We were delighted to launch our visitors booth in December.  It was wonderful to see the families starting to arrive and using the booth to visit loved ones in the warmth.  We hope you enjoyed your visits as much as we loved seeing you all.

Here at Heeley Bank we believe that if we can't take our residents to the Christmas pantomime, we will bring the pantomime to them. Performed and written by our wonderful staff. We brought to life the story of Cinderella. We would love to say a massive thank you to Woodseats Amdram for donating such wonderful costumes.

The residents had as much fun as the staff pretending to try on the slipper Cinders lost running away from the ball.

J and I had a pod visit yesterday to see B on her birthday. We can't express enough our thanks and gratitude that all the staff put in to celebrate B's birthday. With everyone singing happy birthday and the candle on the cake, B's face lit up and we saw the biggest smile ever. I haven't seen her that happy in a long time. It was a very special moment, not only for me B, but for J and myself. This was J's first visit to see B since March. She posted a tweet this morning to say that she still has a smile on her face.

We weren't about to let the snow go to waste so we wrapped up warm and headed outside. A snowball fight ensued with plenty of laughter and shots on target! We were especially proud of our snowman, using the hand painted pebbles from our snake pebble for his eyes and buttons. 

What an absolute delight for all residents and staff. Waking up to a blanket of snow all over was amazing. Residents enjoyed watching the snow fall with one lady saying that it made her feel like a child again. How magical. 

We, the family, really appreciated the card, tree decoration and Mums photo which I took a picture of and sent to all kin, Spain and USA. A photo to show the decoration has been put into service. 

Many thanks and a Happy New Year.

Message from a family member. 

Although Christmas was a little different this year, it didn't stop us celebrating and having fun! We kicked Christmas off with a big party. We had a buffet, virtual entertainment from the wonderful Deborah McCormik, games, films and even an appearance from the Grinch!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us at Bowerfield Court. 

Santa came to our home, lots and lots of big happy smiles. 

Merry Christmas to all. 

We had a surprise from our local school sending us Christmas card's that the pupils had made, a lovely thought and went down very well with our residents giving us lots of smiles. 

We had a Christmas art and craft day mainly repairing the nose on our snowman and the antlers on the reindeer and general Christmas arts and craft. A very enjoyable day for the class.