In the afternoon, our residents played dominoes against us, our resident won the match.

For this months regional tea room competition and with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations around the corner, Birth Heath Lodge decided to show our patriotism by creating a London inspired Tea room.

The residents helped create the city atmosphere with an enormous Big Ben replica with a real clock face. Pictures of London Monuments, famous buildings and London born celebrities filled the walls.

The Queen's Green Canopy is an initiative running nationwide to encourage people to plant a tree to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We are blessed with a garden full of

beautiful trees, but we thought this would be a great opportunity to start planting in the front of the home where we have plenty of space. But we couldn’t stop there…

Residents, staff and families, joined together in a Fundraising Coffee Morning and Afternoon BBQ, a whole day of celebrations to raise money for Dementia UK and Alzheimer's Society.

We raised the Amazing amount of £580.

I would like to thank especially kitchen staff for providing the food and beverages and the families, relatives and members of the community, who joined us to this celebration and raise money to support families living with dementia.

Thank you very much to everyone for your generosity!!!

Our resident's took advantage of the sunshine to do a bit of plant potting today .

Beverley putting a new spin on the term Green fingers...

Fresh air, relaxing music and a coffee went down a treat.

A lovely afternoon had by all.

Platinum Jubilee decorations are filling our home at Hope Green and are extending to the gardens to give our visitors a Royal Welcome. Residents and staff have been busy creating in the craft club, and also out in the gardens with ribbons, bunting and bows. We're a great team at Hope Green and enjoy working alongside each other to celebrate events throughout the year and the Platinum Jubilee for our Queen is definitely something to celebrate in style.

We were visited by a local ice cream van yesterday, nothing beats an ice cream on a very sunny day! We all enjoyed our fabulous ice cream cones, some with sauce and some with sprinkles.

We planted our herb garden this morning but also combined it with a sensory activity. Before we planted our herbs we had a little smelling and taste game, our residents got to smell our herbs and have a little taste before they guessed what they were. Our overall winner was our lovely Jane who won a little award for her efforts. Once we planted our herbs we gave them a good water and placed them in the garden where they belong.

Our residents love to cook so we had a challenge last week and made homemade pasta and a vegetarian sauce for vegetarian week, great fun was had by all and the results were delicious!

We are pleased to let everyone know that two of Amber Court’s family members are nominated on the 8th Annual Maria Mallaband & Countrywide Care Homes Care Awards 2022. James Nicdao is one of the shortlisted in Lifestyle Pioneer category and Delma Dela Cruz in Manager of the Year category. Residents and Staff in Amber Court are very proud of you! The awards night will be held on 7th of July 2022 at The New Dock, Royal Armouries, Leeds. All for the for best for both of you!