Volunteer drivers needed!
We have taken great pleasure in supporting the local charity, Ambition, Aspire, Achieve over the years. They are looking for volunteer drivers to help deliver Christmas trees locally in East London over the festive period in support of their Community Christmas Tree Enterprise. All funds help make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children...
Day of Celebrating Cultures!
Our facility, Sahara House situated opposite the beautiful Valentine’s Park in Ilford recently invited our service users, staff, family and supporters to join them for an afternoon in celebration of world cultures. The sun shone as we all enjoyed music, food and games from around the world. Everyone...
Employee of the Quarter – Frederik
Fred has been an integral member of our Maintenance team for several years now and has demonstrated his commitment and dedication to Sahara Care and the people that we support over that time. As well as managing maintenance across our services on a day-to-day basis, he also supports us out of hours and even took...
Spring Round Up
We have had a busy few months at Sahara Care. Our residents at Sahara House have been taking advantage of the warmer Springtime weather to make full use of the beautiful Valentine’s Park in Ilford. We have celebrated birthdays and made preparations for Spring holidays that some of our residents have taken. Every day, we...
Celebrating Coronation Weekend
Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the events and activities over the Coronation Weekend. Each of our services held a Coronation themed party with residents and staff coming together to celebrate the official crowning of King Charles III. We also participated in local community events and residents at our Sahara Lodge and Gardens facility had enormous fun...
Community Spring Tree
Our residents at Sahara Lodge and Gardens have been helping to make crochet flowers for the Spring Tree community event in Forest Gate. The result of the collective effort is this colourful knitted and crochet tree cover, which is now beautifully displayed in Forest Gate High Street. The residents thoroughly enjoyed working with local artist...
Our special birthday girl!
Elaine is the first resident that Sahara Care welcomed through our doors all those years ago in 1998. Over the years, Elaine has enjoyed many holidays. Her favourite destination so far was a Mediterranean cruise where she visited Portugal and Spain. This is an image of Elaine enjoying a cocktail on the cruise-ship during that...
CPV Job Fair
We will be attending the Care Providers’ Voice Job Fair on Thursday, 23rd March 2023. The event is taking place between 10am-2pm in the Main Hall, Redbridge Town Hall, High Road, Ilford, IG1 1DD. If you are looking for a career opportunity the care sector, come and have an informal chat with us.
Employee of the Quarter – Chanchel Johal (Chan)
Chan is someone who goes above and beyond and this is demonstrated perfectly in her approach to her role. Without exception, she makes everything seem effortless and nothing is any trouble for her. At the end of last year, she offered her services to work over the Christmas period and personally transported staff that were...
Who Cares?
We are proud to be sponsoring the Hallmark Foundation National Care Conference – Who Cares? on Tuesday, 7th March 2023, organised in collaboration with Working Options in Education. This free national conference and exhibition is for students in Years 9-13 and will mix industry champions with national speakers, including Avnish Goyal CBE, Chair of Care...