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Bield’s day care centre at Thornhill Court in Falkirk hosted an open evening this week to highlight the importance of its Evening Support Service. The project has made a life changing impact on a number of tenants and their families as well as many other older people in the Falkirk area.

Housing and care provider Bield is looking for a volunteer befriender to support an older person who lives in Moorfoot Court, a retirement housing development in Bonnyrigg. Volunteer befrienders build positive relationships with service users, visiting them on a regular basis in their flats and spen

Susan Napier Housing and care provider Bield has appointed a new chair who has revealed her desire to keep the charity “caring, innovative and strong” into the future.

Manager Margaret McEwan with tenant Bill Hunt - photo by Bethany Allchin Red carpet glamour has made an appearance at Bield’s retirement housing development in Kirkintilloch as tenants and staff celebrated the people who have made an outstanding contribution to the development.

Bield is looking for a volunteer befriender to support an older person who lives in Donaldson Court, a Very Sheltered Housing Development in Leith. Volunteer befrienders help service users who feel isolated or who are unable to get out very easily on their own by giving their time on a one-to-one ba

Gerry O’Sullivan The retiring chair of housing, care and support services for older people provider Bield has underlined the importance of people who have devoted their lives to work the in sector.

Tenants at a retirement housing development in Stirling have been keeping fit with a novel exercise programme that is making everyone sit up and take notice. The seated exercise class, at Bield’s Allan Park House, meets once a week and has been keeping tenants active and social for a year.

Housing and care provider Bield is looking for a lunch club assistant to help organise opportunities for social interaction within its Stewart Court retirement housing development in West Calder and the wider community. Craig Meek, manager at Westport, said: “Lunch club assistants play a vital rol

Bield's Westport sheltered housing development in Linlithgow is looking for social activity assistants to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. Emma Sowerby, manager at Westport, said, “Social Activity Assistants and Lunch Club Assistant

Bield's Westport sheltered housing development in Linlithgow is looking for social activity assistants to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. Emma Sowerby, manager at Westport, said: “Social activity assistants and lunch club assistant

Ann and John Kinsman A husband and wife at a Bield retirement housing development in Fife have donned their life jackets to help ensure the safety of the local community, including wildlife, by volunteering with their local Coastwatch.

Mary and Jack A happily married couple have celebrated their golden anniversary after 50 loving years together after first meeting at their job driving forklifts.

Bield's Crosshill retirement housing development in Port Glasgow is looking for a social activity co-ordinator volunteer to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community. Michelle McKinnon, manager at Crosshill Gardens, said: “Social activity co-

One of the musically minded tenants Alex Sinclair Service users and their families at some of Bield’s care homes in Fife are set to join a pioneering project that uses music to improve the quality of life for those living with dementia.

Bield is looking for a volunteer to help older people enjoy happy and fulfilled lives at a retirement housing development in West Lothian. A Lunch Club Assistant is being sought to help organise opportunities for social interaction within the development and the wider community at Stewart Court in W