- SENAD Group is proud to work in partnership with Derby Museum & Art Gallery so their fantastic events like the Derby Ram Trail can be enjoyed by people with autism and learning difficulties. As well as quiet hours over the weekend of the Ram Union they are also running a great family activity session.. see details below.
- 29th July 9am-11am: https://derbyramtrail.org/events/rams-to-the-rescue-july/
- 12th August 9am-11am: https://derbyramtrail.org/events/rams-to-the-rescue-august/
News Archive
10-year Service Celebrations for Laurel
Congratulations to Laurel Howell, Shift Manager at Ecclesbourne Lodge, who is celebrating 10 years service at the home. Laurel was treated to her favourite kind of buffet… a cake buffet! She was also presented with gifts and a letter from the SENAD Group Directors thanking her for continued hard work and dedication to the young adults and the staff at the home.
Ecclesbourne Lodge – Growing for Wellbeing
The young adults at Ecclesbourne Lodge took part in National Growing for Wellbeing Week. They thoroughly enjoyed the activity and all of them got involved. They will now all tend and grow their own plants and vegetables
Growing for Wellbeing Week is a national event that took place on the 7th – 13th June 2021. The week is a celebration of the magic that growing your own produce can do for your wellbeing, both physically and mentally.
Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience mental ill-health each year. There is strong evidence highlighting the health benefits of gardening and ‘grow your own in particular, including improved confidence, communication, concentration and ultimately self-belief.
Gardening improves mental health, enables better physical health, provides an opportunity to connect with others, acquire new skills and enjoy the great outdoors.
After all, It’s not what you grow, it’s how YOU grow.
SENAD Get Ramtastic with The Derby Ram Trail
We are proud sponsors of Derby Museums, Derby Ram Trail which is a spectacular free art sculpture trail coming to Derby in the summer of 2021. From 27 May to 22 August a flock of fabulously colourful and unique rams will take you on a trail around the beautiful city of Derby.
The Derby Ram Trail is being brought to the city by Derby Museums, together with Wild in Art who are a leading producer of creative events that transform places into free, family friendly outdoor art galleries.
As part of the activities around the trail, all SENAD service users have been offered the opportunity to take part in a ‘Design a Mini Ram’ competition. 160 people are taking part from across the groups services, bringing the fun of the trail across the country.
Training Team win National Award
Congratulations to our training team at Rowden House School who have been awarded SME Employer 2020 by our training partner Aspiration Training Ltd. Find out why its great to work for the SENAD Group and how our staff training programmes enable us to provide the very best specialist care and education.
Music Spreading Joy at Ecclesbourne Lodge
Here’s Phoebe, one of our wonderful Residential Support Workers at Ecclesbourne Lodge, spreading happiness with her flute recital. Great work Phoebe.
Easter Cream Teas in the Sunshine for Ecclesbourne Lodge Residents
Resident’s of Ecclesbourne Lodge in Derbyshire have been enjoying the warmth of the spring sunshine and celebrating Easter in style with cream teas served in the homes lovely garden. They’ve also been super busy making Easter themed arts and crafts.
Easy Read Guides and Parent Resources On Coronavirus Now Available on our Parent Info Pages
To help parents, carers and service users during this difficult time we have added Public Health England easy read guides explaining Coronavirus, how to keep safe and how to protect those that are most vulnerable. These are now available in the health resources page on our parent page.
Coronavirus Update Statement 18th March 2020
Published 18.21pm
Our Schools are open however we are reviewing staffing day by day because of Coronavirus self-isolation.
Sneak Preview of the SENAD Group Ram
The SENAD Group’s sponsored Ram was brought to life this weekend by our artists from Reilly Creative. We can’t show you him yet as we’ve been asked to keep him under wraps for now, but here’s a sneak preview. As part of the trail activities students and service users across the groups schools and services will have the opportunity to create their own mini rams, as well as enjoying taking part in ram trail itself.
The Derby Ram Trail is a spectacular free discovery trail coming to Derby in the summer.
From 19 June to 28 August 2020 a flock of fabulously colourful and unique rams will take you on a trail around the beautiful city of Derby. The ram sculpture is based on the mythical Derby Ram from the 18th Century song, which according to legend was ten yards high with enormous horns and a huge flowing fleece. The story tells how people from all over came to see the huge Derby Ram, and we are excited that people will once again flock to Derby.
The Derby Ram Trail is brought to you by Derby Museums, together with Wild in Art and Presenting Partner, Cathedral Quarter Business Improvement District (BID).
