WELCOME TO PEPENBURY

Pepenbury is a registered charity that supports people with learning disabilities.

Pepenbury provides residential homes, day services and supports people to live independently in the community. Pepenbury also offers a wide range of activities including art and crafts, music, pottery and gardening.

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PEPENBURY FAMILY WEEK PICNIC

Pepenbury held a family picnic on Monday 31st May to celebrate National Family week and to promote the Food4Thought and recycling projects taking place at Pepenbury.  Despite the cool cloudy weather a good crowd turned out and enjoyed healthy food, games, and great music from local musicians Jay and Maz.  The children had a great time exploring the woods, making forts, listening to stories and having a go at ‘Wellie throwing’.  ‘Enviroman’ a figure made out of recycled materials was on hand to take care of any waste material.

A special thank you to all the volunteers and Pepenbury personnel for helping out with the event and a big thank you to Jay and Maz for playing their music.  We are planning to hold similar events in future.  For further details contact Darren Smith on 01892 822168 or email: darrensmith@pepenbury.info

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ROSA MONKTON & DOMINIC LAWSON VISIT PEPENBURY

Now better known as Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, Rosa Monkton is well known as having been a good friend of the late Princess Diana and is an active supporter of a number of charities. Dominic is a columnist for a number of newspapers and is the son of ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson and brother of Nigella.

Both found time from their busy schedules to spend a couple of hours with us and find out more about what we do. They seemed impressed and we hope that this will not be their last visit.

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THANKS TO TUNBRIDGE WELLS BOYS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

We would like to thank the Grammar School for inviting us to talk to senior pupils about Pepenbury and about career opportunities in care.

It is always good to have the opportunity to give youngsters a better understanding about learning disability and of the things that people can achieve given the right environment. 

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CHANGING FRIENDS

For many years the Friends of Pepenbury has supported the residents by providing much needed funds for things like outings and Christmas presents.

Most Friends have been parents of residents at the main site but Pepenbury is now a lot more than the residential home in Cornford Lane, Pembury – covering other residential sites, domiciliary care, supported living and Acorn day activities. So the Friends now feel that membership should be widened to involve volunteers who want to support us and the scope of activities extended. There will be opportunities for people to get involved at all levels, from simply just paying an annual subscription through to having a real involvement in fundraising.

The change will happen soon and we will keep readers up to date as things develop.

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A BIG VOTE OF THANKS TO WEST KENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Thanks to the Committee and Members of the West Kent Chamber of Commerce for making Pepenbury their Charity of the Year for 2010. Pepenbury has been a member of the Chamber for a few years now and has been pleased to host three Business Development evenings on site.

We look forward to working with WKCC over the next 12 months. 

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DIARY OF EVENTS

August

Sunday 22         Live Music & BBQ             Retreat Tunbridge Wells

September

Saturday 4         Open Day                        Pepenbury

Saturday 11       Dragon Boat Festival       Bewl Water

November

Saturday 27        West Kent Quiz              Pembury Village Hall

December

TBC           Carol Concert   St. Peter's Upper Church

For further details either click on the event or contact Nigel Hill on 01892 820337, e-mail nigelhill@pepenbury.info

If you have any ideas about new events or would like to organise one yourself, we would be more than happy to help.  For more details call us on 01892 822168.

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K.H.o.C.A CARD COMPETITION

In March the Art Studio entered lots of beautiful art work into the K.H.o.C.A Christmas card competition.  From all the nationwide entries the first and second prize went to two students of Pepenbury Art Studio.

First Prize of £100 went to Linda Reed for her fabulous drawings.  Linda has said she is going to spend her prize money on a new camera!

Second Prize of £50 went to Tom McBean for his amazing collage work.

Congratulations to the both of you, we look forward to seeing your work on the Christmas cards of 2010.  You can buy these fantastic K.H.o.C.A Christmas cards on the website: www.khoca.co.uk

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THE NEVILLE GOLF CLUB DONATION

Thank you to the Neville Golf Club for making a donation of £9,000 from their Captains Charity of the Year fundraising activities. Members of the golf club have been fundraising and the donation will help the arts and crafts and the therapeutic gardening facilities at the Primrose Project.

Men’s captain Paul Robertson and Ladies’ captain Hilary Rustad paid a visit to the Primrose project to make the presentation.

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PEPENBURY FOOD4THOUGHT

Pepenbury is launching an exciting new food-growing project called Food4 Thought.

The food- growing project will be coordinated from Pepenbury, Cornford Lane, Pembury, and will work in partnership with Sherwood Park School, Little Forests Children Centre, Oakley School, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and the Kent High Weald Partnership.

                                                                 Click here to find out more >

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ALICE COMES TO PEPENBURY

The Pepenbury woodlands were transformed into wonderland as children of all ages followed the white rabbits on a trail to meet the mad hatter and the blue caterpillar.  Afterwards a Mad Hatter’s Tea party was offered by Pepenbury coffee shop, with lots of lovely cakes.  All the children enjoyed playing the very silly (what do you expect from Wonderland!) games, led by the Ace of spades and the Ace of Hearts.  A wonderful day was enjoyed by all. 

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JOIN THE FRIENDS OF PEPENBURY

Donation income is becoming increasingly important and it is essential that we continue to find the resources so the people in our care can lead active, happy and fulfilling lives.

Joining ‘The Friends of Pepenbury’ is your chance to support the valuable work of Pepenbury and gives you the opportunity to make a real difference by helping to provide the resources that change lives through supporting improved care and leisure facilities.

Click here to download an application form: