Dear Sandra and the Hope Green team

We just wanted to let you know how much we appreciated all you will be doing for all the residents  in your care at this especially challenging time.

It must be worrying for you  ( as it is for everyone).

Thank you so much to Hanson school who have kindly made and donated face visors to Howgate House .

Hanson School have manufactured and distributed over 4000 visors to NHS, Hospitals, Care Homes, Surgeries, Ambulance Services, Pharmacies and WYP to support and protect the community. Massive thank you to all the team at Hanson School. 

A huge thank you to our local Tesco, Slough Community Volunteer Service and One Slough Community Response Team for the donations and delivery of Easter eggs for everyone in the home. We were overwhelmed by your generosity and all of our residents and staff really appreciated this gesture.

Staff at Windmill Care Centre enjoyed a welcome break of delicious homemade cake along with a calming cup of tea thanks to the generosity of one of our local neighbours. This lovely treat was dropped off on Friday to thank everyone for all their hard work and care at this busy time.

The cake was lovely and greatly enjoyed by the staff on duty. Support from our local community has been fantastic during these uncertain times and we want to thank you all from everyone at Windmill.

Easter was celebrated with residents coming together to listen to the Easter service live streamed from St Margarets Church, Ilkley. In the afternoon we had a prize quiz and afternoon tea, which was enjoyed by all. 

Some of our residents were able to speak to family via face time or telephone and also posted Easter cards they had created. 

Residents at Troutbeck Care Home in Ilkley enjoyed making paper flowers to create an indoor garden area, these proved to be very popular. We used them to make a lovey Easter display that residents could enjoy in the garden room.

We had  a surprise visit  from the lovely people from the Ummah Welfare Trust a fabulous charity. They have kindly delivered additional PPE supplies  to the staff at Howgate House. This is fantastic initiative from this charity and we would like to say a massive thank you to Adam and his team for supporting the care home sector and for the masks and gloves.

For more information about this charity and the local team www.uwt.org

Thank you to the children at Thorpe Primary School for the wonderful picture we received at Howgate House. It brought a big smile to everyone. 

Easter is always a special time at Ashfield Court in Harrogate and this year we really missed the visits from the children coming into the home. We were so grateful to receive some Easter Eggs from people of the community for Ashfield Court which we shared out amongst the residents who were overwhelmed by the fact the community were still thinking of them even though they couldn't visit, Thank you all so much for your wonderful donations, it made our residents very happy and we look forward to seeing you again soon. 

Easter at Windmill Court was a special time.  We decorated the home, made and sent cards to family and friends and of course enjoyed plenty of chocolate eggs and hot cross buns.