Launch of our ‘Cooking for One’ book and the opening of our Harleston Branch

This is the year that saw the easing of Covid restrictions, and some sense of returning to normality.

We continued to support The Blossom Charity by participating in their Eye sculpture trail, this year by decorating a tortoise that we named ‘Hope’. We were really proud of our design which Paul Rackham painted, so much so that we bought it at the auction and you can see it in front of Rosedale House in Diss.

Perhaps that most significant thing we achieved this year was the launching of the Cooking for One book. This was Simon’s brainchild, and was inspired by feedback from people who attended our bereavement support groups who said how hard they found it to cook for one person. He wanted a book that would not only contain recipes, but would provide meaningful help and support as well.

Rosedale staff took part in LGBTQ+ training so that those using Rosedale could be assured of being treated equally and without judgement. In fact, one of the team members said that when she was arranging with a family, she was able to ask questions that ‘without the LGBTQ+ training I know I would not have felt confident to ask’.

In 2021 we also opened up our seventh branch of Rosedale in the market town of Harleston. This branch linked the Norfolk and Suffolk branches and gave Rosedale the opportunity to bring its bereavement support to another village.