STARS Carer Services

The post that we didn’t want to have to write 😢

It’s been a tough couple of months (well longer) everyone has their Covid stories and unfortunately this is the end of ours.

The emotions are hard to articulate when you can’t save something that you’ve put your heart and soul into for 13 years, but know we tried every single thing we could, it just wasn’t to be.

We have had the privilege and honour of taking care of some amazing ladies and gents and all became family, we have had some amazing staff and students through our doors and we hope that they carry a bit of STARS with them always. I know we will, which means it never really ends.

We are going to take a step back to rest, recalibrate and recover as a family, we will be back though 🙂

Thank you to everyone who has in any way supported the business, from volunteering to sharing a post, we love you all.

Our last working day will be Friday 30th August.

For now though…. It’s goodbye from all at STARS.

Today we received the devastating news that one of our lovely gents died peacefully last night; Norman was an intergral part of STARS & we’ve missed his presence here for months now.

He used to call me by his Grandaughters name, which was nice because he felt he was surrounded by family. Well he was and he will ALWAYS be a part of the STARS family & in my heart. Because I loved him like my own & that will never change.

My favourite picture of us together below.

So here’s a thumbs up 👍🏻 for you on your next journey, may you be at peace, but also, give them hell up there Normy 🫶🏻

Thanks for waiting for me to visit

RIP you beautiful, feisty and sweet gentleman ❤️ you were so loved by so many, especially Debbie, Jodie and Becky ❤️
(Shared with permission)

Hopefully see you there :)

Tomorrow (Thursday 20th June) is the first Forget-Me-Nots Dementia Choir Worcester session, get yourself down there to have a sing-song with Zoe Francis and watch me (Cat) dance around like a crazy person!

We are so proud of all we’ve achieved with Zoe Francis and My Music Works ❤️

Worcester's first Dementia Choir Forget Me Nots choir was by founded Zoe and Cat. Kalpana Boodhoo went to meet them.

Only 2 days to go until the launch of the new Forget-Me-Nots Dementia Choir Worcester with Zoe Francis and myself ❤️😁 we can’t wait to see you all there!

❤️ There is only 2 days to go!! Have you booked your space for our Dementia Choir Launch Party? Contact us today if you’d like to come along! ❤️

March Newsletter has just been sent out!

Please go & sign up via our website to receive the latest news, BTS videos or pictures & exciting news first.

Due to the increased costs of external services/utilities/minimum wage/groceries, we have had to take the hard decision to increase our prices.

A full day will now cost £65
A half day will now cost £50
Drop & Shop (max 2 hours) will now be £30

These prices apply from today, to all new clients.

Have no fear, we will continue to bring you an amazing service & care for your loved ones like they are our own family 🌟 ⭐️ 💫

Thank you for your continued support 🫶🏻

*Friday Focus* (on Saturday this week, but Friday was a bank holiday so we’re forgiven 😊😉)

On Friday’s we will focus on one of us, so you can get to know us a bit better 🙂

Next up…. Helena 🙂

1. Favourite colour: Green, which I sometimes make plainly obvious with head to toe green outfits including my emerald engagement ring 🙂

2. Favourite Film: ohhhh, too many to name, but some childhood faves… the goonies, labrynth, willow and more recently pacific rim!

3. Favourite cartoon character: don’t really have a favourite - if pushed probably Pluto, I can do a mean impression of his laugh 😆

4. Favourite meal: anything colourful, veggie and tasty 😁

5. Reasons why you love care so much: I am realising as I get older, that caring for people is in my blood, I do it without realising and it is something that brings me immense joy 🥰

6. Best thing you’ve learnt about life: that everything happens for a reason and that you never know what is round the corner.

7. Your proudest moment: without a shadow of a doubt, the moment my son’s adoption became official 😃

8. Your 3 dream dinner guests: dean martin (my favourite singer) elvis Presley (because.., well he’s elvis) and king Henry 8th!

9. Interesting fact: I am a netball umpire, it’s my team sport 🙂

10. Finally… who is the person that has inspired you the most: I am inspired by the people around me, successful people, kind people, funny people… etc! But mainly I am inspired by the children in my life, they show me the world in a different way and always inspire me to be the best version of myself 🫶🏻

Hope you’ve learnt a bit more about me 🙂

*Friday Focus*

On Friday’s we will focus on one of us, so you can get to know us a bit better 🙂

Second up…. Catriona 🙂

1. Favourite colour: purple and shades of blue, especially electric blue

2. Favourite Film: can’t pick just one and the list is too long for this post 😂

3. Favourite cartoon character: Donald Duck

4. Favourite meal: anything Greek 😁

5. Reasons why you love care so much: going home knowing you’ve made a difference to at least one life, if not many. And being trusted to look after people’s loved ones is an honour and something I never take for granted.

6. Best thing you’ve learnt about life: everything happens for a reason, just be patient & the reason will show itself.

7. Your proudest moment: so many, but professionally- any time I make one of our ladies & gents smile 😃

8. Your 3 dream dinner guests: all of my grandparents (who have all sadly passed over) so that’s 4 🤪

9. Interesting fact: I love Martial Arts, Samurai history and Anime

10. Finally… who is the person that has inspired you the most: I think you should inspire yourself 😁

So now we’ve learnt that sometimes I find it hard to pick just ONE thing 😂

📣 We have EXCITING NEWS 📣

In May we are doing our first DEMENTIA ROADSHOW.

