Richmond Village Nantwich
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Our sister company Richmond Villages has created several successful retirement villages around the country.
Situated at the edge of the delightful market town of Nantwich in South Cheshire, is the luxury retirement community of Richmond Nantwich. Built around its own pristine bowling green, the architecture reflects the historic, timbered buildings of Nantwich itself. Residents here enjoy being part of a socially active community, with its own superb facilities and the reassurance of as much or as little first class care as they need. We believe it amounts to the very best in Retirement Care in the area and thanks to excellent connections, Chester, Congleton, Crewe, Knutsford, Macclesfield and beyond are all within easy reach.
Living at Richmond Nantwich gives you a wide choice of accommodation, including village apartments providing independent living and assisted living apartments (sometimes referred to as extra care). Richmond Nantwich also has a state of the art residential care home. It also means being able to enjoy superb service, wonderful facilities, first class restaurants and stunning gardens. The village is an active community in its own right as well as interacting well with the wider community in which it exists.
The village boasts a bowling green, restaurants, café, shop, hairdressing salon, award winning gardens and a fleet of vehicles for regular scheduled outings and shopping trips.
For more information on this village, please click on the Richmond Villages website.
Address: St Joseph's Way, London Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 6LZ
General Manager: Lynne Griffin
Contact: Richmond Village Nantwich
Tel: 01270 629080
Richmond Village Nantwich Resident celebrates 104th birthday
There was an extremely special birthday party recently for one of the residents of Richmond Village Nantwich when Mrs Kathleen Haighton celebrated her 104th birthday. Family, friends, staff and residents joined together to wish Kath a very Happy Birthday with the help of Community Champion of the Year, Olwyn Payton from Sainsburys in Nantwich, who had kindly donated a beautiful bouquet of flowers and delicious chocolates. Hilary Minshull, Care Home Manager remarked "We are delighted to be able to celebrate this very special day with Kath. She is a lovely lady and very much part of Richmond Village who puts her longevity down to a small tipple in the evening." Picture - Lynne Griffin, Richmond Village Manager, Kath Haighton, Olwyn Payton from Sainsburys.
Village Raffle Gives Hearing Dogs for Deaf People a Boost
Richmond Village Nantwich held a raffle at their recent Easter Supper Club in aid of The Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Over 30 people attended the event and enjoyed a Carvery Meal, an Easter Quiz and then the raffle was drawn, with a fabulous Spa Weekend for 2 on offer as first prize. Over £60 was raised, and presented to Jacqui Snelson- a representative of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People (see picture). Hilary Minshull, Care Manager, said "The evening was a great success, and we are proud to be doing our bit for a worthy charity. We are now looking forward to Jacqui returning with her associate June and her dog Paddy in June." Pictured: Doreen Riddlestone, Jacqui Snelson and Hospitality Manager Debbie Mercandelli and Mary Davies.
Great British Care Awards
Debbie Mercandelli, Hospitality Manager of Richmond Nantwich, travelled to London recently for the judging of the Great British Care Awards. Debbie and her team were selected as The North West winners of the Hydration and Nutrition Award last year, and are now representing the region in the finals, on the 12th May this year. Debbie has already been named as one of South Cheshire's Employees of the Year, and has also reached the semi-finals of the Barchester Care Awards. Debbie remarked "I am very honoured to be representing the wonderful team here at Richmond Nantwich. Of course, I am also very nervous but we are all looking forward to the Award evening." Lynne Griffin, Village Manager added, "Debbie and her team work extremely hard at providing tasty nutritional food each and every day to our Residents and I am delighted that they have been recognised in this way. We all wish them lots of luck." Picture - Debbie (right) collecting her Employee of the Year Award.
Richmond Residents and Stapeley Broad Lane Primary School Sow Seeds for Wildflowers with the RHS and
Despite typical April showers, residents from Richmond Nantwich welcomed the help of a handful of young keen gardeners from Stapeley Broad Lane Primary this week, to sow the seeds for Wildflowers in the Woodlands at Richmond Village. This years RHS scheme to sow Wildflowers for the future was helped along enthusiastically by both residents and children alike. The ground was prepared previously by Richmond's Gary Lawton- who created four patches of land in the Woodlands in the shape of a square, circle, triangle and diamond. Doug Butterill of the Nantwich in Bloom committee was on hand to make sure all went smoothly. The flowers will now be monitored to see which patch grows the most and quickest and the children will be returning in a couple of months to see the outcome of their plot.
