Spring has sprung here at Red Deer Village, the exclusive over-50’s park home community on the outskirts of Glasgow City, Scotland. Our residential village has seen some changes in the first quarter of 2025 with new staff, new residents, new skills and new ideas! Read on to stay up to date with Glasgow’s retirement village’s spring news 2025.

Celebration of Service

We kick off our 2025 spring news with a celebration of service. This April, we said a huge congratulations and well deserved thank you to 2 members of our staff. Elizabeth has spent 6 years with Red Deer Village as our wonderful receptionist. Elizabeth has a great knack for interior design, and is responsible for dressing all of our lovely new residential park homes for sale! We also celebrated Peter, who has been with us for 2 years now. Peter is a member of our maintenance and gardening team. He takes on the task of ensuring our park is kept beautiful for all of our guests and residents. Thank you to both Elizabeth and Peter for the great work you do.

Welcome to Red Deer Village

We would like to say a massive welcome to Jackie and James Robb who have joined us here at Red Deer Village. Jackie and James had this to say about their experience so far of the village:

“We’d like everyone to know how much we LOVE living at Red Deer Village. We’ve never felt so relaxed and happy as we do now! Everyone we’ve met have been super friendly and welcoming. It’s literally the BEST move we’ve ever made❤️. To anyone considering moving into Red Deer, do it!! It’s a move you’ll NEVER regret 🤗…”

We’re so happy they are enjoying being a part of the community and have settled in nicely! Jackie and James are our newest residents, moving into the latest phase 4 development. If you are considering becoming a neighbour at Red Deer Village, you can view our residential park homes available for purchase here. Read on to learn about our Spring Savings currently available!

 

Essential Life-Saving Skills

On Friday 11th April, all of our staff completed their Emergency First Aid at Work training, provided by David from Wallace Cameron Training. Essential skills were learned, such as how to assess someones needs, perform CPR and use a defibrillator.

With so many guests and residents staying with us here at Red Deer Village, it is important to us that our staff are confident in caring for someone in an unfortunate circumstance, should it be necessary.

Red Deer Village Team Growth

Some exciting spring news for 2025 – we have welcomed 4 new members to the team at Red Deer Village. We have been joined by Megan and Harry, who have taken on the role of Park Wardens and oversee the running of Red Deer Village Holiday Park. We have a new member of the Housekeeping Team, Isla, who works alongside Betty ensuring all of our holiday homes are kept immaculate for our guests. Lastly we have Jasmine, who has joined the Office Team and is responsible for the advertising of our beautiful Village. Pictured below are Harry and Megan with their dog, Pablo!

Neighbour Nights

Each month, our residents host a schedule of events, namely bingo, quiz and social nights, in support of our charity of the month. This year, these events are led by two of our residents, Val and Kenny. These events have done a wonderful job of contributing to our overall charity totals raised each month. Some photos of our social nights are below!

Community First – Spring 2025 Donations

In 2025 so far, from our residents’ bingo nights and from our donation tins, we have raised £220.11. We are delighted to be able to share that in January, we were able to gift the Salvation Army with the £39.40 raised for them.

At our February bingo night, an amazing £34.50 was raised for Scottish SPCA. This brought the total for the month to £74.59. In March, £20 was raised for Help For Heroes at the residents’ bingo night, raising the total to an amazing £68.12. In April for Make a Wish, our residents’ bingo raised an incredible £38. Be sure to follow us on Facebook to find out the total raised for Make a Wish by the end of the month. Thank you to Val & Kenny for all the hard work and organisation you do!

Gardening Season

This year, we are delighted to be hosting our third gardening competition at Red Deer Village. The competition will be independently judged by our expert gardeners. Gardens will not only be judged on their aesthetic appeal, but also on habitat provided through the use of different flower species. as this is something we consider in all of our landscaping efforts. There will also be an award for the most transformed garden. The winner will be announced in June. You can stay up to date with the competition by following along on our Facebook page, where we will be posting regular updates. Good luck to all of our residents, we can’t wait to see your works of art!

World Earth Day

April 22nd marks World Earth Day  for this year, which is a global celebration of our planet. Here at Red Deer Village, we pride ourselves on our recognition of the impact we have on the environment in all our operations and aim to reduce any impact where possible. We strive to maintain a high standard of sustainability and have earned multiple gold awards from the David Bellamy Conservation Scheme as a result of our efforts conservation and promoting biodiversity. Two of our wonderful team members, Leah Louise and Elizabeth, have achieved their Carbon Literate awards. They are continually recognising ways our retirement park can reduce its impact on climate change. To read more about our efforts towards reducing our impact on the planet, you can visit our news page, where we post a variety of updates.

NEWS- Spring Savings 2025

Downsize this spring! Our park homes are your answer to a more peaceful, easier way of life. Our residents at Red Deer Village are a community of like-minded people who wish to enjoy their semi or full retirement in the security of a quiet, gated, residential park. There is no better time to join than now with our Spring Savings discounts. Our stunning Omar Image and Regency park homes come fully furnished ready to move in turnkey, with external landscaping manicured to perfection. The Omar Image has been reduced by and incredible £5,000. The Omar Regency by £4,000 – savings which could help towards your moving and legal fees. Our homes really are a must see for yourself. Call our team on 0141 779 2973 to arrange your viewing.  

Bus Trips

Our monthly bus trips to destinations of our residents’ choice have recommenced for spring 2025. Our March trip went to Dunfermline. This month, the bus visited the seaside town of Largs with a full house!

Your Queries Answered

If you are still unsure about village life at our residential park, we encourage you to visit our frequently asked questions. Or, we welcome you to visit Red Deer Village to have a chat with a member of our team. Contact us to arrange a viewing or call on 0141 779 2973 to answer any questions you may have. We look forward to welcoming you to our retirement community soon.