Here at Clumber Court, we went on the mini bus to Pusto farm in March to see the sheep and lambs that had just been delivered. We went through the countryside looking at all the animals in the fields. We arrived about forty five minutes after leaving but it was a lovely journey and the residents seemed to enjoy looking out at the views. Before we got out of the bus we wrapped the residents in blankets to keep them warm. We where then taken to a stable where there were baby lambs and Jean the farmer told us all about the lambing and how the ewes look after the babies.

Rosedale Care Home in Catterick Garrison have been looking at new ideas of things to do in the home during this period of lockdown and one of the great ideas we had was to hold a weekly coffee morning. We held our first one in March and our residents had a fabulous time.  We started off with an introduction to ourselves and how old we were in 1974 as this was the year we decided to talk about, what job we had and memories from this year.  Everyone had such great stories and one of our residents had been a miner down the pit in Bishop Auckland working with the Pit Ponies and t

Thank you so much to Brookside Garden Centre for donating all these gorgeous flowers for our residents at Hope Green. This has really cheered everyone up and lifted everyone's spirits

Residents at Cavendish Court love the new themed area in the home where they can enjoy reminiscing about different era's including 50s,war and Gatsby, which are all topics chosen by the our residents.

Staff dressed up for the day and everyone enjoyed entertainment from male solo artist Richard Hayes who also took us through the different era's. Our catering team created some of the residents favourite cakes for everyone.

Garden Hill Care Home on St Michael's Avenue in South Shields were delighted to be invited out on 4th March by our sister home Yohden Care Complex who were organising a meet up with our sister homes in the local area for coffee and cake at Let There Be Crumbs Coffee shop at the stunning Roker Hotel.  

At Carmel Lodge we are really getting into the swing of things for April. Starting with our Easter celebrations baking chocolate Easter nests and an Easter egg hunt. More to the end of April we will be planting our cress and having a wine and cheese tasting afternoon.

Barnes Court Care Home in Wycliffe Road Sunderland have had a busy month of activities and even managed a few lovely trips out before things with COVID-19 started to affect the UK.  They have been to the Sunderland Empire Cinema to see Doctor Doolittle, our favour tea shop at Penshaw Tea Rooms and bowling.  

The residents at Belmont House Care Home were delighted to receive postcards from Starbeck Primary School and Springwater School here in Harrogate. The children had written a personal message on the back of the postcards and made our residents feel part of our caring community. Two of our residents are currently in the process of replying to the kindness shown by children and staff from both local schools.

Howgate House residents have a busy April scheduled. We will be busy replying to the letters that have been sent to our residents by local children as well as making our Easter bonnets.  Our activities lady will be re starting our spring gardening sessions - weather permitting. 

We are all looking forward to the pub games and St Georges day celebrations.  

Linda Berry, Team Leader at Minster Grange won a gorgeous bouquet of flowers and some chocolates and nominated them to Minster Grange to receive them. 

The chocolates have been shared with the residents and the flowers are on display for everyone to enjoy.