The Great Donate at Richmond Nantwich
Residents and staff from Richmond Village Nantwich took part recently in the "Great Donate" as part of the charity SCOPE's nationwide campaign to increase donations of good quality Wardrobes and cupboards were raided to help fill bags that were collected by staff and volunteers from the local SCOPE shop in Nantwich. Each bag is equivalent to £20 which helps support SCOPE in providing physiotherapy to improve the flexibility and dexterity of an adult or child with cerebral palsy. Village Advisor Alison Harding remarked" We were all delighted to help this very worthwhile cause with the added benefit that our wardrobes now have lots of space!" Pictured Jo Cox - Scope Nantwich Shop Manager, Ian Mack- Assistant Manager and Nicola Tooke Village Advisor at Richmond Village together with Scope Volunteers collect some of the donated bags.
Lynne Griffin - General Manager
The Village Manager is responsible for all aspects of day to day life at the village. She spends time dealing with issues raised by residents, potential residents and staff. Provides support to all the Heads of Department in their roles and help out as and when needed. She is also responsible for maintaining a set budget, future planning for the village, management reporting, etc. Lynne also spends time networking and promoting the village.
Hilary Minshull – Care Home Manager
Hilary is the Care Home Manager for the residential care home within the Nantwich village and has to adhere to the care standards requirements of the care home thus maintaining the care rating given to us by CQC after our inspection report. Her role includes the supervision of all staff and maintaining their morale, including having regular staff meetings to ensure good healthy working relationships within the home.
Alison Harding – Village Adviser
As Village Adviser at Richmond Nantwich, Alison's main responsibilities are to advise on properties and care bed services within the village. This includes ensuring the village is well presented at all times, liaising with prospective clients regarding the sale and purchase of properties, the availability of care beds within the care centre. Liaising with solicitors and estate agents, showing clients around the village and discussing their needs. Alison also promotes the village and attends networking events, writes press releases and assists in the organisation and promotion of events at the village.
Nicola Tooke – Village Adviser
As Village Adviser at Richmond Nantwich, Nicola’s main responsibilities are to advise on properties and care bed services within the village. This includes ensuring the village is well presented at all times, liaising with prospective clients regarding the sale and purchase of properties, the availability of care beds within the care centre. Liaising with solicitors and estate agents, showing clients around the village and discussing their needs. Nicola also promotes the village and attends networking events, writes press releases and assists in the organisation and promotion of events at the village.
Debbie Mercandelli – Hospitality Manager
Debbie’s role as Hospitality Manager means that she is responsible for ordering and maintaining stock levels for the restaurant and also for the hostess services to the Assisted Living Apartments. She has to ensure that rota ensures enough staff to run both the kitchen and the hostess service in the restaurant and assisted living. She maintains overall responsibility for health and safety and food hygiene procedures and ensuring that staff follow these at all times. She liaises with the chef team to produce the menus and update and plan for these on a regular basis.
Joanne Lester – Administrator
Joanne’s role as Administrator is very varied. She is responsible for the day to day running of the Reception area and Administration office. On the Reception side this involves ensuring that our Residents get the best possible Customer Service and that we exceed their expectations wherever possible. On the Administration side she ensures that the Administration office runs smoothly and efficiently, making sure that all deadlines are met relating to the accounts and payroll and that all resident and staff queries are answered within an acceptable time frame.
Maxine Thorpe – Activities Co-ordinator
Maxine’s job is to organise and provide a varied programme of activity for Richmond Nantwich Village. On a day-to-day basis this includes speaking to residents, relatives, friends of residents and staff, to ensure full knowledge of the residents likes, dislikes, interests and abilities. She delivers activity sessions within the village and explores the most appropriate methods and resources for meeting activity needs including group events, individual sessions, involving internal and external resources and community based resources.
John Mercandelli – Maintenance Manager
As Maintenance Manager John’s day varies from unblocking a drain, to making arrangements for long term maintenance to changing light bulbs. He is responsible for a small team of staff, but also for any external labour that may come on to site, to ensure that they follow health and safety procedures and maintain a high standard of work.
Jonathan Basford – Head Gardener
Jonathan is Head Gardener at Richmond Nantwich, it is his responsibility to ensure that the gardens are well maintained and look stunning at all times. He decides what should be planted in which areas, arranges deliveries of gardening supplies and carries out lawn maintenance. Richmond Nantwich has award winning gardens and was recently a finalist in the 2011Barchester in Bloom competition.