We had a coffee afternoon to raise funds for MacMillan. Residents helped set up the Tombola stall and enjoyed an afternoon of fun and chat. They are so pleased we raised £47. Our tombola stall was made up of Body Shop products and the ladies were thrilled when somehow they all won something.

We celebrated a belated Macmillan Coffee morning in September to raise vital funds for this amazing charity and all they do to support the community.  The day of the Macmillan coffee morning coincided with our annual care awards so we decided to host this a week later so our wonderful residents had two parties which they loved.

On Friday 19th October we were delighted to be presented with second prize from Great Aycliffe town council for best community garden. We were absolutely over the moon to receive this award. We would like to say a huge thank you to Ken for all his hard work he has put into our beautiful garden we really do appreciate it, all his hard work has paid off.

We enjoyed celebrating the Annual MMCG and Countrywide Care Awards in September at the home.  We were joined by our wonderful residents enjoying themselves with some cocktails and we were all keeping our fingers crossed for Jodie to win the award of Activities Coordinator of the Year.

Molly, has said that it doesn't matter if we win as she thinks we are all winners every day and we are all doing fantastic work and she really appreciate all that we do for her.

Our home baking club activity in the home is always really popular and this month was no exception when we made home made chocolate buns.  Our residents do all of the work and then our Chef at the home pops them in the oven for us.  We always make extra to share with all of the residents of the home.

The residents at Willowbank had great fun at our Halloween party today. Thank you to our chefs David and Mario for the delicious food.

We love having seasonal displays in Reception at The Moors and we are delighted to present our Harvest Festival display for Autumn.  Our receptionist Tricia excels at creating these wonderful displays for the residents, staff and relatives to enjoy in the coffee shop.  We hope you enjoy them as much as Tricia does creating them for you.

We celebrated Bill's 100th Birthday at the home in October, with lots of fizz and laughter. Bill was delighted to receive a very special letter from the Queen.  We hope you had the most wonderful birthday with us at The Moors.

There has been plenty of activity at Oaklands this month.  We have had a Paper pumpkin making with a Royal Family quiz.  Pumpkin painting and making pumpkin faces with stickers.  Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin carving with a group singalong.

All getting ready for Halloween.  The residents were so excited for the main event when we had a Halloween party.

Halloween has arrived at Manor Park and each unit have been challenged to decorated their own lounge. They have done such an incredible job.  It was so hard to judge who the winners would be as each unit had created an environment which was decided by their own residents but the winner for this year was Mulberry unit.  To view more images of the competition visit our Facebook page at ManorParkCWCH.