The Lodge Trust CIO

22/11/2025

Very happy to be out selling our beautiful produce at Alive Church Craft fair today, do pop along and say, Hello!

21/11/2025

🍂WE ARE HIRING! HORITCULTURE SUPPORT WORKER.🍂

Love being outdoors? Passionate about helping others learn new skills?
This could be the perfect role for you!

We’re looking for a Horticulture Support Worker to join our Creative Enterprise team at The Lodge Trust in Oakham, Rutland. You’ll support adults with learning disabilities to grow confidence, develop horticulture skills, and help maintain our beautiful gardens and greenhouses.

✨“If you believe gardens aren’t the only things that need nurturing, step into a role where people and plants grow side by side.”✨

🌱What You’ll Do
• Support residents to learn horticulture skills
• Work across gardens, polytunnels & greenhouses
• Help maintain our grounds and produce saleable plants
• Support morning routines & personal care where needed
• Be part of a caring, Christian-ethos community
Location: Oakham, Rutland
Salary: £25,975–£26,214 per year
Hours: Mon–Fri, 7:30am–4:00pm (40 hrs/week)

📧Interested?
Simply scan the QR code in the image for full details and how to apply or use this link https://hr.breathehr.com/v/horticulture-support-worker-43974

20/11/2025

🌟 We’re Hiring! 🌟
Training & Compliance Administrator (Part-Time)
Market Overton • £13.32/hr • 24 hrs/week

Are you the kind of person who colour-codes their shopping list?
Do you experience mild joy when reminding people about training?
Is your natural habitat somewhere between a spreadsheet and a to-do list? 😄

If yes, we need you! The Lodge Trust is looking for a brilliantly organised human to keep our training on track, support new starters, and help our team shine.

All within a warm, friendly community… and yes, with fewer meetings than you’d expect 😉

👉 More info & apply: https://hr.breathehr.com/v/training-and-compliance-43747

Know someone who’s dangerously organised? Tag them!

19/11/2025

In the gardens here at the Lodge Trust, everything goes to good use - and we mean everything! The shredding from reception is currently being used to store out beetroot, keeping it nice and dry in the wet November weather. 🌱

It all goes to good use!

All our produce is home-grown by our horticulture team, and our products are hand-made by our talented residents!🎨 Our cafe is open from 9.30am to 4pm, serving hot food until 2.30pm, where we also have some delicious beetroot chutney for sale! 🫖

17/11/2025

Just a reminder that our cafe is NOT open today.☕️We apologise for any inconvenience - but we will be back up and running tomorrow!

13/11/2025

We’re Hiring – Social & Therapeutic Support Worker

Want to make a real difference every day?
Join us at The Lodge Trust and support adults with learning disabilities to live confident, meaningful and fulfilling lives.

You’ll help people take part in daily activities, community outings, creative sessions and personal development — while working in a warm, supportive, values-driven environment.

Full-time | Market Overton | Meaningful work that truly matters

Interested?
Click the link https://hr.breathehr.com/v/social-therapeutic-support-worker-43987or scan the QR code in the image to apply.

Safer Recruitment:
Enhanced DBS, right-to-work checks and references required.

13/11/2025

🌿 We’re Hiring a Horticulture Support Worker! 🌿

Love being outdoors? Passionate about helping others learn new skills?
This could be the perfect role for you! 🌱💚

We’re looking for a Horticulture Support Worker to join our Creative Enterprise team at The Lodge Trust in Oakham, Rutland. You’ll support adults with learning disabilities to grow confidence, develop horticulture skills, and help maintain our beautiful gardens and greenhouses.

✨ “If you believe gardens aren’t the only things that need nurturing, step into a role where people and plants grow side by side.” ✨

🌻 What You’ll Do

• Support residents to learn horticulture skills
• Work across gardens, polytunnels & greenhouses
• Help maintain our grounds and produce saleable plants
• Support morning routines & personal care where needed
• Be part of a caring, Christian-ethos community

📍 Location: Oakham, Rutland
💷 Salary: £25,975–£26,214 per year
🕒 Hours: Mon–Fri, 7:30am–4:00pm (40 hrs/week)

📱 Interested?
Simply scan the QR code in the image for full details and how to apply or use this link https://hr.breathehr.com/v/horticulture-support-worker-43974

12/11/2025

Our kindling is back up and ready to go! Pop down to the cafe to get some! 🔥

The beauty of our Lodge Trust kindling is that everybody can lend a hand in helping to make it...🫂
First we split the pallets. Then we de-nail the pallets, to make sure we don't get any nails stuck in the kindling! Next, we cut down the pallets into smaller blocks of wood with the bandsaw. The wood is then chopped into kindling. Finally, the kindling is bagged, sealed, and labelled - turned into the bags of wood we all know and love during the winter! Lots of jobs means everybody can have a go! £3.50 a bag, 3x £9 or 8 x £20, all are wood is 'Ready to Burn' certified.

All our kindling is made and products are made by our talented residents!🎨Our café is open Monday to Friday 9.30-16.00, lunches served till 14.30, drinks cakes and snacks all day.

12/11/2025

07/11/2025

🪴WE'RE HIRING! CREATIVE ENTERPRISE HORTICULTURE COORDINATOR 🪴

Be a calming, leading presence in our Gardens and Greenhouses.

💼Full-time position – 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8.30am-5pm
💰 £27,242 to £28,254 depending on experience
📌Beautiful rural setting with free parking

What you'll do:
✅ Managing the Horticulture offering at The Lodge Trust
✅Leading a work team of people with learning disabilities to maintain the gardens at The Lodge Trust
✅Working with residents and with the team to produce quality produce and plants for sale
✅Supporting people with learning disabilities to learn and develop horticultural skills

What we're looking for:
🔶NVQ2 or Care Certificate (or willingness to train)
🔶Worked in a professional horticultural environment for at least 2 years
🔶Full driving licence and access to transport
🔶Right to work in the UK (we cannot offer sponsorship)

Amazing benefits include:
🎯28 days annual leave
🎯Company pension scheme
🎯Health scheme & discount cards
🎯Career progression opportunities
🎯Refer a friend bonus - earn £200!
🎯Meaningful work in a caring environment

Ready to join a dedicated team providing 24/7 care and support?
📧Apply today: hr@lodgetrust.org.uk
📝Send your CV and covering letter
If you do not hear from us within 7 days of your application then you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
If you want to have chat to find out a bit more about this role, call us on 01572767234 and ask to speak to Ellen Knight.

03/11/2025

It was so lovely to see you all on Saturday at our fabulous November Sale! 🍁

We have kindling to sell, which you can find just outside the cafe and plenty of products inside. We also have some extra yummy fudge left over, for sale in the cafe! So make sure you come down and get yourself some!

All our kindling is made and products are made by our talented residents!🎨 Our café is open Monday to Friday 9.30-16.00, lunches served till 14.30, drinks cakes and snacks all day. 🫖