A group of 34 adults who are part of the Diagrama Foundation Supported Living Service in Bromley are thrilled to have secured an allotment in Orpington.
The allotment in Orpington will benefit 34 adults with learning disabilities who are part of Diagrama Foundation’s Supported Living Service in Bromley. Read more...
National News
28 Sep 2022
When a residential care centre in Clacton needed help to create a 1960’s train carriage, a TV and film set builder stepped in to make seating for the carriage that wouldn’t look out of place in an Oscar winning blockbuster. Read more...
26 Sep 2022
Growing up, Katie Pillay shared her home with an adult with learning disabilities fostered by her Mum Karen Parker. Motivated by what her mum was doing for others Katie knew that one day she wanted to foster too.
Katie Pillay, 38, from Sidcup, was raised in a loving family in Somerset and from a young age shared her home with an adult with learning disabilities who her mum Karen fostered. Katie always knew she wanted to foster one day too and in March 2021 a 16-year-old boy joined her family home as her first foster placement. Read more...
13 Sep 2022
Beth Earnshaw, 25, from Swanley in Kent has wanted to become a Foster Carer for a very long time. Her dream has now come true thanks to the charity Diagrama.
Beth has wanted to become a Foster Carer since she was in year twelve and completed a Psychology module on child development at school. She assumed that being single, working full time and living with her parents might be barriers to fostering, so she was delighted that after a meeting with the Diagrama fostering team she was accepted on to their training programme. Read more...
04 Sep 2022
Dave, the Edensor Care Home cat almost missed his own first birthday party when he went missing.
Residents and staff of the Edensor Care home in Clacton on Sea were sick with worry when their beloved cat went missing on 6 March, the day before his first birthday. They had been planning this special cat’s birthday party for weeks and were so upset when he hadn’t been seen for over 24 hours. Read more...
01 Sep 2022
Great Britain performed well in the Tokyo Olympics bringing home 65 medals and no doubt inspiring many future athletes. Also inspired were the staff and residents of Cabrini House in Orpington, a home for adults with learning disabilities who held their very own Olympics on 11 August.
The residents competed for medals in a variety of activities including running, walking, trampolining, penalty shootout, bean bag throw, dancing, seated volleyball, bowls, and table tennis. Read more...
25 Aug 2022
Hugh O’Neill has completed a 1000-mile virtual walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise money for Cabrini House in Orpington.
Hugh O’Neill was inspired to do the 1000-mile fundraising walk for the charity Diagrama when he heard that Cabrini House, their home for adults with learning disabilities was fundraising to create a sensory room. Read more...
14 Jul 2022
Edensor Care Centre, Diagrama’s home for Elderly and Dementia care in Clacton-on-Sea, scooped four wins at the Essex Care Sector Prosper Awards, held on 8th July. The awards celebrate the best of the Essex care sector and are open to all providers who deliver a care service to adults in the Essex County Council's Local Authority area. Read more...
21 Jun 2022
A lovely day was had by all when a group of volunteers from HSBC Commercial Banking visited Cabrini House, Diagrama’s residential home for adults with learning disabilities in Orpington, to kick off the Cabrini Co-op Garden. Read more...
30 May 2022
Gillian, 67, who lives in her own home under the care of Diagrama’s Supported Living Service in Bromley, has had a wish fulfilled by local dance school, Shimmi Shake.
Diagrama has been running a ‘Wish Tree’ initiative throughout its services, to grant the wishes of the people they support, Gillian’s wish was to have a dance experience. Read more...