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For Black History Month the people living at The Hawthorns have been involved in a number of activities, including quizzes to identify some of the most influential people and learning more about them.  We also completed word searches and posters.

As the days get shorter we begin to think about the beautiful season, Autumn.  With this in mind, the creative minds at Deepdene took to drawing stunning Autumn leaves coloured with autumnal pastel colours.

Allingham House was nominated on three of the Care Award categories. All our nominees received a trophy as a recognition for the hard and devoted work that they deliver every day in our home. Also, John Harte, one of our nominees was awarded with the Maintenance Person Of The Year.

Healthy body equals to a healthy mind and so being active is a priority at Mary Chapman Court.  Two of the favourite activities are Fly Balloon, which always starts the laughter and good old catch which always highlights the budding tennis aces in our midst.

Since we're making lovely and yummy cupcakes, our team decided that it's time for a cake shop. Our cake shop raised £77. Our staff and visitors all participated in it. Our residents enjoyed selling and eating our cakes. A big thank you for all who supported our little cake shop!

We know that we are nothing at all without our fantastic people – the individuals and teams who make up the Maria Mallaband family – so our seventh annual company-wide awards were the perfect opportunity to recognise and celebrate some of our high flyers who hav

Let's celebrate! A vibrant atmosphere, dancing with friends, neon hats and chocolates for everyone! What a great day and what a privilege to share in the celebrations together. Residents and staff filled the room with lots of smiles and laughter too.

The people who live and work at The Hawthorns showed their support for World Alzheimer’s Day 2021 by decorating purple ribbons which are on display in our home.

There was also an afternoon of fun playing a memory game all together.

Manorhey joined in on the care awards last month. We arranged an Oscar themed party. Along with the residents the staff enjoyed prosecco with strawberries, a spread of hot and cold buffet and an Oscar themed cake which was made by our activities Co-Ordinator.

We celebrated the care awards in good style with flowing refreshments, alcohol and non-alcoholic followed with a buffet tea. We also combined Macmillan afternoon with a great bake off, a few of the residents judged the cakes and found myself, Tina, the over all winner, with Joanne the runner up.

Our activities coordinator Katie and residents Maureen and Annette, all enjoyed a catch up with me and Ron from Bowerfield House. We met up at Brookside Garden Centre and had some lunch which we all enjoyed and we had a good chat and the food was delicious, followed by a good look aroun

Cedar Court had an amazing afternoon at the recent care awards, winning 3 out of the 7 categories they were nominated for.

Donut you just love a sweet treat, well here at Manorhey we received a lovely gesture from a residents family to show their appreciation for the care that has been provided by all staff in all departments at Manorhey.

Bowerfield House has started our garden make over. We would like to thank John, one of our residents husband, for helping us cut down all the bushes so we can paint the fence. Myself, Megan and Rosie helped out too by painting the fence a lovely sky blue, it was great team work.

Bowerfield House had a great morning at our Macmillan Coffee Morning, we had lots of cakes and biscuits and we raised a fantastic £30.47.

Bowerfield House had a full day of fun baking gingerbread biscuits and cookies earlier this month.

Residents and staff from Belmont House enjoyed a lovely afternoon walk around Belmont Park.