As everyone was busy celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee over the bank holiday weekend, River View waited until Tuesday 7th so more of our family members were able to join in the celebrations with everyone living here.

The home was decorated throughout for the duration as well as the garden for the party. Our kitchen team put together a beautiful royal banquet, which all the people living and working at River View, as well as guests, were able to enjoy.

We were excited to have a vintage car visit! It was a beautiful car and some even went for a quick spin in the sunshine. Alongside our other activities it was a very full day.

We had a brilliant day with our residents celebrating The Queens Jubilee. Everyone loved our outdoor party with our buffet, entertainment, refreshments and a tombola. We also had a visit from our mayoress.

As the season goes warmer each day, we took the opportunity to have our residents spend at least an hour a day outside. This day, Geoffrey, Roy and Margaret took time to savour the warmth of the sun and fresh air filled their body. It was indeed a good sunny day

Hope Green celebrated in style together surrounded by red white and blue for a special Jubilee afternoon. What a wonderful and joyful time we had! Music playing gently in the background, fresh flowers on the tables picked from our beautiful gardens and our very best tea sets. Residents comments included 'oh how lovely!' 'this is fantastic' and 'thankyou so much'.

Pup day is our most popular activity, who could resist our sweet pups Tia, and Rocky. Nothing fills our hearts like those smiles of joy we see when our residents get to hold, pet and love our sweet four legged volunteers.

Jubilee Saturday was a beautiful day and we had a family and friends BBQ. Our home was hopping with visitors and yummy food. We had burgers, sausages, chicken with all of the fixings and an amazing dessert buffet. Seeing all of the happy smiling faces enjoying good food and camaraderie was good for the heart and soul.

Our residents commemorated the jubilee by painting some lovely rocks for a surround for our “plant a tree for the Jubilee” lilac. We watched the Thanksgiving service and the original coronation. Our residents also enjoyed a concert in honour of the queen.

Our quiz afternoon started with true or false, the residents loved it and wanted to play again.

We also played a quiz with different facts.

One of our residents celebrated her 100th birthday this week.

We set up a cream tea for herself, daughter and granddaughter to enjoy in the sunshine under the gazebo