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Our care team are here to make sure that making the move is as easy as possible for you and your loved one. If you still need reassurance, here are some stories from our residents, their families and our care team.

The Got 2 Sing Choir gathered, socially distanced and safely to sing for our residents.  It was a joyful moment for all as the singing filled the air.  Residents watched from outside or from their windows and remarked it was simply beautiful.

The Got 2 Sing Choir
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Staff, residents and families gave generously to our appeal for donations for the Salvation Army to help families less fortunate at Christmas.

food bank troutbeck
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Carols By Glowstick with Christmas treats was a big success at The Westbourne.

carols westbourne
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Residents at White Rose Lodge have been participating in a daily festive advent quiz this year for the chance of winning chocolates.  

Festive Advent Quiz
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White Rose Lodge have been busy this December, residents made shoe boxes for the Samaritans shoe box appeal to send gifts to children around the world. 

Shoe Box Appeal
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Food delivery from Cavendish Court to the food bank at Hazel Grove Baptist Church. We collected lots of Christmas treats to help out those less fortunate. 

Food Bank Donations
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Some positivity for this strange Monday morning

Age UK Donations
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Having a safe place to connect with friends and family is so important for those living in our homes, and this visiting pod does exactly that!

Abingdon Mayor opens Visitor Pod at Abingdon Court Care Home
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This year the local community of Bridlington are coming together creatively for their first Christmas Tree Trail in the theme of ‘Reduce-Reuse-Recycle’. The idea is for people in the local community to use their creativity to produce a Christmas tree using recycled materials.

Bridlington Christmas Tree Trail
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Donna McDermott, Care Practitioner at Bowerfield Court, is donating her hair for wigs to be made for people with cancer.

Donna's Charity Cut
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Staff and residents have been getting festive with their Christmas crafts. Along with a Christmas wreath for the front door, they have made a Christmas brush family and painted festive pebbles for their pebble snake which is on display at the front of their home.

Christmas Crafts
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Staff and residents had such a fun time dressing up as elves for Elf Day -  helping to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. There were definitely a few naughty elves about! 

Elf Day
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We made hand made angels to decorate our Christmas tree this year at Troutbeck Care Home. We will be sending our angels out to families for Christmas. 

Angel Decorating
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4th Taplow & Hitcham Brownies have been busy creating these lovely hand made Christmas Cards which have really brightened up the walls and brought more festive joy and cheer to Windmill Care Centre, Slough.

Brownies Hand Made Christmas Delivery
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A huge thank you to Matron Sue and Sister Maria from Wexham Park Hospital A&E who delivered a personalised gift and card for every one living at Windmill Care Home, Slough today, along with a few little extras to ensure that any new arrivals who may come into join us a

Special Delivery from Wexham Park Hospital staff
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This month we welcomed Katy to the home as an Activity Coordinator and we wanted her to feel welcome. Therefore we created activities that enabled both Katy to get to know our residents but also for our residents to get to know Katy.

Getting to know you with Katy
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There has been lots of hard work at Acorn House with our 'Knit and Natter' session. We had plenty of cups of teas to keep us going, as the ladies added the finishing touches to our blanket and finally got it sewn together. Now for our next project!

Knit and Natter Session
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Staff and residents had a huge celebration, one of our residents turned 103! A beautiful cake was made for everyone to enjoy.  

Resident's 103rd Birthday
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At Acorn House they have been blessed to have had a new visiting pod built. All the materials were donated and a kind local joiner form the Blackburn area built it for free. All they wanted was cups of teas and biscuits! A huge shout out of thanks to the gents from AG joinery!

Visitor Pod
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Residents and staff at Abbey View have decorated the home for Christmas. The areas look stunning and it has brought lots of Christmas cheer to everyone!

Christmas Decorating
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Here is a picture of our new visitor pod. It looks like it is going to be a successful addition to the home, with our friends and family's booking slots.

Visitor Pod
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Thorntree Mews have their lights up for Christmas. Neighbors are delighted, as are the residents; a bit of festive cheer. Children from the local nursery visited and got their photo taken under the tree and sent us two large drawings they did of the display.

Christmas Lights
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Today at Thorntree Mews, we made some bells for the Christmas jingle. Our residents are looking forward to being part of the big Christmas Eve Jingle, as we explained that people all over the world are taking part. So, everywhere at 6pm people will take part in a 2 minute ringing of the bells.

