In the run up to Christmas we are busier than ever. As well as all the Christmas festivities we are also keen to continue with the regular activities that we all enjoy some much such as art, bingo and even air hockey.

Our Diwali celebrations at Knights Court this year were complimented by the addition of some colourfully themed arts and crafts.

We took the most iconic Diwali symbols used during the festive season (a diya, a symbol called Sathiyo & the OM sign) and added a bit of sparkle and the amazingly creative work of our some of the people living with us is here to see.

Love and Light to all’

What a lovely time we've been having together as our residents have been considering what their wishes would be as they reflect on the year and look ahead. Group discussion and much thought brought everyone together to think about the things that are important and enjoyable. Our Wishing Tree has now been adorned with stars of wishes which include trips to the seaside, visiting family and even listening to the music from West Side Story. It's been a real celebration of the uniqueness of our residents.

The Hope Green Post Office was open this week and our residents were visiting to post their hand made Christmas Cards. Each resident had spent time carefully making their own card and then enjoyed the fun of a Festive Photo Shoot at our very own Post Office. There was lots of laughter, Santa hats and even some carol singing which rang out down the corridors. We're hoping families will enjoy the special individual photo inside each card. We're sending everyone a very Merry Christmas from Hope Green.

One of our residents in the home, Ann is an ambassador for Bridlington and White Rose Lodge. She has recently been interviewed by Jenni MacDonald for a Channel 5 exclusive for the longest running shop in Bridlington which she hugely enjoyed. On the day of the interview we presented Ann with some Flowers to wish her luck.

Ann joined us in 2020 when she decided to come and retire from her busy life, she is still managing her shop remotely and her shop has reopened after the pandemic lock down and still going strong.

River View welcomed the 'Moving On' choir to sing some beautiful carols to the delight of everyone living and working with us.

We all wrapped up warm and cleared our throats, ready to join in with the beautiful voices of the choir, led by Choir Master Derry.

Warmed mulled wine and minced pies were a perfect treat afterwards and we look forward to welcoming back the voices of ' Moving On' again next year.

Everyone who lives and works at River View were delighted to welcome Reverend Peter and his Parish volunteer Jill back to our home.

Reverend Peter had visited us a couple of weeks previously to find out who would like to actively participate in the service, as well as planning the venue in which to conduct the service.

He gave blessings and communion to all who attended, as well as visiting some of the people living with us in their bedrooms for further blessings, who were unable to attend the service. We all look forward to further prayers.

Here at Kents Hill we our ending the year by actively supporting our local food bank.

We have started collecting donations from our staff team, relatives and family friends and we are planning to make our first donation by the end of the week.

On Friday 3rd December, we took part in the annual ‘Elf Day’ celebrations, encouraged by Alzheimer’s Society nationwide!

We enjoyed a wonderful musical afternoon at Kents Hill, provided by our resident Maureen who played some of our favourite Christmas tunes. It was lovely to watch Maureen play and we all enjoyed the music.