MMCG will shortly be rolling out its Lifestyle Programme across the group, the overarching goal of which is to provide flexible, personalised lifestyle opportunities to meet the needs of the mind, body, and soul of every individual in our homes.

Whether it’s through community engagement, nurturing special interests or developing links with innovative partners, dedicated Lifestyle teams in each home will be empowered to tailor their programme to meet the specific, unique needs of those living there.

We are delighted to confirm that we are developing nine new care homes as part of our ambitious new build programme that’s already well underway. The current pipeline extends over the next three to four years with several homes in planning and development phases. Now that Windsor Court has recently opened, we have now moved onto our latest home build in Buckingham, Lace Hill Manor which is set to open in February 2022 – this will be a £9.5 million spend and will offer state of the art living in luxury surroundings.

Recently we saw our latest home, Windsor Court, finally opening its doors in July! After months of hard work and £8 million of construction, we were finally able to welcome visitors, guests and those who have chosen to move in with us.

It’s been so long in the making that we can’t quite believe that it’s finally here - it’s safe to say that we still have our work cut out for us to keep everything in check and make sure it stays running as smooth as possible.

One of the heartwarming stories of this year at MMCG was the amazing friendship between schoolboy Harry Evans and Howgate House member George Spiby, 65.

Starting as nothing more than a smile and a wave from the window on Harry’s walk to school, it blossomed into a fast friendship with Harry making pictures and writing cards to be delivered to his friend, and with George happily writing back.

Our Cowboy Party at Allingham House was a brilliant day for both staff and residents. The barbecue was great and the kitchen staff were amazing!! Staff and residents enjoyed, burgers, sausages and salad, drinks were also provided. Our team also came in fancy dress just to make it a bit more special, yeeha!

The residents were delighted to do the lavender harvesting in the garden, while they were sharing happy memories and reminiscing. They enjoyed the smell, the colour, and the the tactile of the plants, a completely sensory stimulation experience!

What a great time we had at Hope Green putting together Memory Boxes. As we spent time exploring things that were important to us, memories came flooding into our minds and conversations flowed too. Our boxes were filled with items that reflected special places, special moments and roles that we had played in our lives. We also found ourselves searching the internet together to find things that had been important to us and the best one by far was a 3minute clip of a little day trip boat in Scarborough which one of our residents had enjoyed every year on her holiday.

As the summer draws to a close at Hope Green we decided to spend some time watching and listening in the garden. We were amazed by the number of beautiful butterflies visiting the last of the Buddleia blooms and we sat quietly appreciating the peacefulness, listening to the sounds, picking the last of the flowers, smelling the scents and touching the various textures of the leaves. The 'feel good' factor of surrounding ourselves with nature was very much enjoyed by us all.

In our art class we have residents who really excel, Joseph wanted to continue the jungle theme and came up with this elephant and tiger, which we all agree, he did an excellent job. Now thinking of his next subject, watch this space.

Our bank holiday theme was a French Fun Day, we had games and music dressing up for the part, and lots of cheese, wine and french fancy cakes. A great day had by all.