We recently had thank you hampers delivered to Bowerfield Court on behalf of the directors. 

Very well received by staff. Thank you.

We feel like lockdown has created some master bakers at Barnes Court.  

We have made cherry, treacle and choc chip cakes this month, along with spooky cookies and a delicious lemon drizzle cakes.  The kitchen smells amazing when they are in the oven and we all look forward to enjoying them with a cup of tea on our own floors and a catch up of the day.

There has been a lot of Halloween activity at Barnes Court in October.  We have enjoyed baking spooky ghost biscuits, dressing up and having our faces painted for the Halloween party and enjoying some delicious treats which were donated by out local Family Shopper.  Thank you so much.

We had a try at making our own flower arrangements at the home in October to brighten up the home with Autumn themes.  We used blocks of oasis to hold the flowers in place in a vase and then added roses and greenery to the display.  We were really happy with the results and Stacey, our activities coordinator, at the home told us all about when she used to be a florist and the displays she created for weddings and Valentine's Day which we are looking forward.  Next month, we are going to make our own Christmas wreath for the bedroom doors.

Many of our residents at Garden Hill used to be a dab hand in the kitchen.  Activities have changed quite a bit since lockdown but one of the residents favourite activities is home baking and they decided to make their own apple cake.  They mixed the ingredients for the base, chopped their own apples and made the glaze before our cook popped it in the oven for us.

We enjoyed the cake with a cuppa and a chat in the afternoon.

Meet Joe McKee our new Head Chef at Belmont House. Since gaining his promotion on 12th October he has been keen to create a new menu with input from the residents.

His first tasting menu of black pudding scotch eggs which our residents of Courtyard absolutely loved. They can’t wait for the next taster session.

Well done Joe.

We had a fun time at Belmont House on 25th September for the Macmillan Worlds Biggest Coffee morning and raised £105.50 for Macmillan Cancer Research this year.  We had a chocolate hamper, some raffles and enjoyed cake and tea.

This month the residents of Willow Bank enjoyed making decorations for Halloween. The residents made spiders and bats. We also did pumpkin carving and made milk bottle lanterns by decorating milk bottles and filling them with water and glow sticks. Lots of fun had by all. 

The residents at The Belvedere had a great day celebrating Halloween. We had a good laugh dressing up, painting pumpkins and decorating cupcakes. The residents finished the day off enjoying their decorated cupcakes with a cup of coffee and a movie. 

We had fun making and displaying our Halloween goodies. On each floor the display was different but effective, along with a Halloween karaoke, and finding scary movies to watch...spooky time!