ShireLiving

24/02/2026

🛍️ Join us for Maywood Jumble Sale🛍️

📅 Saturday 7th March, 2pm
📍 Maywood, Planks Lane, Wombourne

Join us for an afternoon of bargains and browsing! We’ll have a variety of stalls, offering something for everyone. Tea, coffee and delicious homemade cakes will be available too - perfect for a little treat while you shop!

Everyone welcome!

19/02/2026

🥞 Pancake Flipping in Oswestry 🥞

Ashwood residents (and a few very competitive staff members) took part in their annual Pancake Flipping Competition this week.

Plenty of great flips, some less‑great landings, and a lot of serious concentration faces captured.

05/02/2026

🐾 A pawsome afternoon at Maywood 🐾

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Guide Dogs afternoon talk here at our ShireLiving community in Wombourne. And an extra‑special thank you to Claire, who brought along her amazing black Labrador, Royal! 🖤🐶

With the support of our wonderful tenants, their families and friends, an incredible £200 was raised for Guide Dogs UK.

Thank you all for being part of such a fantastic afternoon!

03/02/2026

Chef Paul works his magic! 👨‍🍳

Our talented Queenswood chef, Paul, has created another delicious dish today… and it’s a good one!

Today’s Special:

Succulent chicken breast topped with a rich, homemade mushroom sauce, served with beautifully piped duchess potatoes and a selection of fresh seasonal vegetables.

11/12/2025

🎉 Success at the WAGS Awards 🎉

We’re delighted share that ShireLiving Housing and Care Manager Sue East has been recognised as a winner at this year’s Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care Awards (WAGS), receiving the Rising Star Award! 🌟

Although Sue joined us only six months ago, she’s already made an incredible impact. With empathy and purpose, she has inspired her team to deliver outstanding care and shown the leadership qualities that mark her out as one to watch in the sector.

We’re also proud to celebrate all of our colleagues who reached the finals at the WAGS Awards. Each nomination is a testament to the strength, dedication, and passion across our care teams and it’s wonderful to see that recognised nationally.

👏 Congratulations to Sue and to all our finalists

03/12/2025

🎄 The Ashwood Christmas Fete was a tree-mendous success! 🎄

It was a wonderful day filled with a great atmosphere and plenty of festive fun.

Santa made a special appearance, and our amazing group of carol singers helped bring the Christmas spirit to life 🎅

A huge thank-you to everyone who came along and supported the Ashwood team⭐

23/11/2025

🎄 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🎄

Our ShireLiving schemes are getting festive, and you’re invited. We’re gearing up for our annual Christmas fayres. Enjoy arts and crafts stalls, unique gift ideas, entertainment, delicious refreshments, and perhaps even a raffle or two!

📅 29 Nov, 2–4pm – Ashwood, Oswestry, SY11 1LU
📅 5 Dec, from 1:30pm – Maywood, Wombourne, WV5 8AR
📅 6 Dec, 10:30am–2pm – The Coppice, Shrewsbury, SY3 8DT
📅 6 Dec, 2–5pm – Withywood, Shrewsbury, SY1 2PT
📅 6 Dec, 12-4pm - Beechwood, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 0RJ
📅 6 Dec, 3–7pm – Springwood, Shifnal, TF11 8GT
📅 16 Dec, 11am – 2pm – Hazelwood, Whitchurch, SY13 1FQ

Open to all! Come along, explore the stalls, and enjoy the festive atmosphere.

15/11/2025

🎄 Calling all local makers, bakers and sellers! 🎄

We’re looking for stall holders to join the Christmas Fayre at Ashwood, on Saturday 29 November, 2–4pm.

If you’ve got festive gifts, crafts, treats or ideas to share, we’d love to have you as part of the afternoon. Stalls are just £8 each, and spaces are limited.

📞 To book, please call 01691 677980 or message the ShireLiving page directly.

14/11/2025

11/11/2025

Wartime stories and handmade tributes at Withywood 🎖

This Remembrance Day, tenants at Withywood, a ShireLiving extra care scheme in Shrewsbury, have shared powerful family memories and personal artefacts, from medals and photographs to a lipstick fused to a penny salvaged from the Liverpool bombings.

Alongside these stories, the Knit and Natter group have been crafting poppies and knitted dolls representing service men and women. Their work is now on display in the scheme, with a poppy-themed postbox topper outside for the wider community.

Click the link in the comments to read the full story 👇

24/10/2025

🎃Halloween has started at Ashwood café 🎃

Chef Manager, Lucy says "Just in time for our yearly party and competition. Winner of the best dressed to be announced". We can't wait to see their costumes!

What are you doing this spooky season? 👻🦇