{"id":1491,"date":"2024-08-22T13:41:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/residents-and-staff-celebrate-25-years-of-perth-retirement-development\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:41:50","slug":"residents-and-staff-celebrate-25-years-of-perth-retirement-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/community\/residents-and-staff-celebrate-25-years-of-perth-retirement-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents and staff celebrate 25 years of Perth retirement development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents and FirstPort colleagues at Knights Court in Perth have celebrated 25 years since their retirement development first opened its doors with a summer party. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Knights Court, an independent living retirement development run by FirstPort, was first officially opened on the 25th of February 1999 by Provost John Culliven. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To celebrate the anniversary, residents opted for a summer party where they gathered in their communal lounge, grabbed a glass of bubbly and enjoyed afternoon tea and music \u2013 all whilst reminiscing about their own memories of life at the retirement development. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a particularly poignant moment for one member of the Knights Court team. Yvonne Stewart first started working as a cleaner at the development just months after it opened in October 1999.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yvonne explained: \u201cIt\u2019s a great family environment here and a wonderful community. Having worked here for almost 25 years, you definitely get to know everyone living at the development and their families, and you pick up when someone is not themselves.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst I\u2019ve never really reflected on it, it\u2019s been a wonderful journey working here and it\u2019s certainly not finished yet.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking about Yvonne\u2019s positive impact at the development, FirstPort Development Manager Frank <\/span>McEwan <\/span>said: \u201cYvonne is a huge part of our community here. She is always there to support me and the residents, and we definitely don\u2019t want her to ever leave!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The party was also particularly special for three residents \u2013 Cathy and Jack McIntyre and Irene Butchart \u2013 who have all lived at the development for over two decades. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To celebrate their time at Knights Court, they were each presented with a bouquet of flowers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Frank added: \u201cThe party made for a lovely afternoon. But we don\u2019t always need a special occasion to get the residents together. We have lots of afternoon activities, and get-togethers.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, some people can be involved in events that happen here and other people just do their own thing. And there’s no pressure and everybody can be themselves, which is great.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Residents and FirstPort colleagues at Knights Court in Perth have celebrated 25 years since their retirement development first opened its doors with a summer party. \u00a0 Knights Court, an independent living retirement development run by FirstPort, was first officially opened on the 25th of February 1999 by Provost John Culliven. \u00a0 To celebrate the anniversary, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491","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=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstport.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}