
How to boost our immune system
Rosemary Conley CBE, Editor-in-Chief of FirstPort’s Life & Style magazine, is working on a new initiative to help people stay fit and healthy during the coronavirus outbreak. In this blog…

Pride Month – Andrew’s Story
As we enter ‘Pride Month’, our Retirement Assistant Estate Manager, Andrew Lee, discusses the history of the term ‘Queer’ and how a once derogatory term has now become a celebrated…

Rosemary’s top tips for developing a positive attitude
By Rosemary Conley CBE, Editor-in-Chief, Life & Style magazine. I’ve been delighted to support FirstPort’s residents with top tips on how to stay healthy and active at a time when…

Using technology to connect with the people you love
We came together with Barclays in 2016 to launch the FirstPort Digital Eagles Initiative, and since then it has allowed us to create a ‘digital community’ across FirstPort. Digital Eagles’…

Mental Health Awareness – Sharon’s story
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week our colleague, Sharon Guinnane, shares her personal experience of mental health and how she made changes to support her wellbeing. I started my…

Rosemary’s nine steps: How to boost our immune systems
Rosemary Conley CBE, Editor-in-Chief of FirstPort’s Life & Style magazine, is working on a new initiative to help people stay fit and healthy during the coronavirus outbreak. In this blog…

Tips for managing stress (Pt 3)
By Von Corner, Development Manager, FirstPort How are you feeling today? Happy? Sad? Stressed? I want to talk to you about stress, how it makes us feel and how it…

Tips for managing stress (Pt 2)
By Beth Lancaster, Senior Property Manager, FirstPort Being a Property Manager can be stressful. There’s a lot of responsibility that comes with being the eyes and ears of a site,…

Tips for managing stress (Pt 1)
By Suzanne Ashworth, Visiting Development Manager, FirstPort In a career before FirstPort, I spent many years teaching adults in community settings and one of the most popular courses I ran…

Time on our hands? Don’t let staying at home stop you from keeping fit!
Working with diet and fitness expert Rosemary Conley CBE, Editor-in-Chief of FirstPort’s Life & Style magazine, FirstPort is launching a series of filmed mini-workouts. In this blog Rosemary reminds us…