Parchment Trust

Happy new year from everyone at Parchment Trust!

Welcome to Facebook

A special welcome for those discovering the blog for the first time through our shiny new Facebook account! On this blog we release an update once a week on a Friday to keep people up to date with the interesting things going on throughout the week. We also give our service users an opportunity to have their say on life at the co-op.

Looking Forward

This week we have enjoyed catching up and swapping stories. We have shaken up a fe...

The only news that matters - the Christmas Coffee Morning!

As I'm sure many of you are aware, the annual Christmas Coffee Morning happened on Wednesday. For one day only the Co-op was transformed into a mysterious grotto filled with festive raffles, winter craft and other assorted fun and games. 

'I would like to say that we did have a very exiting turnout of customers at the coffee morning. They had a lot of home made Christmas decorations on sale. They had jars filled with cookie mix which...

Another weeks activity goes by! The coffee morning is fast approaching (Next Wednesday - Tell your friends!)

This week Anthony has been on an interesting walk and Louise has been talking about her favorite TV show - Neighbours!

 Seafront fun walk

My Name is Anthony Thorpe. I went on a walk with the Co-op and friends.  We went in to town in the minibuses. We stopped behind the white rock theatre. One of the helpers his name was Simon went into the white rock and took half the group to get some...

Hello world! How is everybody? News from this week!

Return of the Matt

Matt is someone who used to work with us for 5 years here at Parchment. He did Co-op work and 2-1 work while he was here. He left to go start a new life in Austria with Anna who used to work on reception. Matt came to visit us on Tuesday and Thursday. It was nice to see Matt because we haven’t seen him for over 2 years!  Here is a picture of Matt in traditional Austrian costume - the kind he wears all the time when he is over...

This week as well as our regular activities, a group of guys have been on a day trip to the capital. We have a report from David on the trip and also piece by Barry and Charlie about a cooking session on Tuesday afternoon.

'We went to London on 4th November. We went by train and walked around Buckingham palace, went into a London museum called the national gallery. It was quiet on the train and the journey was alright. We walked around Buckingham palace. We had lunch at McDonalds and had to...