{"id":1485,"date":"2024-07-18T13:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T12:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/residents-thoughts-on-what-makes-a-happy-community\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:10:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:10:41","slug":"residents-thoughts-on-what-makes-a-happy-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/retirement-living\/residents-thoughts-on-what-makes-a-happy-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents\u2019 thoughts on what makes a happy community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Carlota Stock da Cunha, FirstPort Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of my two-week internship with FirstPort, the residents of Compton Court in Southbourne welcomed me to join them for their coffee morning so I could find out what it\u2019s really like to live in their community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Inez,<\/strong> has lived at Compton Court for 15 years and commented \u201cI always feel safe, with the Development Manager and general security across the development. Everyone looks out for each other.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

By contrast Josie<\/strong>, only moved in six days ago, and is already enjoying development life, commenting: \u201cEveryone has been so welcoming, and I felt at home straight away. I am so lucky to be here.\u201d \u00a0<\/em>Josie\u2019s daughter, Alison<\/strong>, added: \u201cI am so relieved how smoothly the move went. It feels like a fancy alternative to a student dorm. I think mum will be very happy here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Patrick<\/strong> is one of only three men to reside at Compton Court and said: \u201cI don\u2019t mind being<\/em> outnumbered by the ladies – I really enjoy it. I organise a card\u2019s night every Thursday which is a good laugh and brings everyone together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Another resident, Val <\/strong>commented: \u201cMy only regret is not doing it sooner. After initial feelings of uncertainty when I first moved in, the welcoming environment and atmosphere of the development changed my opinion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Louise<\/strong> is the youngest resident at Compton Court, aged 63, and still works two days a week. She said: \u201cI\u2019ve made so many friends here. There\u2019s a group of us that regularly socialise either in the lounge or in the garden having a glass of wine. We all help each other. Recently I had an accident which meant I was not very mobile, and everyone rallied around to help me round the clock.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Lynne<\/strong>, author of the poetry book entitled \u2018Feelings of Life: In Rhyme,<\/a>\u2019 has been a resident at Compton Court for nearly three years. She said: \u201cI love it here. It\u2019s a good area with great accessibility. It has recently been painted, and it looks very well-kept”<\/em><\/p>\n

Sonia <\/strong>moved to Compton Court from a large home five years ago and commended: \u201cI feel secure. At the beginning, I was uncertain; but little by little, you get used to the people and the benefits of seeing them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Compton Court\u2019s longest-residing resident concluded: \u201cIt\u2019s a very safe environment. I feel comfortable here and have done for the last 22 years. It\u2019s why I haven\u2019t left.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Carlota Stock da Cunha, FirstPort Intern As part of my two-week internship with FirstPort, the residents of Compton Court in Southbourne welcomed me to join them for their coffee morning so I could find out what it\u2019s really like to live in their community. Inez, has lived at Compton Court for 15 years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,38,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-real-residents","category-retirement-living"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1487,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions\/1487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}