We've been stretching, toe tapping, swaying and singing along to some energy boosting beats!.

On World Gratitude Day we spent the day talking about things that matter the most to the people living with us at The Belvedere and what we are most thankful for. 

It was Macmillan Coffee morning at Croft House today, due to COVID-19 we unfortunately couldn't have families to join us but the staff and residents loved the cakes, buns, cookies and scones we had. They went so quickly!! We also did 2 football bingo cards to raise more money and proudly raised over £100!!

It’s not only TV chefs who can set up their kitchens anytime any place. With our new mobile kitchen equipment people living at Minster Grange can now cook or bake anytime any place too. Standing by is our first chef to test out the new oven with his chocolate chip shortbread cookies. 

Kents Hill Care Home are very excited to announce the reopening of their Dementia Suite 'Forget me Not'.  Lots of hard work, determination from the staff team and brainstorming of new ideas has brought the suite to life with a garden area, beach theme and London wall murals.   

Willowdene Care Home on Lizards Lane, Sedgefield are delighted to announce we completed the memory walk for Alzheimers Society on Saturday 19th September.  We walked from Durham to West Auckland which is approximately 14 miles and took 4 hours 15 mins and we raised £1000.

Thank you to everyone for sponsoring us. 

Maria Mallaband and Countrywide – keeping our residents safe and connected during Covid-19.

As our teams continue working to keep our residents safe and connected throughout Covid-19, we’re regularly adapting our guidance for visitors in-line with advice from both the government and the Department of Health.

Thanks to the kindness of The York Bird of Prey Centre, our residents were treated to a garden visit by two of their stars. Cobra, a male Harris Hawk, and Angel, a female Barn Owl are two favourites at the centre and often feature in flying demonstrations.  This month, however, they took a day off to bring their handler on a trip to Minster Grange. With his help they settled into our garden for an afternoon and we were delighted in all the attention and admiration we could heap on them.

Celebrating all things French this week at Heeley Bank Care Home with a wine and cheese tasting event to start the week off, which was enjoyed by all.

Our French Boules tournament was very competitive with  lots of laughter and we are all looking forward to more activities throughout the week and hopefully lots more food tasting too. 

During art class one of our ladies wanted to paint a picture of her granddaughter's favourite flowers so she could frame it and give it to her for her engagement present. We went to the garden to pick some of the flowers so she could use them to inspire her painting. Her granddaughter was very pleased when she was presented with the painting.