Unless you've been living on a desert island for the last few days you’ll know that a future British Monarch was born last week. Everyone here at Ostrich would like to offer once more our congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and wish them all the best for
It’s been pretty hard to miss, but earlier this week, Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge delivered their first child and the third in line to the British throne. Everyone at Ostrich would like to extend our congratulations to the Royal couple and wish them all
Last Saturday 20th July was the World Snail Racing Championship and this gave us the idea to write a blog about the benefits of taking our time. We live in a world where thousands of things happen at the same time and everything goes so fast that it’s hard to
At Ostrich we've talked about what we can do to help carers and people with dementia (creating dementia-friendly gardens, using films to trigger memories or Talking Mats to communicate) and we are very happy now to be able to share with you the inspiring life of Norman Mc Namara, who’s
The British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield started on 14th July, so at Ostrich we thought it would be great to talk about the health benefits that playing Golf can have for the elderly and patients suffering with Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. This article is also dedicated to one of
From the 14th-21st July the Ultra6 Challenge team are aiming to raise over £50,000 for charity. The challenge is to set a new World Record by running and cycling 126.2 miles per day from Lands End to John O’Groats.The challenge, set over 6.4 days will see Andy North, Ben Wood,
Here at Ostrich we would like to offer our thanks to Dr Joan Murphy, Co-Director of Talking Mats Ltd for writing this guest blog on how Talking Mats can help patients with dementia express their views.Rita lives in a care home and has moderate/late stage dementia. She likes having a
At Ostrich we are extremely happy to invite celebrated garden designer and broadcaster Chris Beardshaw to describe why promoting the work of charities and campaigns is so important to him.“For me producing a show garden is a highly creative process whatever the client. But when I am asked to produce
Thanks to Rosie from St Catherine’s Hospice for guest blogging for Ostrich and for telling us more on their upcoming Midnight Walk event. As part of the hospice's 30th anniversary celebrations, St Catherine's will be going back to its roots for a special 1980s themed Midnight Walk on Saturday 13th