Christmas Eve Bells
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Such a loving atmosphere in Skell Lodge today, whilst our residents packed food hampers to donate to the Salvation Army. Such a good cause.

Salvation Army Food Donation
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The residents at Allingham House enjoyed many Christmas activities last week.

Christmas Activities
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The residents at Allingham House have got involved in the project ‘Hearts for Schools’ last week. In this project residents from care homes write messages to children from nurseries and schools close to them.

Hearts for Schools Project
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Residents at Skell Lodge have been writing Christmas cards to family and friends

Christmas Card Writing
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Residents were treated to an early Christmas party with fun, games and amazing food, with staff also receiving gifts. 

Skell's Christmas Party
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Troutbeck care home in Ilkley has donated items which will contribute to the 2020 Christmas foodbank appeal. Items ranging from Selection boxes, Christmas cakes/puddings and hygiene products.

Salvation Army Christmas Food Banl Appeal
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Christmas jumper day was enjoyed by many at Kents Hill Care Home; the residents enjoyed an afternoon of tea and cake and all joined in with some festive singing too 

Christmas Jumper Day
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Getting in the swing of festive treats at Kents Hill Care Home today with these delicious Christmas tree gingerbread.   

Gingerbread Tree's
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Merry Christmas from staff and residents at Bowerfield House. We are all getting ready here for Christmas and having lots of fun decorating our Christmas tree.

Bowerfield House Christmas Tree
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Residents had a lovely afternoon decorating our Christmas trees lots of reminiscing and smiles – Merry Christmas from residents and staff at Cavendish Court.

 

Christmas Cavendish
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We decorated three trees with staff and residents coming together with ideas and a helping hand, and we think a good job was done by all, many thanks to all.

Christmas Tree Competition
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Staff and residents at the Belvedere were busy dressing one of our Christmas trees. Many smiles this afternoon from staff and residents.

 

Christmas Belvedere
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Christmas Westbourne
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Our Roast dinner was simply the best, made by a true Yorkshire man (our Chef Gareth) Roasted Lamb cooked to perfection, chantenay carrots glazed in honey, tender cauliflower and delicate peas, topped off with

Roast Dinner
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Christmas Decorating
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We here at Clumber Court would like to say a big thank you to all the children at Sutton Cum Lound School who have made these beautiful Christmas trees for our residents!

It is very much appreciated by both staff and residents. 

Thank You!
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Naughty elf being not so naughty and pouring the tea and coffee for the ladies at coffee morning although his singing along with the Christmas tunes was a little pitchy.....

Naughty Elf
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We at Knights Court really pride ourselves on creative arts and crafts. Check out some of the creativity of our residents over the last few weeks!

Arts & Crafts
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Here at Knights Court we gave one of our unsuspecting residents a surprise birthday treat. During the lockdown. One of our residents who was turning 90 years old thought his birthday would be just another ordinary day.

Big Birthdays!
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Elf Day at Kents Hill Care Home was enjoyed by all; staff dressed up, the residents enjoyed an afternoon of tea, cake and a festive sing along.  

Elf Day at Kents Hill Care Home
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Dear Cavendish Court



I write to thank the staff at Cavendish Court in Alderley Edge.



Thank You From Relative
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Riverview celebrated St Andrews Day with Afternoon high tea and Scottish treats.

Residents enjoyed Scotland traditional Music and Bagpipes playing in the lounge.

St Andrews Day High Tea
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With Christmas just around the corner Santa's Workshop started it's work.

Santa's Workshop
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Each year it has been left for activities to decorate the home, this year we wanted to shake it up a little.

Brunel House Christmas Decoration Competition
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We are still getting out and about in the mini bus as much as possible to take advantage of the crisp winter days.  Our recent visit to Nunney Castle and Farleigh Hungerford Castle was a beautiful day.

 

Castle Visits
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December is going to be a fun filled month of Christmas celebrations at White Rose Lodge Care Home in Bridlington. Click on the below link to see what we have planned. 

December Events at White Rose Lodge
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Croft House celebrated Elf Day on Friday 4th December, raising money for Alzheimer’s Society. Everyone had such a good day enjoying lots treats, guess the elf and advent games.

Residents and staff filled the home with laughter all day.

Elf Day at Croft House
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