On the 4th November 2011 at the third Eden Alternative UK Conference held at the Holiday Inn, Chessington; Jacqui Morris, Practice and Development Director for Avante Partnership was awarded her Eden Alternative mentor status of which there are only five in England/Ireland.

Mentors are associates who have distinguished themselves through their work to create better living environments for our elders and ourselves. Eden Mentors are volunteers who work closely with the Eden home office staff and Eden educators to help Eden to grow. They are committed to serving Eden in many different ways, depending upon their skills and talents and availability.

Eden mentors meet twice yearly to bring ideas and proposals to the Eden board, and to help with Eden events.

The conference was a two day event opened by June Burgess, regional co-ordinator, after which followed Dr Bill Thomas, co-founder of the Eden Alternative and Chris Perna, CEO both giving presentations, there were further presentations from homes implementing the Eden Alternative, including, on the second day, Julie Ayres, Home Manager at Honeyfield care home in Hextable, where Dr Thomas also held a question and answer session.

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