We are delighted to share with you the 2023 'Our Year in Review'!
Some of our highlights include:
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Happy Valentine's Day
Water Royd care home celebrated Valentine's Day in style... they enjoyed a singalong and had strawberry and marshmallow skewers (covered in chocolate, of course!). Everyone was then treated to a Valentine's gift, and had the opportunity to take part in a Valentine's photoshoot. The images turned out great. After, they finished off the day with a nice cup of tea and reminisced on past Valentine's Days.
Pancake Day
Glennie House celebrated pancake day with a special visit from 'Get Stacked Pancake Van'. Everyone enjoyed their tasty treat, followed by an afternoon of singing and dancing with live entertainment from singer Charlie and his guitar.
Chinese New Year
Chartwell Manor celebrated Chinese New Year with their chef Jinfu. He spoke to the people living with us about Chinese traditions, and taught everyone how to use chopsticks. This was followed by a quiz, games, and lots of fun with family and friends.
Year in Review 2023
Opening soon... Bentley Grange Care Home, Biddenham
Situated in the pretty village of Biddenham in Bedfordshire, just 2 miles from the bustling market town of Bedford, Bentley Grange is a brand-new purpose-built luxury care home with 60 spacious en-suite rooms.
Our aim is to provide exceptional and personalised residential, dementia and nursing care in a high-quality and tranquil setting.
Opening soon... Claremont Manor Care Home, Dawlish
Situated in the beautiful seaside town of Dawlish, Claremont Manor is a brand-new purpose-built luxury care home featuring 71 spacious en-suite rooms.
Our aim is to provide exceptional and personalised residential, dementia and nursing care in a high-quality and tranquil setting.
Anti-bullying odd sock day
The people living with us at Bowerfield Court celebrated Anti-Bullying day which is a special event organised by the Anti-Bullying alliance group to raise awareness about the negative impacts of bullying, encourage people to stand up against discrimination and promote the importance of individuality. The people that live with us as well as members of staff wore "odd socks" on the day and managed to raise funds destinated to the Anti-bullying alliance. We would like to thank Amy, the resident's representative for arranging it.
Just Bowl in our Care Homes
Just Bowl is a fun, easy to play form of indoor bowls, which has recently been introduced into our care homes as part of our More...Lifestyle programme. The aim of the game is to skilfully roll the ball onto the highest scoring piece in order to build up points and contribute to the team’s overall result. Our partnership with Just Bowl has been brilliant so far; we have seen the people living with us benefit in so many different ways.
Acorn House awards ceremony
At Acorn House we had our very own awards ceremony to show appreciation to all staff members within the home.The people living with us spent the previous month voting for staff members ensuring everybody got a certificate of appreciation and a small gift. Our lovely Eileen was more than happy to help present our awards with the manager.
We also had entertainment from the wonderful singer Louis Devere, everyone had a fantastic time singing and dancing along. It was a fantastic day.
Claremont visit Co-op's coffee morning
We would like to say a huge thank you to Dawlish CoOp Funeralcare for allowing us to join them at their superhero themed coffee morning for Barnardo’s. This year Coop Funeralcare are working together with Barnardo’s by fundraising to help them bring communities together to support young people.