Adults with learning disabilities who attend Diagrama Foundation’s Community Services at Duckyls Farm have proven they could give this year’s Channel 4 The Great Pottery Throw Down competitors some serious competition after taking part in a pottery activity on the farm. Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, 100-acre Ducklys Farm provides a choice…
Adults with learning disabilities supported by Diagrama Foundation enjoyed a truly magical afternoon when the cast of Cinderella, this year’s Chequer Mead Theatre pantomime, visited Duckyls Farm near East Grinstead on Thursday 11 December. The performers arrived in full costume, entertaining everyone with songs from the show, festive Christmas carols, and plenty of pantomime…
Jason, a resident at Duckyls Farm, a specialist care home for adults with learning disabilities operated by the charity Diagrama Foundation, recently fulfilled a long-held dream: embarking on a spiritual pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a world-renowned Marian shrine in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The eight-day trip was Jason’s first international holiday in many years, made possible through…
This autumn, Community Services at Duckyls Farm, part of Diagrama Foundation’s Day Opportunities programme, is celebrating a bumper pumpkin harvest, all grown and nurtured by the people they support. The project began early this summer when Cameron, one of the individuals supported through the Day Opportunities programme, planted pumpkin seeds at home with a little…
Residents of Cabrini House in Orpington, a care home run by Diagrama Foundation for adults with learning disabilities, are discovering freedom, joy, and confidence each week through the simple but powerful act of sailing. Each week, residents travel by minibus to Chipstead Lake near Sevenoaks, where they take part in sailing sessions that have become…
Duckyls Farm, part of the charity care provider Diagrama Foundation, has welcomed five new very fluffy residents this June: Roman, Ritchie, Snowflake, Mascot, and Ah-ha, a delightful herd of pedigree white alpacas. Three of the alpacas have just celebrated their first birthdays, while the other two will mark theirs later this month. The young arrivals…
A Kenyan farmer has made a life-changing move from Africa to the UK to begin a new career at a charity-run care home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex. Wilfred Njiri, 43, recently joined Diagrama Foundation as a Development Worker at Duckyls Farm Care Home near East Grinstead. Previously, Wilfred managed crop cultivation…
On Monday 14 April, Lady Emma Barnard, Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex, planted a Red Oak tree at Duckyls Farm Centre & Community Services to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The tree planting took place at the heart of Duckyls Farm, a 100-acre residential care home run by the Diagrama Foundation, supporting adults with…
Adults with learning disabilities have surprised the eight goats living at Duckyls Farm with a new climbing frame. Care Provider Diagrama Foundation, runs Duckyls Farm, a one hundred acre farm in an area of outstanding natural beauty that offers residential care, supported living and day opportunities for adults with additional needs. The Farm in West…
Two inspiring women are pioneering change in the world of social care, redefining what it means to nurture and support adults with learning disabilities. This International Women’s Day, Karen Tolton and Keri Strugnell from Duckyls Farm are calling for a transformation in the way care is perceived, valued, and funded. Championing Change in Learning Disability…