News and events

As the country basked in record breaking heat, there was no chance that were going to miss out on the fun! In August 2020, we celebrated our annual Fremantle in Bloom event along with our residents. All of our residential homes and supported living services took part, making their gardens,...

Here at the Fremantle Trust we are always learning, and we are actively seeking your feedback to help with this. Some of our residents, their relatives and our staff have worked with Healthwatch Bucks to design two surveys that capture people’s experiences in care homes during the coronavirus...

We are pleased that many people have taken the opportunity to safely visit their relatives and friends in our homes over the past few weeks. Hopefully the lovely weather we’re having will help this to continue. We have updated our policy on safe visits to care homes, in line with the recent...

In the last few days we have been affected by a virus in our IT system. This has been very disruptive. We are very sorry if you have been inconvenienced by this issue and thank you for your patience. We do not believe that the security of our data is compromised, but we are working with IT experts...

This week we move a little closer to opening up our homes and services to visitors again. We are looking at how other operators have set up indoor visitor rooms and we plan to do the same. We remain vigilant with regard to infection control and continue to monitor any suspected cases of coronavirus...

Our services have been getting creative during this unprecedented time. Milton Keynes Supported Living (MKSL), one of the Learning Disability services in The Fremantle Trust, have been taking their support for tenants and their family members to new heights. Sarah Jessup, a tenant at MKSL, decided...

As we move out of the crisis caused by coronavirus and return to normal it is time for us to reflect on what has happened so far. It is unbelievably sad that people have lost their loved ones so suddenly in unforeseen circumstances. I am very sorry for the loss of the residents who passed away. I...

We have now restored all of our IT systems following problems earlier this week and are now operating normally. We apologise for any delays in responding to communications you sent us. We are working through the backlog of enquiries as quickly as we can. However, we have not been able to restore...

Ruby Blake is a resident at The Heights nursing home in Downley, High Wycombe. We organised for Ruby to do a podcast with The Times so that she could talk about her experience of living in a care home during lockdown. Ruby commented on how she enjoys life at The Heights – how she is still doing...

The support that has been shown by local community groups, schools, colleges, food companies and various individuals has been truly heart-warming and much appreciated by our homes. Fremantle Court in Stoke Mandeville usually have 7 volunteers from Aylesbury Vale Academy volunteering in the home as...