We’re called Everyday Miracles because...
each day, our ‘miracle workers’ visit homes throughout the UK aiming to create small miracles, such as the following...
An old lady sits dozing in a chair in the sitting room of the Care Home that she has lived in for the past 18 months. For months now she has had no social contact, or exercise, or any engagement in any activity, other than dozing. One morning, she is told that there will be some ‘entertainment’ in the sitting room. She nods disinterestedly and resumes dozing.
The ‘entertainment’ arrives and begins. Music is playing. Music that stirs her memory. Perry Como is singing ‘Magic Moments’. A bright, red, shiny, whopper balloon (over 2 feet in diameter) is passed her way and she can hardly believe her eyes. She lifts her hand and gently pats the balloon back to the ‘entertainer’. He sees a youthful light come to her eyes. He pats the balloon to her again, but this time she whacks it back to him as she giggles and smiles. She is ‘alive’ once more.
Life hadn’t left her. She simply hadn’t been getting any stimulation, and in old age it is, in many cases, something that you don’t easily give to yourself. It needs to come from someone. The transformation in the quality of her life from one moment to the next is nothing short of ‘miraculous’.
The ‘entertainer’ of course is much more than an ‘entertainer’. He is an Activity Therapist. He uses different forms of activity to engage and stimulate the people he works with. He knows the healing powers of fun, laughter, joy, playfulness, physical exercise and stimulation.
He’s a Miracle Worker.
Every day, working with our community’s frail and vulnerable people, Miracle Workers create small Miracles by offering attention, care, engagement, and lots of fun and happiness. They stimulate the joy of life and give meaning where there may have been none before.