Persona Care and Support

07/09/2025

Good luck to everyone on our Bury 10k team who's been training hard for today!

We're raising money for Bury Hospice by running the 10k - please support us and give what you can - thank you!
https://www.justgiving.com/page/persona-be-active-2025

alt text: golden balloon spells 10k and this text appears: Good luck to our Bury 10k team today! The Persona logo is at the bottom.

06/09/2025

Escape want to say a big thank to everyone who came to their festival last month - there was food, lots of games and social chit chat and they sang and danced the day away with DJ Mathew.

There were lots of prize winners too and we had some lovely gifts donated, which helped us raise a massive £468.55 for the day service amenities fund. This will go towards buying new items for people we support to use in day services.

Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make this happen, our colleagues, volunteers who even came to help on their days off.

alt text: five photos of people at Escape Fest: one of a woman holding up an Escape Fest selfie frame and smiling to camera, two of men holding up an Escape Fest selfie frame and wearing cartoon masks, one photo of two men, one wearing chef's whites and one wearing an apron, they are standing in a kitchen with some fairy cakes and smiling to camera. One photo of ten people enjoying the festival in a room decorated with flags. The Escape and Persona logos are at the bottom.

04/09/2025

It’s Accessibility To Me Awareness Week 2025 - let’s Make a Real Difference!

Wondering how you can take action? It’s easier than you think with these tips from Recite Me:

1 - Make accessibility part of everyday conversations
2 - Learn one new accessibility skill each week
3 - Share what you’ve learned and empower others!

Let’s build a more inclusive world — one action at a time. Start today!

To try our Recite Me accessible toolbar, click here to visit our website and experience it your way https://www.personasupport.org/

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03/09/2025

Yesterday we celebrated the success of the Ageing in Place Moorside Pathfinder - thank you to Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Bury Council, our volunteers and our colleagues at the café and across Persona who have been working on this project for the past two years.

What a lovely space 🌱

02/09/2025

This new(ish) Tuesday Memory Club is on at Ramsbottom every Tuesday from 1pm-2.30pm.
It's free and had dementia friendly activities.

The Tuesday Memory Clubs 🙌

A new monthly gathering with dementia-friendly activities

All are welcome.

The Staying Well team will be in attendance tomorrow

02/09/2025

Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference?
Do you believe that people thrive with support that enables a positive impact?
Do you share our values?

We are recruiting to several roles:

Care & Support Worker:
26/27.5hpw; £13.26-£13.47 per hour
Shift pattern, based in Whitefield
Closing date: 7th September

Support Worker:
37/18.5hpw; £13.26-£13.47 per hour
Normal hours of work 9am-4pm, Monday to Friday, based across Bury
Closing date: 16th September

Deputy Manager:
25hpw; £23,266 rising to £23,927
Based in Whitefield, working in service and on alternate weekends
Closing date: 12th September

Why work with us?
We provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

Want to know more? Click below for details or to apply now.

personasupport.org/CurrentJobs

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Don't forget, Persona and Bury Shared Lives colleagues can refer a friend for rewards.

31/08/2025

Congratulations to this month's winners of our Living the Values Recognition award!

The Green Café staff
Zabeena Akhtar
Joanne Barnard and Dawn Cook
Mike Whittaker

Our winners have been chosen (by a panel of people we support and managers) from everyone who was given a High Five over the past month.

Seen something amazing at Persona this month? Anyone can give a High Five here https://tinyurl.com/TellUsP

alt text: the letters R E A C H drop into view from the top of the screen, spelling 'reach'. The background is of out of focus twinkling lights. The REACH and Persona logos are at the bottom.

29/08/2025

Our Bury Shared Lives Team have had this lovely compliment from Lisa, Becky's mum:

"Becky is really happy with Dawn. All's good, she is like a different person with the lovely people she is now involved with. Thank you so much you are a star."

27/08/2025

This inspiring new noticeboard at Ramsbottom Centre shows motivational quotes and it will be updated every month by people we support and staff.

alt text: photos of a green noticeboard with the word 'be' in the centre in black. There are purple and pink arrows pointing to 'be' with different words on them like happy, smiling, thoughtful, fantastic, calm. Above it are the words 'motivational monthly quotes'. The Ramsbottom Centre and Persona logos are at the bottom.

25/08/2025

Escape have been growing butterflies for the summer!

These photos show how the caterpillars grew and then disappeared into their coccoons over about three weeks, before they were released into the garden.

Can you spot the butterfly in the fourth photo?

alt text: four photos, the first 2 show caterpillars in jars, in photo 1 they are about 1cm long and in photo 2 they are about 4 or 5 cm long. The third photo shows several coccoons and the fourth shows a butterfly in the garden with forget me not flowers

23/08/2025

We've got some exciting news to share!
We're setting up a printing workshop for screen printing and fabric design which will be staffed by people we support in Bury.

We're working with Cabasa Carnival Arts to give people we support more opportunities to learn new skills and do jobs they choose.

Thanks to Greater Manchester Combined Authority for the Foundational Economy Innovation Fund funding that is making it possible for us to support more people with disabilities to work and learn.

22/08/2025

Congratulations to this year's PersonAwards finalists!

Thank you to Sensio, Cuppaccino Little lever, Davenports Printers, Care Control Systems Ltd, Verlingue, A&P for supporting our awards and for choosing finalists in 6 of our award categories. We're looking forward to celebrating with everyone on the 2nd October, when our winners will be announced!

Click here for a full list of shortlisted nominees and our sponsors https://www.personasupport.org/awards

alt text: a series of white images with gold diamond designs on them. At the top is the PersonAwards 2025 logo and at the bottom is the Persona logo and sponsor logo for each award.
Finalists are: Respectful: Sensio: Irene Caird, Dawn Mahoney, Suzi Merrils. Enthusiastic: Cuppacino: Maria Burke, Shared Lives, Grundy Hub. Adaptable: Davenports Printers: Elmhurst, Siobhan Clegg, Pauline Williamson. Caring: Care Control: Matt Thomason, Deborah Calderbank, Joanne Bliss. Honest: Verlingue: Colleen Dowd, Mary Lynch, Andrew Dale. REACH: A&P Know How: Customer Relations Team, Learning Disability Day Service, Angela Kelly. Special Recognition Award: Grundy Hub, Paul Edwards, Escape. Diamond of the Decade Award: Maria Burke, The Communications Team, Susan Partington