A rescued ex polo pony will enjoy her retirement in 100 acres of outstanding natural beauty at a care home for adults with learning disabilities. Care provider Diagrama Foundation, the charity which runs Duckyls Farm near East Grinstead has welcomed Morocha a 22 year old Argentinian Thoroughbred ex polo pony, as a companion for their…
Delegates assembled in Birmingham for the 2024 Positive Voices Conference to talk about self-advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autism. The Positive Voices Conference was held on October 2- 3 at the Conference Aston, in Birmingham and attracted almost 100 attendees, including people with learning disabilities and autism, self-advocates, support staff, and healthcare professionals.…
Football Fanatics at Duckyls Farm know who will win the Euros after their horse Ace picked the Croatian Flag. The Duckyls Farm residents who have learning disabilities, are thoroughly enjoying the Euro Championships and made flags to represent the teams, in one of their weekly art and craft sessions. Having seen a lion from the…
Since 1970, Earth Day has been marked annually on 22 April to encourage people to take time to appreciate the environment around them. When the team at Duckyls Farm, a care home for adults with learning disabilities, discussed Earth Day’s steadfast commitment to end plastics for the sake of human and planetary health, they decided…
While the residents have plans for an Easter Egg hunt their horses received bunches of carrots as Easter treats. Duckyls Farm, a care home for adults with learning disabilities, run by the Diagrama Foundation is ensuring everyone at the Farm is part of the Easter celebrations this year. The residents of Duckyls Farm in West…
A Hertfordshire based charity that supports adults with learning disabilities has delivered Valentine love hearts for veterans supported by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. The love -ly project was the brain child of Jo Radcliffe who runs the Hertfordshire based charity Always Bee You, which enables adults with learning disabilities and mental health issues…
This December the ‘Guardians of the Goats’ at Duckyls Farm have enlisted their fellow residents help to provide scarves for their herd. Residents Jason and Simon are very proud to be ‘Guardian of the Goats’ for the eight goats who live at Duckyls Farm, a home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex. This…
Duckyls Farm Manager Karen Tolton will travel to Florida in early 2024, to take part in the 48.6 mile ‘Disney Dopey Challenge’ In January 2024, Duckyls Farm Manager Karen and her sister-in-law Lorna will travel to the USA to run in four different races, with a total distance of 48.6 miles to raise funds to…
Chatham based Diagrama Foundation has appointed experienced communications and marketing specialist Tina Morris as Head of Marketing Strategy. Tina Morris, whose experience includes marketing and communications projects for FTSE 100 companies, launching and rebranding the De La Warr Pavilion as an internationally significant art gallery and music venue and working with the multi-million pound Canterbury…
On 6 May the residents of the Diagrama Foundation run care home Duckyls Farm near East Grinstead had a wonderful tea party for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Duckyls Farm Residents and staff came together to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla with a traditional afternoon tea…