Cygnet Hospital Maidstone launches cooking academy

Cygnet Hospital Maidstone has launched a cooking academy to help service users struggling with their mental health prepare themselves for independent living and to promote healthy eating habits.

Cygnet sponsor Louise Smalley Challenge Walk

Cygnet is proud to be a sponsor of the Louise Smalley Challenge Walk. The Louise Smalley Walk is an annual sponsored challenge walk, 40 miles in length and so far, they have raised over a quarter of a million pounds for local charities and good causes.

Langdale House supporting Earth Day

A Huddersfield service which supports individuals with learning disabilities has taken proactive steps to support Earth Day and promote environmental awareness amongst its residents

Cygnet Hospital Maidstone’s Creative Art Exhibition

An exhibition featuring artwork by service users struggling with their mental health was held recently at Cygnet Hospital Maidstone.

Celebrating Social Care at Cygnet

This month, Skills for Care are running a campaign - #CelebratingSocialCare – to highlight the incredible people who work in care. As part of the campaign Gareth Williams, CEO of Cygnet's Social Care division, shares some of his personal highlights from the last 12 months of working in social care.

“The team at Cygnet Nield House rescued me” – Jude’s Journey of Recovery

Jude is currently receiving care on Clarion Ward at Cygnet Nield House, our service in Cheshire specialising in support for women with a dual diagnosis of personality disorder and co-morbid disordered eating. In her blog below, she shares a personal account of her journey of recovery.[

The challenges and opportunities in the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

Our Director of Partnerships and Engagement, Vicky McNally, joined a roundtable co-hosted by Centre for Mental Health, Mind and the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network that explored how to build the mental health workforce we need for the future, using the NHS Workforce Plan as its starting point. Vicky offers her reflections on the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead.

Vicki – My Life with Autism

Today is World Autism Awareness Day and this week is also Autism Acceptance Week. In our latest blog we had a chat with Vicki from Cygnet Elms to talk about her own lived experience of autism, including what it meant to her to get a diagnosis of autism and the challenges and benefits of living with autism.

Celebrating 50 years as a registered nurse

Eid Celebrations at Toller Road

Ranaich House’s 80s Party