On the 21st February, Hope Green held their Memory Café with lots of guests including the Mayor of Macclesfield. We had an acoustic band with lots of singing and dancing, homemade cakes and games to play.

Our residents and visitors thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Residents and families of Howgate House were invited to a community coffee morning at the local Primary School.

Four of our ladies and their daughters had a lovely morning chatting and meeting new people. Homemade cakes and biscuits that the school children had made were enjoyed with a cup of tea. Residents received a lovely thank you card with a chocolate heart on it and the children made a delicious chocolate for everyone to enjoy at Howgate House. 

On Valentines Day Howgate House residents enjoyed a good old singalong with percussion instruments.

The shakers were homemade out of old plastic bottles with dried corn, peas and beans. 

Fun afternoon enjoyed by all. 

The residents at Skell Lodge loved meeting our new friend Annie (the dog). Annie comes to see us every week and we get cuddles and the chance to feed her biscuits. 

This month at The Moors Care Centre, the residents decided to take on a a new challenge, as it is Easter soon and we are getting very excited about the arrival from Incredible Eggs.  For 10 days residents will be able to watch a number of chicks hatch and take care of them. Everyone is looking forward to meeting the chicks and naming them. 

It’s always sad when we have to say goodbye to one of our residents but what made it more bittersweet was that George Smith had a birthday coming up.  His family contacted us after the funeral and donated some money so that George’s good friends at Earsdon Grange could have a tea party in his memory with a glass of his favourite tipple. 

We believe all of our residents are individuals and as such have different likes and dislikes. One of our residents is an avid gym member so when he moved into Yohden we were keen to support Graham with this and sent two of our activity coordinators along to the gym so that Graham could put them through their paces during his own gym sessions.

Join us at Howgate House in Idle, Bradford on Thursday 5th March from 2 - 4pm for a cuppa and tea loaf. Everyone welcome.

Chris Brown, staff member at Howgate House Care Home is modelling her outfit in preparation for our Tea 4 Free event on Tuesday 5th March 2 - 4 pm. 

The Cornwall Air Ambulance does an amazing job and we are proud to support them in anyway we can. For the recent "Wear it Red Day", residents and the team at Windmill Court wore red and our bake sale raised £64.37.