News from the Princes Centre

Published: 04 September 2024

The big news is that our Chairman of the Trustees, Matt, married Laura recently and the trustees, staff and clients all wish them a wonderful married life together. The service took place at St Mary’s and was conducted by our trustee, Rev David Williams.

Our clients always enjoy coming to the Centre. It beats staying at home and not socialising with others and gives them opportunities to meet others and experience all kinds of beneficial and enjoyable activities.

Some have been able to visit the Rye at High Wycombe and take a walk by the river and have a picnic there. Other outings included a walk through local fields, a trip to Oxford to the museum and a pub lunch, lunch at a pub in Marlow and a visit to see some alpacas in Bledlow Ridge. The staff also enable visits to the local cafes which are always popular.

Others have had fun in the garden with various outdoor games which included soaking the poor staff with a sponge game and the parachute game. Indoors there have been cooking activities, cardio drumming, playing on the Tiny Tablet computer table, board games, dominos, singing, dancing, jigsaws, artwork and manicuring sessions etc. The younger clients recently completed a virtual 2 million metre challenge to walk from here to Italy which was a wonderful achievement exercise-wise. They were all presented with a special certificate and treated to a disco afterwards.

The roof renovating works are due to be commenced this month and investigations are in place concerning the replacement of the cooker which has been causing problems. The plan is to replace it with an electric all singing, all dancing model which will enable us to cater for larger groups as well as contributing to our long term aims to become carbon-neutral. We are also expecting to receive batteries in the near future which will store the electricity generated by our solar panels.

We are very grateful to St Mary’s for donating their collection during the Risborough Festival week which raised £260.35.

If you would like to support the Princes Centres in any way or if you or your loved one would like a free taster of what we have to offer, please contact our manager Kim on 01844 345105 or Mags at Bourne End 01628 52702.