Belong Ltd

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Belong Ltd is a British care home provider based in Nantwich. It is a registered charity.

It operates care villages in Atherton, Crewe, Macclesfield, Wigan and Warrington. Typically they offer enhanced sheltered housing, close care housing and care home with nursing on the same site. [1] Belong Morris Feinmann, in Didsbury, opened in June 2017 and a village in Newcastle-under-Lyme opened in 2018.

The Manchester facility is supported by the Feinmann Trust and replaces the Morris Feinmann Home which was run by the trust from 1947 until 2013. It offers facilities for the North West Jewish Community. [2] Two of the residents were awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2020 New Year Honours for their services to Holocaust Education. [3]

Planning permission was granted for a new Belong care village in Chester in 2017. It will have six households (with 72 suites and 3 guest bedrooms in total) with 24-hour care, including specialist dementia and nursing support, and 23 one and two bedroom apartments for independent living. There will also be a gym, bistro, hair salon and therapy rooms open to the public. [4] Development was halted by the collapse of the contractor, Pochin, but resumed in 2020. [5] There will also be a specialist daycare service. [6]

A similar development in Birkdale was also halted by the collapse of Pochin. It was restarted by Cruden Construction in June 2020. [7]

The COVID-19 pandemic in England was very stressful for people in these facilities. The 66 residents of Belong Wigan were given a personalised cushion with a picture of a friend or family member made by SKILS CIC, a social enterprise based in Wigan. [8] The company employs a fitness instructor, who devised exercise plans for resident who were shielded and unable to use the facilities in the gym. They also run a ‘Belong Active’ YouTube channel [9] and regular "experience days", which include the provision of arts and crafts, exercise sessions and poetry readings. [10]

There are licensed drinking venues on site at every Belong care village. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Accommodation report" (PDF). Housing Care. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Providing quality care for over 50 years". Feinmann Trust. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sisters at Belong care village recognised in New Year's Honours". Care Home Professional. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "New city centre care village is approved for Chester". Care Home Co Uk. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Seddon takes over Belong Chester care village". Place North West. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Work resumes on £21m Chester care village". Building Better Healthcare. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "New contractor appointed at Belong Birkdale development". Champion Newspapers. June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Wigan care village residents treated to personalised cushions". In your area. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Home care provider expands wellbeing support for older people". Warrington Worldwide. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Belong Warrington appoints new experience coordinator". Care home professional. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Large numbers of care homes have their own private pub, according to poll". Carehome.co.uk. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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