Tickets will be on sale soon; we are going to have lots of exciting content, guest speakers & some stalls for you to browse.

More info to come soon 🥳

Thank you to all of those who have already signed up for our newsletter; we have just sent out our FIRST EVER ONE 🥳

They will get better as we get more experienced & as our services get up and running (more exciting news on some upcoming events tomorrow!)

If you haven’t already signed up & would like to, head over to our website and at the bottom of the Home Page, you can subscribe: www.starscarerservices.co.uk

*Friday Focus*

On Friday’s we will focus on one of us, so you can get to know us a bit better 🙂

First up…. Carole 🙂

1. favourite colour:
Blue, especially Royal Blue.

2. Favourite Film:
Field of dreams.

3. Favourite cartoon character:
Pluto.

4. Favourite meal:
Hunters chicken.

5. Reasons why you love care so much:
It’s a reflection of my Physio life, helping people achieve whatever they are capable of… and it’s great fun.

6. Best thing you’ve learnt about life:
Time really does fly, so never stop smelling the roses 🌹 .

7. Your proudest moment:
There are lots, but personal one - getting my first senior manager job.

8. Your 3 dream dinner guests:
Leonardo Di Vinci.
JRR Tolkien.
Freddie Mercury.
Is it weird that they are all dead?!

9. Interesting fact:
I was a terrible tennis player, an ok netballer (she played for Essex!) but a really good ballroom dancer 💃🏼.

10. Finally… who is the person that has inspired you the most:
Personally - my dad (took me years to realise that)
Professionally - a neuro-physio called Mary Lynch.
Spiritually - not a person, but nearly dying as a child changed my perspective.

STARS wants to celebrate all of the women who are associated with, cared for and are friends and family of STARS…..

Here’s to strong women…. May we know them. May we raise them. May we be them.’

STARS Carer Services has been working hard behind the scenes to get our services up & running, but also trying to get our faces in front of the right people to affect change.

The lovely Lynn Denham of Cathedral Ward attended our Launch Party; Lynn is heavily involved in the area of Dementia & is a major part of the Local Dementia Action Alliance.

Today we also met with Robin Walker, Conservative MP for Worcester, to discuss some ideas we have had for new services that require more involvement from major players.

Disclaimer: this is NOT a political post, we are just trying to illustrate how hard we are working to affect change in our local community.

Stanley Road Primary School (next to The Centre) are having a rally this Friday (9th Feb) to campaign for a zebra crossing outside the school.

Two kids have been knocked over & injured recently, so fingers crossed they make enough noise to get what they need to keep the kids safe 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Please share if you can, let’s help to get them a big crowd 👊🏻💪🏻

Why not head over to our website and sign up for our newsletter. It will give info on our new services as they launch, event info (by our event arm TBK Events) and bts bits & pieces that only subscribers will see.

Www.starscarerservices.co.uk

Lovely Jade has sent the pictures back from our launch party & there are some corkers!

Here is a little sneak peak of some of them ⭐️⭐️

The STARS team would like to thank everyone who came to our relaunch party last night, it was such a great atmosphere & I hope we all got something out of it.

Special mention to the lovely Jade, who took lots of pictures for us: https://www.facebook.com/jadejordanphotography

Many exciting things ahead for us ALL ⭐️

ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 our new website is now LIVE 🥳🥳
Go and check it out and see what you think: www.starscarerservices.co.uk

Thank you SO much to Think Outside Social for all of your hard work on this ❤️ we love it 🤩

Our launch party is coming together nicely; tomorrow (Thursday) 4pm - 6pm at Arch 27.

We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible 🌟🌟⭐️⭐️

Home | Stars Carer Services STARS Carer Services is a carer-led, family-run CIC; it was borne out of STARS Adult Day Centre, (founded in 2012) to better support carers through their journey.

After some great advice & a bit of time to think, we have decided to change the name of this page to STARS Carer Services and have EVERYTHING going through this page, instead of having many other pages 😂

Therefore, if you’re already following this page, you’re in the right place 😁

So don’t panic when this page changes name, it’s still us, just a lot more of us & the exciting things we’ll hopefully be starting really soon 🌟

Happy New Year all & may 2024 be a happy & healthy year for all 🥳

As for us, we’re still hard at work organising our relaunch party which is the 25th January 4pm - 6pm Arch 27 🥳🤩

Our new website www.starscarerservices.co.uk will be up and running soon, with lots more information on our new services!

Exciting times ahead for STARS & we would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support over the years and for our future endeavours ❤️

Day 16 and the last day of our CHRISTMAS JUMPER ADVENT CALENDAR: I was thinking about previous Christmas jumper advent calendars and that led me to look back through old pictures. So I created a collage of memories of ladies & gents (including my beautiful Nan) we have loved and lost.

This is STARS signing off for 2023, we’ll see you all in 2024 for exciting times ahead ❤️

We reopen on Tuesday 2nd January 2024 and we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🥳