This month at Acorn House we have welcomed 2 students from Blackburn College for a 2 week placement, Seerat and Demi. They are both studying their Health and Social Care NVQ. They will be working alongside our Lifestyle Team to support our residents with communal activities. Home Manager Cherise Homer Beck says "we have been working with Blackburn college for some time, however the COVID-19 pandemic put a pause on the placements we were able to offer, we are thrilled to welcome the students back and look forward to more placements in the future".

We had a wonderful time making no bake cheesecakes. We had blueberry, strawberry and vanilla. Teamwork made for laughter as our residents worked together helping each other finish their tasks.

We celebrated International Nurses Day in our lounge with people living with us and staff. Our fantastic nurses each got a certificate, bottle of wine and other gifts. Our amazing kitchen team created some Blue and White cup cakes, which tasted lovely.  Huge thank you to everyone who made the day so special.

The nurses at Kingsbury Court were surprised with a small party today to celebrate them and to say a huge thank you for all they do. It was so lovely to have been able to keep the secret from them until the day itself and treat them as they all do such a fantastic job for us.

We wanted to do something special to celebrate the amazing nurses that we have at Buckingham House care home.  We all met outside for some refreshments and the home manager gave each of our nurses a gift to thank them for all the incredible work that they do.

In honour of Florence Nightingale, we had a small gathering and celebration for our nurses at Cedar Court this afternoon. As a Registered General Nurse and also being our Regional Director, we also had our special guest, Petra join us for the same.  Our nurses provide such great care for the people who live with us it was nice to have an opportunity to show them we they are valued. Thank to everyone who made this say special.

International Nurses Day, such an important day when we celebrate all the amazing work all nurses do day in day out. 
We are so lucky to have exceptionally dedicated nurses working with us and today we would like to recognise them and thank them for all they do! 

How lovely to be a winner in the MMCG Regional Easter Competition with our fantastic wreath which was lovingly created by our residents. Proudly displayed here by Enid

We were delighted to be the Easter cake winner in week 2 at the home when our wonderful kitchen team created this award winning cake for the competition.  Our residents created the display for the cake to sit amongst.

We were delighted when Deputy Provost Tom Castle came to plant the Queen’s Jubilee tree at Parksprings in the garden.  We had a piper and a buffet afterwards for the residents to enjoy.  We chose a Platinum orange tree for the Queens platinum celebrations as we thought this fit in brilliantly with her Jubilee celebrations.