Kisharon has joined calls for those with learning disabilities to have priority access to the Covid vaccine.
Kisharon has joined calls for those with learning disabilities to have priority access to the Covid vaccine.
Team Leader Ade Adeagbo was Kisharon’s first member of staff to have a Covid vaccination. “I feel OK. There were no problems,” he said after the jab at Barnet Hospital. His second dose is scheduled for 18 March.
Warm, safe and meals on tap while the world outside looks grim has the makings of paradise but lockdown has served to underline how much routine matters for men in Kisharon’s supported living.
Kisharon raised more than £5k with its Zoom Firetree chocolate tasting event.
Chanukah with its lights and joy is here, but Debbie, 37, feels adrift. Because of Covid, she is jobless and has stopped volunteering, activities that shaped her week. So, how does she feel about it all? “Doughnut ask!”
In Kisharon’s biggest social enterprise project to date, 1,900 gift sets including an astonishing 85,000 Chanukah candles have been delivered to 16 shuls across London.
Kisharon is helping people with learning disabilities to set up small businesses, filling the gap caused by the loss of countless jobs because of Covid.
Making a purchase at Kisharon’s Gift and Homeware Store, Equal is a double act of kindness, says Manager Andrew Plaskow. You’re buying a gift and, because the shop’s team of volunteers keep running costs low, know that profits will go to charity.
It’s a very different Chanukah this year, but staff across Kisharon have pulled out all the stops to create a buzz of excitement.
