The winners of the Pumpkin competition was number 4 - Garrion .. the black bowler hat has changed to a witches hat .. spooky spooky.  Our pumpkin hat judge presented the prizes .. congratulations to everyone who voted and created such a buzz around the home and well done Garrion  for your amazing pumpkin.

We celebrated the MMCG and Countrywide 7th annual care awards in September and were delighted when Glennie House was a winner. Our very own night shift carer Kimberly McCracken, won Carer of the year 2021. So unbelievably proud to have her as part of our team. Well done Kimberly.

We celebrated a belated Macmillan Coffee morning at the Home in September raising money for this wonderful charity. We held a raffle in the home and raised £61 to this amazing cause and then enjoyed a coffee morning with the residents who enjoyed cupcakes and a little tipple.   A huge thank you to residents and their families and staff for there support.

Well done to one of our incredible team members who took part in the Memory Walk with her daughter and family to raise money for Alzheimer's Society . They took part in the South Shields memory walk on 9th October and raised a whopping £485 for the charity. Alzheimer's Society touches many people especially our team and residents at Willowdene who are living with dementia. 

We celebrated Halloween at Willowdene and had lots of fun dressing up in the home.  Residents and staff dressed up and had a Halloween party.  We were entertained by Sam Naylor who was brilliant and enjoyed lots of sweets and cupcakes during the afternoon and a Halloween buffet for tea on the evening.  A good night was had by all.

We celebrated Alzheimer’s month at the home in September by creating our own dragon flies and lilies.  Our residents created a wonderful display of their work and to remember Alzheimer’s during the month of September.

We have been making the most of the last of the sunshine in the garden in October and we had ice cream and a visit from the neighbours cat.   Brenda enjoyed the feeling of grass on her feet. Fair well summer, hello to a new season with lots of fun planned.

We have had quite a few birthday celebrations in the home this month and Chef Moira never lets us down with her home baked cakes.  We love home baking at the home and spend many an afternoon with Moira creating biscuits and cakes for coffee mornings at the home.  We can’t wait to be able to welcome you back into the home for a coffee morning.

The winter days are fast approaching and we haven’t been out in the gardens as much this month but that doesn’t stop us having fun in the home. Pat organised to have a dominoes competition in the coffee shop with residents and carers. Moira in the kitchen baked us a coffee and walnut cake and we enjoyed this with a cuppa during the games.

The people living and working at Woodlands care home went all out for Halloween.  Not only were the traditional scary faces carved into the pumpkins there were glittery cats and spiders and some beautifully decorated smaller pumpkins and squashes.

A fantastic display.