Retirement development wins 1st place in local gardening competition
A FirstPort retirement development in Surrey has been awarded first place in this year’s Runnymede in Bloom gardening competition. The Lodge – an independent-living retirement development in Englefield Green –…
Residents’ thoughts on what makes a happy community
Written by Carlota Stock da Cunha, FirstPort Intern As part of my two-week internship with FirstPort, the residents of Compton Court in Southbourne welcomed me to join them for their…
FirstPort residents’ knitting club donates over 100 baby clothes to Liverpool hospitals
Residents at a FirstPort retirement development in Woolton have knitted and donated over 100 newborn baby clothes and raised hundreds of pounds over the past year for two Liverpool hospitals…
The UK’s top retirement hotspots revealed – ‘you just can’t beat it!’
Property management company FirstPort has teamed up with retirement property specialists Retirement Homesearch to find out which areas of the country are top of the leaderboard among retirees looking to…
Retirement community hosts art exhibition to celebrate creative residents
Residents at a retirement development in Morpeth, Northumberland, have unearthed a wealth of artistic talent amongst them, through a series of arts and crafts sessions. As the sessions grew in…
Residents awarded grant to support community gardening club
Funding provided by Live Longer Better – a programme to promote health and wellbeing – will help a group of Paignton retirees expand their popular community gardening club, which was…
Retirement development hosts residents’ marriage celebrations
It’s been a busy time for two retirees at FirstPort’s Poplar Court in Lytham St Annes’s. First moving into the development, then arranging a civil ceremony to show their commitment…
FirstPort retirement development awarded 2nd place in local gardening competition
A FirstPort retirement development has secured second place in this year’s Runnymede in Bloom gardening competition. Onslow Mews – an independent-living retirement development in Surrey – was awarded second place…
Retiree using his art skills to raise money for charity
FirstPort customer and self-taught artist Brian Francis, 89, has been putting his art skills to the test by selling his paintings to raise money for research into cancer. Brian, a…
Community painting class is a ‘saviour’ for residents this Christmas – ‘It keeps spirits high!’
A group of retirees from Herne Bay say their retirement development’s painting class has given them a new lease of life, particularly during this festive season. The class takes place…
