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Jewish Care to resume face-to-face activities
Dementia day centres will be the first to reopen in July, with other venues following later in the month and through August
June 3, 2021 14:05
Dementia day centres will be the first to reopen in July, with other venues following later in the month and through August
June 3, 2021 14:05Jewish Care is set to resume in-person activities in its homes and centres next month.
Government guidelines permitting, members and volunteers will be able to enjoy face-to-face events with residents for the first time in more than a year.
Dementia day centres will be the first to reopen in July, with other venues following later in the month and through August.
Some activities which have been moved to synagogue halls and communal buildings will not reopen to the public until after the High Holy Days in October.
Jewish Care will continue to offer many of the virtual support services and activities that it carried out during lockdown.
The organisation will also provide online options for joining in-person activities to ensure that nobody misses out.
Alongside resuming physical events next month, Jewish care will also make a range of changes to the location and operating hours of some services, activities and centres.
The Holocaust Survivors’ Centre in Hendon will be relocated to a dedicated space at the Michael Sobell Jewish Community centre, which forms part of the Maurice and Vivienne Wohl campus in Golders Green.
The Brenner Centre at Raine House will move to operate from local synagogue halls and community buildings in the area, while activities at the Redbridge Jewish Community Centre will also take place across local synagogue halls and communal buildings, as plans to redevelop the existing RJCC site move forward.
Jewish Care will also be opening the brand new Ronson Family Community Centre at Sandringham, which will incorporate activity from the organisation’s Edgware and Harrow Day Centres.
Daniel Carmel-Brown, Chief Executive of Jewish Care, said: “We are delighted to be able to share our plans for re-opening centres and resuming in-person activity.
“The pandemic has changed the way that many of us operate and Jewish Care is no exception.
“We have taken the opportunity to look at what we can do for our members that better reflects their needs now, the future needs of the community, and how we offer more choice and flexibility moving forward.
“So many of our members have shown incredible resilience and adversity over the last year, and we have seen a huge uptake in our digital events and offering, but for some, this has been no substitute for the company and comfort that in-person activity can offer.
“As long as we are able to do so safely, we are very excited to be able to see our members, volunteers and staff back in our centres and adding to the Jewish Care family.”