Glen Bridge is a division of St.Joseph's Foundation

Glen Bridge is the new name which the products and services produced by St Joseph's Foundation will be known. Together with the staff and service users we have created a new identity to cover the full range of products we produce. After a programme of research and consultation the Glen Bridge brand name and design was selected to highlight our local attachment and reflect the high standards of everything we provide. We are committed to ensuring that the Glen Bridge name will be associated with the quality produce offered by St Joseph's Foundation. Glen Bridge is a brand name that belongs to us all. This summer sees the launch of the Glen Bridge identity and all our products will be labelled under the Glen Bridge brand, the new seal of local quality produce.
	Glen Bridge Craft Under the Glen Bridge Craft label, we design and produce unique high quality craft work.  In the Adult day services, service users participate in and develop creative skills through a varied art and craft programme. The work is designed to encourage, support and enable all who are interested in the decorative arts.   The establishment of the Forge Craft Shop allowed St. Josephs Foundation to display our craft work locally and also provided opportunities for public interaction, involvement and accessibility. Over the years we have created various work in Papier Mache, Mosaic, Textiles, Card making, Candles, Jewellery etc.   We have also contributed to group exhibitions and our work has been presented to individuals as recognition for their support towards St. Joseph’s Foundation Our current contemporary range of work can be seen and purchased in The Forge Craft shop
	THE FORGE COFFEE SHOP In 2003, The Forge Coffee Shop was established to provide an outlet for service users to develop further skills in addition to providing services and facilities for the local community to avail of.  The service users get an opportunity to train and work in a catering environment and progress to greater levels of independence and integration. The Coffee Shop seats 48 and provides a warm and friendly atmosphere for both service users and customers.   The service users at the Forge work in a creative environment in which they receive daily training in all areas of food preparation and service.  Working together with our team of service users, chefs and counter staff, we have created a range of homemade products under the name Glen Bridge of which we are very proud. The Forge is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm.   Breakfast is served till 11.30am and is very popular as are the homemade scones fresh from the oven every morning served with homemade jam and cream.  Homemade brown bread is available daily; also very popular is our seeded health bread for the more health conscious. As well as providing soup, sandwiches, toasties, panini’s, hot wraps, baked potatoes etc. every day and also have daily specials.  Mouth-watering desserts are also available from our display counter daily.   So maybe you would just like to treat yourself to a coffee and something sweet and delicious! If you would like to hold a function at home we provide wonderfully tasty salads and desserts to help your party be a roaring success for all your family and friends. A wide range of home baking is also done on the premises on a daily basis e.g. Madeira Cakes, Carrot Cakes, Chocolate Fudge cakes, Porter Cakes, Banana Cakes, Apple Tarts as well as delicious Cheese Cakes, Banoffi Pie, Mousse Cakes, Tiramisu, Pavlovas and Roulades etc and a wide selection of Christmas Cakes and Puddings. We have also been approved by the HSE to make gluten-free products and have an extensive range including gluten free birthday cakes (also made to order). In 2007, the Chefs in the Forge produced a Recipe Book that can be purchased for €10 and is proving very popular. The staff and services users at the Forge look forward to seeing you and also to provide you with a service that you enjoy and hopefully come back to see us again and again. Contact The Forge Coffee Shop from 9am to 4pm at (063) 30103
	Glen Bridge Garden Centre
	Selection of summer bedding and ornaments Glen Bridge Garden Centre is situated in the heart of St. Joseph's Foundation Baker's Road, Charleville, Co. Cork. It is a horticultural unit consisting of a garden centre, nursery and maintenance team. The garden centre is open Monday to Friday all year round with seasonal interests, selling a wide variety of top quality trees, shrubs, bedding plants, pots, ornaments, compost and a range of horticultural sundries. In the spring/summer season a wide variety of summer bedding plants are sold and a service available for the potting up of containers and baskets to order.
	Wide selection of pots available A wide selection of pots and ornaments are for sale, including bird baths. Pots are available in a variety of shapes, sizes and colour and can be potted up to order.
	Christmas time in the garden centre In the winter time the garden centre shop sells a wide variety of Christmas ornaments and gifts, as well as Christmas trees and wreaths. Christmas wreaths can be made to order and Christmas trees can be delivered locally.
	Sensory and Organic Gardens There are also Sensory and Organic gardens planted parallel to the garden centre. These gardens provide a tranquil area in the foundation and a wealth of sensory experiences. Within the unit, full time and part time service users are trained in a variety of horticultural and life skills. Training is given in a fully functional business setting equipping service users with skills which can be potentially used in main stream employment.
	Glen Bridge Print Located at The Forge, Glen Bridge Print provides an extensive print service for business and personal requirements. All elements of the print process is managed through our print department from layout to finishing. Glen Bridge Print enables the service users to integrate into all elements of the process and cultivate new skills across every element of the print department's activities. Glen Bridge Print provides stationary, invoice books, business forms, tickets, social and business print for a wide range of customers from sports clubs to local businesses. Glen Bridge Print also supplies a large range of  sports trophies, including plaques and medals to schools and sports clubs throughout the region. GAA, soccer, athletics, swimming and golf are all catered for. Catalogue and price list of trophies available to clubs and schools. Contact David Lahiff, Supervisor, Print Workshop, 9 to 4.30 p.m. on               063-30104        or contact Mobile:               087-4190300       .
	Glen Bridge Industrial Sewing Glenbridge industrial sewing, located in the Bakers road campus, provides our service users with the opportunity to learn and develop valuable skills in the production of a wide variety of items such as dog covers for track and coursing, cushions, industrial disposable wear. The sewing department also produces a variety of badges in honour of our patron saint St.Parick.  We also supply communion and confirmation rosettes for home and export use.  In 2007 we in sewing department invested in a new embroidery machine, which personalizes towels, facecloths, tablecloths, serviettes and baby presents, such as sheet sets, and blankets. In 2008 it is proposed to introduce the production of graphic printing on tee-shirts etc., since the introduction of a new Ultra Graphics Machine.
	GLEN BRIDGE CERAMICS In ceramics we work with clay which is pliable in its natural plastic state and when heated to extreme temperatures in a large kiln it becomes durable and hard.  Clay is a captivating material.  Its very nature as a soft pliable material allows us to manipulate, mount and model it into creative forms.   In our ceramics workshop we work with a wide variety of techniques and processes, encouraging a relaxed creative environment for our service users. For our services users with mild to moderate disabilities we envisage: Working with clay, coil building, building with clay slab and using modelling skills. Using moulds to make bowls and platters, which can be decorated with various surface decoration techniques. Painting, stencilling and sponge printing onto bought-in bisque ceramic ware. Working with our service users who are more challenged, we aspire to creating an environment where we are involved in the manipulation of the material: Encouraging the use of fine motor skills and arm and hand dexterity. Providing a sensory experience Using the clay as a trigger for communication within the small working group and between the service users and staff. Using vocabulary to talk about what we are doing when manipulating the clay. Working with the clay is an enjoyable experience like working in the garden; one gets a sense of forging a relationship with the clay, with the earth.  One can also look forward to the great satisfaction that comes from expressing one’s self in a tactile and creative way. Contact Rose Hanley, Supervisor, Ceramics Workshop 9 to 4.30 p.m. on 063-89252 or (063) 33628.

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