlets will temporarily move its inpatient unit to a private wing at Maycroft Manor, a highly rated care home on Carden Avenue in Brighton. Every patient will have a private, ensuite room, and will be cared for exclusively by Martlets’ expert staff. Maycroft Manor Care Home is part of Hallmark Care Homes, which is an established, family-run care provider that has three CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ homes in its portfolio. It too is celebrating 25 years of care and since opening its first home in 1997, the group has won 100 awards in that time. Martlets had been planning to improve its IPU and community services’ spaces for some years, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought this plan into even sharper focus. The pandemic highlighted the need to rebuild the hospice with modern facilities to enable better infection control, greater privacy for patients and visitors, and enhanced choice, comfort and care. For more information on Martlets’ new hospice and how to support the charity visit www.martlets.org.uk/newhospice
A new sanctuary space will include indoor and outdoor areas for reflection and remembrance, and there will be refurbished and redesigned community and therapeutic areas, including a new gym for rehabilitation therapy. A café and outdoor courtyard garden will offer a place for patients and their loved ones to socialise and relax. visit www.peacehavendirectory.co.uk or e: info@peacehavendirectory.co.uk
