Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection was celebrated by revisiting our Tree Of Hope in the beautiful gardens of our home. It was Christmas when we first made the decision to name this tree our Tree of Hope and now as it comes to life with Spring blossom it's fitting that we celebrate this special day together around the tree once again. This time residents and staff made hearts to hang with ribbon and chose to write 'thank you' 'respect' 'integrity' and other values that we hold dear.

Bowerfield House have been busy organising and choosing our Queen`s jubilee tree which is being planted on 25th March. We are very excited about this which is why we are choosing a colour for our garden fence which is the start of our garden project.

Lots of changes are going on at Bowerfield House and we are very excited and looking forward to sitting in our garden this summertime .

All residents staff and residents’ families all got involved and was lovely to see.

A Day at the Races!! We all enjoyed celebrating the Cheltenham Gold Cup today. The residents picked a horses name out of the hat and decorated a Jockey shirt with matching colours. When it was time for the chosen race to begin, the residents gathered in the lounge and wore some fancy hats ready. The winner of the race won a bottle of Prosecco!

We were so excited to be back on site to see how our beautiful home was coming along last week. Our garden's are being freshly prepared and the carpets have been fitted into our brand new luxury rooms. What a difference a few weeks make! Not long to go now.

For the second consecutive year the residents enjoyed a Carnival Party at Allingham House. The residents started the week making and displaying colourful decorations all around our home, creating the perfect space to celebrate this festive day. When the big Day arrived, the residents and staff enjoyed singing and dancing while they were wearing their beautiful masks. I would like to thank specially to the kitchen staff, they provided delicious sandwiches and drinks to make this day completely memorable.

We celebrated International Woman's Day at Ashfield Court by having a talk on Emily Pankhurst and the residents shared views on how things were so different then and how she changed everything for women all them years ago! Plus lots of cups of tea and fresh cinnamon swirls. It was a great morning. Happy International Woman's Day

We dedicated a day for our lovely ladies in the home and also involved the community around Amber Court. Every lady had received pink flower and simple treat that symbolises how important and special they are. Some also had a pampering sessions like nails, haircuts, massages and entertainment to celebrate their womanhood. Jimmy, one of our residents helped the staff to go around Kipling Drive to give flowers and chocolates to all the women out there.

We marked the 2nd week of March as British Pie Week. Pies can be part of any of our meals, it can be our main meal, dessert, or just for snacks. That’s why our very talented kitchen chef prepared different kinds of pie for the whole week. We had Cheese and Onion Pie, Cherry Pie with custard, Quiche, Steak Pie, Cottage Pie and a lot more of its kind. Our residents had enjoyed every pie they got.

Staff at Allingham House really enjoyed this magnificent training and can't wait for the next sessions.

Claire Ford is a registered nurse and PhD student researcher at the University of Manchester. She is conducting a research project where she is designing, developing and feasibility testing a falls awareness and prevention training prototype using Virtual Reality in care homes across Greater Manchester.

'Random Acts of Kindness Day', no matter how big or small the gesture, all expressions of kindness were and are welcomed in our home.  Kindness increases the love hormone, energy, happiness, pleasure and serotonin. Our Wellbeing team set up a beautiful kindness board to help with the sprinkling of kindness everywhere.