The residents of the charity run Edensor Care Home in Clacton have been paying tribute to Her Majesty the Queen and celebrating her life. As the country, the Commonwealth and the world came together to celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, residents…
The Taxi Charity for Military Veterans was delighted to take 103-year-old Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell to the Netherlands for the Operation Market Garden Commemorations. WWII Veteran Ray Whitwell who served with the Royal Army Service Corps Ray flew over to The Netherlands in a Glider carrying a jeep and a trailer packed with ammunition and…
London Cab Drivers, Taxi Charity volunteers and WWII veterans joined the thousands at the annual Airborne March in Oosterbeek. On 3 September, a group of Taxi Charity volunteers who had brought seven WWII veterans and their carers and families to the Netherlands joined the estimated 32,000 other participants to walk a 15km section of the…
Chatham based Diagrama Foundation has appointed experienced communications and marketing manager Martin Newton as Head of Marketing Strategy. Newton, from Colchester, Essex, who’s experience includes, marketing consultancy, project managing digital multi-channel campaigns across the public, charity and private sectors and event management joined Diagrama Foundation on 8 August as Head of Marketing Strategy. The role will see Martin directing…
On 16 August the Edensor Care Home in Clacton on Sea held its annual fete. For the last eleven years, Edensor, Diagrama Foundation’s Care Home in Clacton has held a summer fete for residents and their families. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the care team at Edensor was delighted to be able…
On Thursday 4 August Edensor Care Home residents from Clacton-on-Sea spent a day at the beach thanks to specially adapted beach wheelchairs. On Thursday 4 August, Diagrama Foundation’s Edensor Care Home in Clacton-on-Sea took six of their residents to enjoy a day by the sea with two specially adapted wheelchairs which allow users to go…
On 9 July 2022, WWII veteran and former Queens’s Bargemaster Major Ted Hunt MVO died aged 102 Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt MVO, a retired waterman who served in World War II, and was, appointed Queen’s Bargemaster in 1978 died on 9 July. His children Pamela, Christine, and Ron and his grandchildren Duncan, Geoffrey, Hazel, Jo, and…
Edensor Care Home in Clacton-on-Sea is celebrating after winning four Essex Care Sector Awards. Edensor Care Home run by the charity Diagrama Foundation was thrilled to win four Essex Care Sector Awards 2022 at the Prosper Awards event at Cressing Temple Barns, Braintree on Friday 8 July. The Clacton Care home which specialises in nursing…
Ashford and Tenterden Umbrella has received £5,000 from Kent Community Foundation to cover some of the associated costs of keeping their vital service in the heart of Kent open. Ashford and Tenterden Umbrella has been supporting elderly, vulnerable, disadvantaged, and disengaged members of the local community for 31 years and although they aim to keep…
The small village of South Holmwood, near Dorking has been welcoming London cab drivers and veterans every summer since 1948. One couple is determined that the tradition will continue. Resident Ian Fairbrother 79 has lived in South Holmwood all his life. His wife Sue 74 is a relative newcomer having only moved to the village…