Having a Healthy Day

Each day in the centre at Crag House Farm, we seek to provide healthy meals and options at lunchtime, for all attending the various therapeutic daytime activity projects here at Caring For Life. Lunchtimes often involve the option of getting involved in a game of football or baseball, and many of the activities at the farm include some healthy exercise.

Our Catering Academy Project Leader, Mark, talking to the group about good and bad sugars.

This week included a special focus on health, with Mark, our Catering Academy Project Leader, speaking about healthy eating and some of the hidden sugars and salt in some foods and drinks.

A healthy lunch followed, with the option of then going on a walk down the valley at Crag House Farm, a beautiful area to explore, which encompasses a good walk!

Helping people to think about healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle can be especially important for any who may not have cared that much about their own wellbeing, and we hope that the special focus on “A Healthy Day” will be really helpful, on into the future.

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Teamwork

When a team of people tackle a task, or a series of tasks, it is generally a team of folks who already know each other well. This week at Caring For Life, we’ve done things a bit differently!

Our brilliant Volunteer Team who helped us in the run up to Supporters Day.

A whole team of volunteers is coming together from different areas of the UK, converging on Crag House Farm, the home of Caring For Life, to help in the run up to Supporters Day at the weekend.

Most do not know each other at all, but are willing to join up and form a team to tackle tasks! For some, this is a special opportunity to have a taster of what being a Time For Jesus volunteer is like! Time For Jesus volunteers give a year of their lives to help us in this Christian ministry. Two volunteers are already here and are spending the week helping its out.

Following a welcome, briefing and induction, the team will be split into groups to undertake different roles, and the list of potential tasks is pretty long! There is plenty to be done on site, as well as some work to be done in the community, supporting the general work of Caring For Life. It will require real teamwork, and this special team will also join the wider team of Caring For Life staff and regular volunteers.

We are, of course, hoping the team manage to tackle at least some of the list of tasks, but our prayer is that each person will really enjoy their experience of volunteering here, tasting Christian ministry and knowing that their teamwork will make a very real difference to many people.

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That's Massive

In recent weeks, it has been a privilege to enable many of those supported by Caring For Life to enjoy a day, a few days or a week away from the city and their day-to-day circumstances. It is impossible to overstate the benefits of enabling people to have a break like this. For many, a day trip with their housing support worker may literally be the only time they leave the city during the entire year.

A surprise day trip to Malham Cove was a thrill, especially for those who had never been before.

Seeing mountains, the sea, a lake, rock formations or an expansive view, are all quite overwhelming for people who may never have seen such sights.

On a recent day trip into the Dales, comments included; “It’s like heaven’s doors have been flung open.” And, “That’s massive! But we’re still precious to God!”

Viewing Glencoe, the Cairngorms and the Balmoral Estate, watching a myriad creatures at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, enjoying the beauty of local gardens and a picnic, all provide wonderful, lasting memories of a really special time away from day-to-day worries.

Enabling people to have such experiences is massive. The positive impact on their mental and physical wellbeing can be massive. Our prayer is that people also come to see the greatness of God and of His love for them.

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