This morning our lovely residents made and decorated gingerbread houses, they all loved talking of Christmas time, the smells and of course the delicious food.

Christmas has arrived at The Wharf and we are looking forward to welcoming our residents friends & families over the festive season.

Christmas preparations were in full swing at Furze Hill Lodge in November and the residents enjoyed wrapping presents and preparing the decorations for our tree. Lloyd our lifestyle manager had Xmas music playing in the background to get everyone in the Christmas spirit, warm mince pies were on offer as a treat for all their hard work!

Our residents have had a lovely afternoon decorating the Christmas tree in another of our lounges today. It triggered lots of lovely memories for them from when they used to decorate their own homes at Christmas time over the years. Conversation flowed and everyone enjoyed refreshments.  We played Christmas music, and everyone enjoyed the festive atmosphere.  

We had a lovely day on Friday celebrating Elf day with a family and friends, playing games and quizzes. 

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 soup and making the homemade bread which was thoroughly enjoyed by all in the evening.

We would like to thank everyone who came and supported our MacMillan coffee morning and cake sale. Our kitchen was very busy making some delicious cakes that tasted as good as they looked. 

We enjoyed some autumn themed painting with a twist, we used broccoli to paint with! The residents found this very effective and made some beautiful tree paintings, they are so proud of their artwork and have it hung in their room showing the staff and their relatives.

We would like to say a huge "Thank you" to everyone who came and supported our Macmillan coffee morning this week.  We are so grateful for all the donations and support for this amazing cause.

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. Everyone enjoyed this beautiful day and time in the park.