Our stories

The ice cream van visited The Moors Care Home on a Friday afternoon with a choice of a number of delicious ice creams and cones for all the residents and staff. A wonderful treat for everyone on a hot sunny day.

In the past we have been blessed with regular visits by children from a local nursery but unfortunately we haven't been able to see them for the last few months and we have missed their visits.

We might be living through very different times at the moment at Garden Hill with regards to visitors in the home but we are still continuing to do a lot of activities we have always done.  Every week with our activities coordinator at the home, Stacey, we have been doing our chair exercises

Heeley Bank Manager, Lynne Cannell and her team launched the 999 afternoon tea break week on Monday 3rd August with a celebration of Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy.

This month has been filled with activities focusing on our theme of "Around the World". We have celebrated all of the continents throughout this month. 

Please click on the below link to view our July and August Newsletter. 

July and August Newsletter.pdf

We have received many messages of thanks over the last few months and below is an example of the lovely messages sent.

Staff and residents at Hope Green were over the moon to be  awarded 'Best Decorations' for our regional tea party competition in March.

We choose the theme Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Tea Party.

To celebrate our 'Around the World' theme, we made our own Dominican Republic carnival masks to wear for our upcoming party.

Continuing on with our Around the World theme we celebrated Europe this week.



We had activities including making Belgian chocolates, make your own Italian pizza, French wine and cheese afternoon, Spanish tile making and European flag canvas painting.

Bowerfield Court are delighted to be supporting Stockport Foodbank.

Bowerfield House and Bowerfield Court are delighted to be involved  and support Stockport food bank part of the Trussell Trust . We take our community involvement seriously and to assist in providing a vital service is something we are passionate about.

Lovely afternoon at Troutbeck when two fabulous ladies played some wonderful tunes. Enjoyed by our residents despite the impending rain- thank you for visiting and playing in the garden.

Fantastic time this afternoon modelling with saltdough at Heeley Bank. Wonderful bright colours and lots of enthusiasm from our resident artists. 

Local children took the time to create artwork and send letters to cheer up everyone at Heeley Bank during lockdown. The residents really liked the colourful pictures and the kind words.

It was our manager Kier's birthday and the residents and staff team at Buckingham presented him with a t shirt to the "Best Home Manager Through COVID 2020".  

Pauline moved into Monread Lodge in April for some respite as she had not been coping so well on her own. She still wanted to eventually try and go home as much as she loved being at Monread.

It was world chocolate day and we indulged in over twenty different varieties of chocolate tasting, served with a mixture of herbal teas. Residents loved the social afternoon and the theme linked songs and some requests along the way. A great afternoon for all at Cavendish Court. 

Children from Ilkley Grammar sent our residents at Troutbeck Care Home hand made cards, we were delighted to read them and it gave us all such a lovely boost to be in contact with the outside world.

We have been entertained on a weekly basis by various musicians whom have very kindly volunteered their time to play for care homes in our area. Here are the pics of Steph and Peter Steph is a retired GP who has worked at Troutbeck in the past.