Care with Heart

Care with Heart Care with Heart is a small organisation dedicated to helping people with learning disabilities live

We had a great day at Wi******er Science Centre and Planetarium last weekend!
08/12/2023

We had a great day at Wi******er Science Centre and Planetarium last weekend!

We had a great time at FarmAbility yesterday!
09/11/2023

We had a great time at FarmAbility yesterday!

Another beautiful morning, and we were outside exploring Wendover Woods!
07/11/2023

Another beautiful morning, and we were outside exploring Wendover Woods!

What a beautiful morning for a trip to the forest!
06/11/2023

What a beautiful morning for a trip to the forest!

We had a lovely autumnal walk on Tuesday along Abingdon river whilst the sun was shining!
02/11/2023

We had a lovely autumnal walk on Tuesday along Abingdon river whilst the sun was shining!

This week we had some intruders in the barn... we could do with some help giving our pinecone creatures some names if an...
14/10/2023

This week we had some intruders in the barn... we could do with some help giving our pinecone creatures some names if anyone has any ideas?!
We had a great time making these, and getting into the autumn spirit!

Today we visited The Cornerstone Didcot and took part in the production of the Frozen Light: The bar at the edge of time...
14/10/2023

Today we visited The Cornerstone Didcot and took part in the production of the Frozen Light: The bar at the edge of time. We had such good fun! Such a fantastic performance!

As well as all the other amazing things we do regularly to keep us super busy, we also go weekly to Wyfold RDA. Here we...
01/08/2023

As well as all the other amazing things we do regularly to keep us super busy, we also go weekly to Wyfold RDA. Here we are taking Sweetpea for a walk after having a nice groom. And twice a week we go swimming where we have swimming races, hunt for hidden pink ducks and float on HUGE floats!!!

Last week we went for a walk up to Watlington Hill, a tree won't stop us!! No Way!!! We also had some relaxing time out...
10/07/2023

Last week we went for a walk up to Watlington Hill, a tree won't stop us!! No Way!!! We also had some relaxing time out of the heat in the local library while others kept busy at Farmability.

We had a really enjoyable trip down to Portsmouth at the weekend we went to the Sealife Centre and took our Tiddler book...
10/07/2023

We had a really enjoyable trip down to Portsmouth at the weekend we went to the Sealife Centre and took our Tiddler book to compare the fish in real life to those in the book! We also met up with our friends the Borderline Morris dancing group who were dancing there, which was great fun!

Wow! Last week was a scorcher! Despite the heat we managed to keep busy as usual, gardening at Farmability, meeting the...
19/06/2023

Wow! Last week was a scorcher! Despite the heat we managed to keep busy as usual, gardening at Farmability, meeting the sheep and donkeys at Neigh!, our usual weekly visit to Thomley Hall and hitting the gym in the park!

We have been busy! We have had cinema trips, lovely walks on Watlington Hill, and Harcourt Arboretum and EVEN a trip to ...
10/06/2023

We have been busy! We have had cinema trips, lovely walks on Watlington Hill, and Harcourt Arboretum and EVEN a trip to Reading on the train! What will next week have in store?????

We had a lovely walk the other day at Cowleaze Woods near Christmas Common, the bluebells have mostly gone now but it wa...
30/05/2023

We had a lovely walk the other day at Cowleaze Woods near Christmas Common, the bluebells have mostly gone now but it was lovely and sunny!

Here we are collecting cones for craft projects, and feeding the Giant African Land Snails. These ones are just babies! ...
18/05/2023

Here we are collecting cones for craft projects, and feeding the Giant African Land Snails. These ones are just babies! Giant African Land Snails need lots of greenery so we've got them some cress and some cucumber to go with their planted herbs. They also need protein and calcium so we are soaking some pinto beans to sprout for them. They have a bioactive tank, which means it mostly looks after itself - the orange woodlice act as the clean-up crew, eating anything the snails leave behind and helping keep the soil in good condition.

Happy times at Tuesday's music club!
16/05/2023

Happy times at Tuesday's music club!

We have had a fun filled week and its not even over yet! Meeting the animals at Neigh and working hard at Farmability!
11/05/2023

We have had a fun filled week and its not even over yet! Meeting the animals at Neigh and working hard at Farmability!

We had a lovely walk earlier this week at Harcourt Arboretum. The bluebells were out and looked amazing. Spring has spr...
04/05/2023

We had a lovely walk earlier this week at Harcourt Arboretum. The bluebells were out and looked amazing. Spring has sprung!

We had a fantastic time at The Music Club yesterday! What a wonderful gathering of lovely people, and a fabulous drummin...
13/06/2022

We had a fantastic time at The Music Club yesterday! What a wonderful gathering of lovely people, and a fabulous drumming and circus skills workshop from Andy Fowler.

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Sutton Courtenay
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Care with Heart

Care with Heart is a small, family- and community-based service for people with learning disabilities in South Oxfordshire and beyond.

The service began with Sophia Trinder, a learning disabilities and childrens nurse. Sophia has been passionate about the care and support of people with learning disabilities since 1998 when she began volunteering at Disability Challengers in Guildford as a teenager, as a part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. What started as a 3-month placement became a vocation: Sophia remained at Challengers until she went to Oxford Brookes University to study learning disabilities nursing, qualifiying in 2004. Sophia was privileged to work at Hernes House and Viking House, and later at The Chiltern Centre for Disabled Children, developing her experience of supporting children and young adults with learning disabilities and complex needs in respite settings. Sophia became deputy manager for The Chiltern Centre in 2014, and in 2016 decided the time was right to move on.

Sophia’s passion has always been for direct care, and she initially became self-employed and started a small service supporting people with learning disabilities and complex needs in the community and in her home. Sophia firmly believes in person-centred care and in focused, 1:1 support to help people achieve their goals and challenge themselves to live the life they choose. Sophia worked closely with people with learning disabilities, complex health needs and challenging behaviours to help them live happy, rewarding lives.

As time went on the demand for the service increased and Sophia’s husband Ian joined the team. Ian had previous experience supporting vulnerable adults experiencing homelessness and addiction, ultimately managing a drug and alcohol detox unit. Ian has very much enjoyed the change and the challenge, and has quickly and effectively built strong therapeutic relationships with people needing support. He has also put his skills as a singer-songwriter to good use, and loves intensive interaction and interacting through music. Sophia and Ian formed the company Care with Heart in November 2018.