We hosted a Macmillan coffee morning this week at The Belvedere Care Home. The residents and staff both enjoyed getting involved and raising money for a great charity.

We love our sweet shop area at Belmont House where we have lots of the memento's from the past which the residents can enjoy whilst visiting the shop.  We think it makes such a lovely display at the home for our residents who suffer from Dementia

In September residents at Willow Bank were treated to an outdoor performance by Sam and Natalie from the arts Together for Care Homes project. We were fortunate to have excellent weather and the residents enjoyed sitting out in the sun and listening to the performance. 

The weather tried to ruin the plans for the Brunel House Carnival & Circus but undeterred we just moved inside and had the most amazing day.

A special thank you to all the staff team for their support it could not have been possible without you

Even though we are not able to get out and about as much as we used to for the moment, we are still taking the opportunity for fresh air when we can.

Our most recent visit was to enjoy the view at Westbury White Horse, of course we wrapped up warm and took all of the necessary precautions.  We were rewarded with with stunning view.

At a recent resident's meeting, a number of residents suggested trying "Foods from Around the World".

Everyone enjoyed it immensely and we are planning out next event. Foods sampled were from diverse countries such as Portugal, Japan, Hungary, Mexico, Italian, Indian.

Perhaps out next step is to try wines from around the world.

Now the dark nights and autumn days are coming in we've started enjoying board games a lot more at the home.  Monopoly and Bingo are two of the firm favourites in September but we have also enjoyed lots of home baking, an entertainer outside of the home as well as reminiscing about Sunderland and the historical places in our fabulous city.

We thoroughly enjoyed our Macmillan Coffee Morning! With cake donations from our Manager and Chef we had a lovely natter and raised £57.00 in the process. Well done everyone!

Happy birthday to the three M's of Rosedale.  Michelle, Mercy and Maya who celebrated their birthdays together in September.  We hope you had a wonderful day ladies.

September was a month we did a lot of home baking, the weather has started to change a little making getting out into our private grounds a little more difficult so instead we made butterfly cakes, buns and bread sticks over the course of the month which we thoroughly enjoyed.

We think we did a great job of the cakes.