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Ranaich House supporting more residents with therapeutic earnings

The team at Ranaich House, our residential service in Dunblane, are always looking to upskill the residents ready for a future move into the community. Recently three more residents have begun to enjoy the benefits of the therapeutic earnings programme.

Elspeth’s visit a big hit at Cygnet Hospital Ealing

Cygnet Hospital Ealing recently welcomed Elspeth van der Hole, who has lived experience of borderline personality disorder to share her experiences with the service users on New Dawn Ward, the hospital’s specialist Tier 4 personality disorder service for women.

Cygnet Health Care launches campaign to counter misinformation around the Covid vaccine

We have launched a video campaign called #ihadthevaccine to urge ethnic minority communities to have the Covid vaccine. Amid concerns that the rate of infections and Covid deaths have been disproportionately high among minorities, and that BAME communities are less likely to take the vaccine, the aim of the campaign is to listen and share information to help people make informed choices.

Environmental changes at Ranaich House

The team at Ranaich House have been working hard to ensure that the environment is suited to their current residents and that they have the space to accommodate some of the residents’ favourite activities.

Supporting individuals safely during lockdown at Thistle House

The Thistle House team have been getting creative to keep the activity timetable exciting for the residents at the service. Under the Covid restrictions they’ve been unable to do some of the community activities that they would usually be doing, and so the team have come up with some site based fun instead!

Celebrating Eating Disorder Awareness Week at Cygnet Hospital Ealing

Service users and staff from Cygnet Hospital Ealing’s specialist eating disorder service, Sunrise Ward, have had a full timetable of events and activities this week to mark Eating Disorder Awareness Week (1st -7th March). Activities included a Skype session with author Tabitha Farrar and a showcase event where the ladies shared poems and letters.

#Ihadthevaccine – Cygnet Staff in their own words

We are delighted to be launching a campaign in support of our BAME colleagues speaking up about taking the Covid-19 vaccine. We recognise that some members of the BAME community are hesitant and may be reluctant to have the Covid vaccine. That’s why we want to open up the conversation, listen to the concerns and share information to help people make informed choices – all spoken in the words of our own staff.