Spring 2021 Newsletter
Our Spring newsletter is now available to read. You can also download a copy if preferred.
The Countrymen Club UK (Dorset Branch)
The polytunnel is clean and ready for the spring as the first signs of new growth appear under the apple trees. We have a few projects on the go and we have decided that now is a good time to spring clean our barn and create some new art work for the walls. Work is …
Keeping us safe
An update from the Countrymen’s club, Rylands farm, Dorset on how we have kept calm and carried on!
Cultivating an exciting alternative to day centres
Day care centres weren’t the answer for John. They tended to favour indoor and relatively passive activities or talking groups, while John was really yearning to be involved in more physical outdoor activities, preferably alongside other men who also had a deep love of the outdoor life.
Outreach Initiative supports local countrymen, carers and organisations
Coronavirus has been affecting many, especially older people with underlying health conditions. This has meant that Countrymen haven’t been able to get onto farms and gardens as usual and has resulted in increased isolation for many. Our Outreach Initiative, adopted by twelve members of the Countrymen UK Network of care farms, provides support from these …
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Countrymen UK pick up two Awards
Countrymen UK pick up two Awards The Sustainable Health & Care Awards 2018 The Markel 3rd Sector Care Awards In our previous newsletter (Nov.2018), we proudly announced that we had reached the finals for these two awards but when the winners were announced, all those ‘Good Luck’ messages definitely worked for us. We were declared the …
Top Award for Countrymen UK
Can you believe it? Countrymen UK and Future Roots have just scooped a national award for our approach to health care.
Write for us
Would you like to join the Countrymen Conversation by writing for our website? What are we looking for? We’re looking for informative, engaging and highly relevant articles and blog posts that will be of interest to Countrymen, their Carers and anyone else who shares an interest in the topics surrounding Countrymen UK, whether it’s about …
Getting back to being you?
We’ve been asked why we chose “Getting back to being you” as the strapline for our logo, so here’s the inside story. It’s a simple one. The men who become members of a Countrymen UK Group may be facing the challenges of isolation and deteriorating health or social conditions, but we don’t believe that these …
Should Countrymen be physically active?
It’s not a difficult question. The benefits of being more active should be easily recognised, especially in older people and more especially in men who have probably spent the best part of their lives in physical occupations such as farming, horticulture, construction work or the military… and who enjoyed outdoor physical exercise and practical activities. …