Flowers and friendship at Adlington Retirement Living

Flowers and friendship at Adlington Retirement Living

For homeowners at Adlington Retirement Living communities, autumn is a time for discovering new joys The autumn months can fill gardeners with both joy and dread. On the one hand, It’s the perfect time to enjoy planting bulbs, bedding plants, sowing vegetable seeds...
Government under pressure to establish a housing-with-care task force

Government under pressure to establish a housing-with-care task force

ARCO, the representative body for retirement operators, is pushing for a cross-government housing-with-care task force, so the sector can expand and benefit thousands more older people Following an open letter to the Prime Minister in March calling for the 2020s to be...
Flower Power at Woodchester Valley Village

Flower Power at Woodchester Valley Village

Woodchester Valley retirement village ran a tallest sunflower competition this summer, with entries grown from seed  In this, the second sunflower competition, not all entrants managed to produce a sunflower, as some were eaten by bugs, and one – allegedly – was eaten...
Beechcroft launches new development in Watlington, Oxfordshire

Beechcroft launches new development in Watlington, Oxfordshire

Retirement specialist Beechcroft opens two show homes at new Oxfordshire development Designed for the over 55s, Castle Gardens is a collection of 41 one and two-bedroom apartments and two and three-bedroom houses set within landscaped communal gardens less than half a...
Why moving to a retirement development will transform your life

Why moving to a retirement development will transform your life

Downsizing to a later-living apartment is a massive step and the decision-making process raises a lot of questions You are probably asking yourself. If I leave my large family home will I miss the extra space, the garden – the memories? Will I fit in and make new...
Launch of Mount Battenhall in Worcester

Launch of Mount Battenhall in Worcester

Enterprise Retirement Living launched Mount Battenhall, Worcester, in typical style with a party of invited guests and owners. Mountbatten Hall is ERL’s third retirement village and its most historic. Guests at the opening event last week included the Mayor of...