Here at Rose Lodge Care Home in Newton Aycliffe we have been overwhelmed by the love and support shown by our local community and especially receiving letters from local schools and colleges for the residents.  We received a lovely letter this week from Greenfield Community College and of course we had to write back to them.

Here at Clumber Court, we went on the mini bus to Pusto farm in March to see the sheep and lambs that had just been delivered. We went through the countryside looking at all the animals in the fields. We arrived about forty five minutes after leaving but it was a lovely journey and the residents seemed to enjoy looking out at the views. Before we got out of the bus we wrapped the residents in blankets to keep them warm. We where then taken to a stable where there were baby lambs and Jean the farmer told us all about the lambing and how the ewes look after the babies.

Thank you so much to Brookside Garden Centre for donating all these gorgeous flowers for our residents at Hope Green. This has really cheered everyone up and lifted everyone's spirits

Garden Hill Care Home on St Michael's Avenue in South Shields were delighted to be invited out on 4th March by our sister home Yohden Care Complex who were organising a meet up with our sister homes in the local area for coffee and cake at Let There Be Crumbs Coffee shop at the stunning Roker Hotel.  

Barnes Court Care Home in Wycliffe Road Sunderland have had a busy month of activities and even managed a few lovely trips out before things with COVID-19 started to affect the UK.  They have been to the Sunderland Empire Cinema to see Doctor Doolittle, our favour tea shop at Penshaw Tea Rooms and bowling.  

The residents at Belmont House Care Home were delighted to receive postcards from Starbeck Primary School and Springwater School here in Harrogate. The children had written a personal message on the back of the postcards and made our residents feel part of our caring community. Two of our residents are currently in the process of replying to the kindness shown by children and staff from both local schools.

Lovely afternoon at Batley Hall featuring afternoon tea courtesy of Fox`s biscuits. Thoroughly enjoyed by residents and staff. Lots of comfort biscuit favourites for everyone, loads of happy memories and smiley conversation.

Thank you to the team at Fox's for their generosity, bringing the wonderful biscuits – Stay safe and well.

Love from Batley Hall Care Home

World Harmony Day reminds us of inclusivity and having a place to belong. Here at White Rose Lodge we want to remind people of their importance and worth. Therefore we created a couple of activities to invite social interaction. Residents began by working in pairs to play a memory game of finding the matching pairs. The game involved the flags and names of countries from the European Union. Which is a body of countries that come together in partnership for political and economic reasons. Which we felt captivated the notion of working together for world harmony day.

White Rose Lodge was delighted to welcome a group of 2-4 year olds from Cliffe House Nursery at the beginning of March. The news of their visit aroused excitement among the residents. Many of the residents gathered in anticipation for their arrival. They arrived with bundles of energy and excitement to share some learnt nursery rhymes with the residents. The young children appeared quite at home whilst they performed twinkle, twinkle, little star, three little monkeys and a variety of well known nursery rhymes and songs.

One of our loving carer's Sharon has a hidden talent; Hairdressing. She has been taking her time to take the residents down to the hair salon when on shift and off shift (coming in on her days off) to make them feel extra special during these strange times. Our hairdressers haven't been able to the visit the home for a few weeks now and many of the residents were feeling the effects of there lack of weekly hairdressing routine along with that 'FEEL GOOD' factor that getting your hair done feels like. Sharon is doing an amazing job as is everyone else; keep up the great w