Our stories

Last Friday the team at Chartwell Manor supported the Breast Cancer Awareness Day...Wear it Pink. This charity is very close to our hearts as one of our team is still going through it.

Diane and Jacqui got stuck in to making some cupcakes and were thoroughly enjoyed by all.  Our Lifestyle Team are passionate about meaningful activities to support independence and cooking and baking will be high up on

Creating meaningful activities that support independence for the people that live with us is so important.  The lifestyle team worked with the catering team to provide an opportunity for people to make their own supper.  Everyone had a great time cutting up vegetables for so

We enjoyed some autumn themed painting with a twist, we used broccoli to paint with!

As the weather was glorious some of people living us wanted to get out into the sunshine so we visited the local park.  We played badminton and ball games and spent quality time and lovely conversation with refreshments.

One of the people living with us had a fantastic time getting out to the local shop with our carer Louise.  He got to buy himself lots of goodies including his favourite drink Pepsi Max. It was such a beautiful day to take a stroll.

We very much enjoy our coffee mornings and it’s now a weekly occurrence where we go out and enjoy a nice coffee and a chat watching the world go by. There are some strong friendships groups within our Home and we understand the importance of getting out and about in our groups of friends 😊

Today we had our regular entertainer in for a sing along, our residents love singing along to all the songs from through out their lives. 

Being able to see and hold animals again is so lovely.  The people living with us all really enjoy interacting with animals so we organised a visit from a petting zoo. Everyone loved holding and hearing interesting facts about all the different animals.

In honour of the Queen we watched a documentary about her life and had a cream tea while looking through books and photos of her and hearing poems about her.

We are continuing with our reflections after sudden passing of our beloved Queen, Elizabeth II. We created some floral displays for the home and others enjoyed doing some colouring whilst watching the news and talking about memories they have of the Queen.

We are continuing with our reflections after sudden passing of our beloved Queen, Elizabeth II.

We were all deeply saddened at the home to hear of the loss of Her Majesty the Queen and wanted to do something to pay our respects.  We have been painting autumn leaves in red, white and blue so that we can make a wreath to lay in respect of our late queen on Monday.

Keeping up to date with the latest in the news and current affairs is really important to people living with us.  Everyone was keen to make a guess on who would be our new Prime Minister.  We all got together to watch the announcement.

Residents have enjoyed making Victorian peg dolls. There wasn't a sound during this activity; they were all totally engaged. They were so pleased with the results and so proud of their dolls.

The feedback from the people living with us and their friends and family members is important, and we wanted to give them opportunity to create their own autumn/winter menu.

At this weeks art class, residents learned the technique of applying textures and light and dark shades to background colour as the base for their paintings. They then had to learn brush technique for the flowers and mixing paints.

On photography day, some of Manorhey residents went to a nearby farm.

They were indulged with the amazing view, horses, birds and flowers around.

They took pictures of their surroundings. It was a pleasant afternoon.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Lace Hill Manor's Head Chef Amanda Healey who was awarded Winner of the Maria Mallaband's 'Hug on a Plate' competition.

This week the staff and residents at Birch Heath Lodge enjoyed some entertainment. It was fantastic to see everyone together enjoying the show.