Service User’s Blog

At the end of June, we were fortunate enough to be gifted a holiday by Cheltenham Lions. We spent the week in Burnham on Sea,

A few weeks ago, the wonderful actor James Moore came to visit us at Phoenix. We had a really lovey afternoon, chatting all things Emmerdale,

Last night we travelled to Nailsworth, to watch our favourite football team Forest Green Rovers in their match against Leyton Orient.   We arrived in

Since we opened the doors of our Social Enterprise, The Portland Guest House in early 2020, we’ve been working through the pandemic to provide opportunities

This year, our Phoenix team wanted to teach us all, more about Makaton – so tomorrow, we’re launching our online, Makaton advent calendar: 25 clips

Nestled in the walled gardens of one of our beautiful supported living properties, lives the garden project and now our very own chicken coop.  Over

Thanks to Cheltenham Lions we were able to have a holiday in Burnham-on-Sea, we had wonderful time exploring the local area, visiting Weston and having meals out.

We love music, and this year at Phoenix we have worked hard to organise our very own music festival: Phoenix Fest. In the run up

Today is World Photo Day , to celebrate we have put together some of our favourite photos from 2021 so far! Despite the challenges COVID19

The warmer weather and easing of restrictions has meant lots of trips out and about. We have explored new places, tried new activities and had

After months of cold, damp weather – summer has finally arrived in Gloucestershire! To say we are all thrilled, is an understatement. The warmer weather,

Previous Next At the garden project we have been learning about the four elements; earth, air, fire and water. We then decided that we would

Previous Next Spring is on the horizon and that means we are spending more time preparing the garden for the busiest few months of the

Previous Next With many of our usual activities being put on hold, our team have encouraged us to visit wheels for all. Lots of us

Previous Next Over the last week we have been busy working on our living skills, by decorating our room. After a few days choosing a

Previous Next We are now a little over a month into lockdown 3.0, so we thought we would share with you some of the things

https://youtu.be/_GTwu9o43B8 As we are just a week away from Christmas day, we would like to wish all of our incredible staff and amazing supporters a

Previous Next What’s better than a Christmas Dinner, with home grown veg?  Sprouts, Potato’s, Parsnips and Carrots from our ‘kitchen garden’ at the Garden Project

This morning at the garden project, we decided we would like to make the most of the dry weather and get out and about! So

Previous Next From 3rd December we reopened our social enterprise. We have been busy creating a festive feel inside, and now our breakfast room is

Previous Next At the garden project this week we have decided to stay in the warm and make our very own Christmas cake! To bake

Previous Next Across our services, it really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Over the last week we have been busy putting up

In June, alongside thousands of other small UK based charities, we celebrated Small Charity’s Big Impact day. We had lots of fun reflecting on what we

Previous Next Last weekend was Halloween, and across our services we had a frightfully good time!  At Phoenix, we had a Halloween party, which we

Previous Next In September Maddy and his team at the Garden project built a canvas screen and hung it from our summer house, before linking

Previous Next Phoenix is our service user led activities hub, we open 5 days a week so why not join us for a whole range

Previous Next The garden project is the result of an All Service User annual meeting and monthly forums, in which many said that they wanted