Its been a busy new year at Bowerfield House. We planted our bulbs ready to enjoy the blooming flowers later on in the year. We enjoyed Burns Night and the most amazing Scottish meals - haggis, neeps and tatties - cooked by our chef Matt. The Big Garden Birdwatch with the RSBP showed us just how many beautiful birds visit our garden - sparrows, black birds and blue tits. We loved watching them feed from our newly built and painted bird table. We celebrated two January birthdays - Happy Birthday to both Lorna and John!

To the manger and all the staff,

Thank you from the family of PT for caring and looking after her. Over the last 6 years all the managers, day staff and night staff have together given her a life of being respected, loved and encouraged as her needs increased. For that we are most grateful and appreciative. P enjoyed living in Cavendish Court and as her sister that has made me very pleased as I reflect back over the last years of her life.

With thanks, JP.

Welcome to Allingham House. My name is James Bradford and I have worked in the care and retirement sector for the past 5 years.

We celebrated Burns Night with plenty of tartan and Tam O Shanter hats. Along with decorating cupcakes with icing and edible Scottish cupcake toppers, we also enjoyed an amazing classic Scottish meal of haggis, neeps and tatties with whiskey gravy followed by a chocolate pudding with chocolate and whiskey custard. To finish off we enjoyed a Scottish colloquial quiz called 'Oh Aye the Noo' from Support for Care by Relish, where residents had to guess the meaning of Scottish words. Everyone's favourite was most definitely 'There's a moose in my hoose'! 

The residents of The Belvedere have each received this lovely donation from Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care. They have enjoyed snuggling into their fluffy scarves. Thank you! 

Friday 8th January ... Elvis Birthday! We have some big fans within our home so we couldn't miss the Kings birthday. We dressed up, sang and danced to all of his songs and enjoyed some classic American snacks. 

The Westbourne residents and staff have been enjoying their January theme of Scotland with some wonderful Scottish dancing together. With two steps forward, two steps back and then round in a circle there was lots of laughter. All finished off with a discussion on Scottish scenery and our favourite memories, it created a lovely vibrant atmosphere for all to take part in. Happy January everyone.

My name is Ashleigh and I am the new Manager of Alexandra Court. I have over 16 years’ experience working in residential care, which I have enjoyed every day of! I  feel privileged to be able to work with and support people to make a positive difference to their lives. I am very pleased at leading  the wonderful staff team here at Alexandra Court and ensuring the residents here achieve the best possible life in our home.

Here at Belvoir Vale we have a new staff member join us today! She saw how busy and hard working our staff are and wanted to help us out, so we got her one of our shirts and put on her PPE and off she went monitoring the floor, making sure the staff were doing all of their jobs. She joined us in a meeting and at the end of the day she came to the home manager and insisted on a pay rise for all the hard work she had done! It was a joy to have her join our team for the day and we look forward to her joining us again!