Diagrama Foundation has appointed a Care Farm and Community Manager at Duckyls Farm, a care home for adults with learning disabilities.
Keri Strugnell has been appointed as the Care Farm and Community Manager for the 100 acre Duckyls Farm in West Sussex to lead the development and management of the facilities and relationships with the local community.
Duckyls Farm, a care home for eight residents with learning disabilities, joined the Diagrama Foundation charity care provider in February 2023. The appointment of Keri is one of the changes implemented as part of Diagrama’s plan to develop the Farm, including extending the facility from eight to ten bedrooms as well as using the open land and woodland more creatively.
David McGuire, Chief Executive, Diagrama Foundation said, “We are delighted to welcome Keri to the Diagrama team. She has previous experience working on a 70 acre working farm which provided a rural day service for adults with learning disabilities where she managed the productivity of the land and the breeding and healthcare of the livestock, which will be invaluable. We have a lot of plans for Duckyls and we are so pleased that Keri agreed to join us to manage the land and our future community projects.”
Keri Strugnell, Care Farm and Community Manager, Duckyls Farm said, “I was really keen to take on this role to develop the service at Duckyls and working for an organisation that has virtually identical values to my own, is really exciting. I have seen first-hand the huge array of physical, mental and social benefits that working with animals and in nature can offer to people with a learning disability and am keen to offer these experiences to others who would benefit.. I am really looking forward to expanding my own knowledge by getting involved in community projects!”
To find out more about Duckyls Farm visit www.facebook.com/duckylsfarmsussex or to support the not-for-profit care home you can view their Wishlist online at https://linktr.ee/diagramaamazonwishlist
About Diagrama Foundation
Diagrama Foundation is a Kent based charity that supports vulnerable children, young people, and adults to live their best life.
Diagrama has a Supported Living Service across Bromley, three homes for adults with learning disabilities in Orpington, an eight-bed care home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex a fifty-bed care home for the elderly with nursing and dementia needs in Essex, and a fostering and adoption service in the southeast.
- The Supported Living Service, cares for 35 adults with learning disabilities, in nine homes across Bromley helping them to develop skills and confidence to live in their own house either on their own or with others.
- At Cabrini House in Orpington the charity promotes the development of core skills for 23 adults with learning disabilities so that they can lead independent lives integrated within their community.
- Duckyls Farm in West Sussex, a care home for eight residents with learning disabilities, joined the charity care provider in February 2023.
- The team at their nursing and dementia care home, Edensor Care Centre in Clacton on Sea, support vulnerable residents to live life to the full.
- Diagrama’s adoption and fostering service cares for children in South London, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.
Many vulnerable children and adults don’t get the support they need to develop their true potential, but the Diagrama team know that when someone has time and belief invested in them, they come alive, because that investment has made them feel valued and worthy.
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