We started the year by launching our Gardening Club here in Amber Court, it was participated by our residents and staff. Joan and Jimmy planted tomatoes, lettuce, mint herbs and spring onions. We are all looking forward to harvest these vegetables soon. This is a weekly activity that we get to plant our own vegetables and flowers. It was fun and good for everyone, especially to our residents that likely improve their wellbeing. Great job everyone!

Last Friday we played Bingo, our residents loved this activity. Some of them needed a little bit of help, when one of the residents won , they could not wait to play another game. As a result of this we have decided to have Bingo once a week!

We had a special trip down memory lane with a residents interesting history in shoe design. She showed us all her fantastic art work and recalled so many stories from sketching in Milan to working in a local factory. She was so proud of her achievements and we were honoured to hear them.

What a way to celebrate Burns Night. One of our lovely members of staff provided traditional Scottish day and night wear for men. Including a sporran, a sgian dubh, shoes and an amazing kilt. The residents loved exploring them. We listened to Bagpipes and we enjoyed some Highland dancing. Mainly giggling at the staff giving it a go!!

Christmas as we know, is the most festive season of the year and this competition allowed us to make it even more festive and special for our residents, getting involved not just our residents, but the staff and the members of our community.

As we celebrate National Cheese Lovers Day, we in Amber Court organised a wine and cheese tasting. Everyone enjoyed tasting the different types of cheese, crackers, dips, nuts, fruits and non-alcoholic wines. We also had fun socialising with each other while some staff is singing karaoke. What a great experience for everyone!

Last week our lovely residents enjoyed a bingo afternoon. We played for prizes/ for a line and then the full house, our residents were really in their element concentrating on the numbers making sure they didn’t miss one.

They then had a film afternoon and chose within the group what film they would like to watch, drinks and snack were served during the film.

We celebrated the arrival of January with a special New Year's Day tipple to toast in 2022. Here are some of the people living with us enjoying a glass of sherry to celebrate. Team Knights Court wishes everyone a happy and peaceful 2022.

Bowerfield House had a great day celebrating National Cheese Day, we had 5 cheeses: French Brie, mature cheddar, red Leicester, wensleydale with cranberries and blue stilton. We all enjoyed a lovely glass of red wine along with our cheese and crackers , it went down very well and everyone tucked in another great talking point and discussion .

On Sunday 9th January our residents watched a DVD of Norwich in the Sixties. Everyone said that they found this extremely enjoyable. It was enjoyed with a nice cup of tea .