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The weather might be cold, wet and windy outside but our Gardening Club at Hope Green continues by 'bringing the outside in'. We care about connecting to nature, and providing our residents the opportunity to get involved whatever the weather and whatever the season.

We had a lovely pamper session yesterday. So many of our lovely ladies had their nails painted, trimmed and filed. They had a great time chatting like we were all in a salon and admiring everyone's colour choice.

In preparation for the return of the church services Michael used his connections in the local community.  He spoke with his contact Alan from the "Men In Sheds",  Alan was a former Cedar Court volunteer and NAPA volunteer of the year, who to part in a group "Men in Sheds" .

The traditional Pancake Day marks the beginning of March and one of the sweetest traditions during this time of the year. Our residents joined the celebrations having delicious pancakes, served with all sort of toppings.

We celebrated pancake day with delicious home made pancakes, served with our favourite toppings, golden syrup was by far the top of the list followed by lemon and a sprinkle of sugar, all served with fresh fruit and cream, we chatted about the significance of Pancake day and what it actually mean

One of our favourite and most popular events here at Abingdon Court is our cookery sessions!

We load our trolley with all of our ingredients, along with our trusty portable oven and gather to collectively create a selection of cakes.

Some of the people living with us here at Brunel recently enjoyed a fun day in the company of 10 year old Ophelia, the daughter of one of our team members.

They played board games, musical games, did some arts and crafts and even had time for a spot of gardening.

Twiddle muffs can be a great way to provide a simple sensory activity. The different textures allow restless hands to explore and seek stimulation and comfort.

Bowerfield House had a great last month, we had a coffee and music morning - latte and coffee on the go- cake, crisps and some marshmallow biscuits which all went down a treat.

What a fantastic turn out for our Drive Through Coffee and Cake, the chef had been very busy making fairy cakes iced with an edible butterfly.  During few weeks we have been out to visit the local businesses, shops and emergency services inviting them to the Drive Through. 

The people who live at Kents Hill have really been enjoying their cookie decorating session at the home and so have the team that have been supporting them.  There were some really lovely patterns made and of course everyone got to enjoy one with a lovely cup of tea after. 

Earlier in the week we celebrated St David's Day. We made Daffodils using green straws and yellow tissues. We talked about holidays to Wales and our favourite places to visit there. We had a giggle at attempting to say the very long name in Welsh.

Karen, one of our lovely Lifestyles Co-ordinators visiting Resurrected Bites to deliver some food donations for their community cafe in Knaresborough and receiving these gorgeous daffodils for our residents. Thank you so much.

The residents really enjoyed tucking into some pancakes, some choosing the traditional sugar and lemon toppings, while some indulged in some cream, marshmallows and chocolate sprinkles. A really tasty treat! We care about trying different foods and treating ourselves.

We had a lovely afternoon yesterday celebrating with one of our residents, Emily, a big happy birthday to you 😊😊😊💕

As part of the St David's Day celebrations we had a concert by Mary Gorniak who visited and played for us some Welsh inspired music on her flute and piccolo.  Everybody in attendance enjoyed the performance very much and had a wonderful afternoon.

At Ashfield Court we celebrated Shove Tuesday and St David's Day! This morning we had some lovely cake and had a 'talk about the history of shove Tuesday!' Then at lunch time the lovely Celia tossed a pancake up in the air 20 times!