Our new Staff room all from the money donated to the staff from the late Mr W Smith - We went for a Nautical theme. 

Dear Linda and everyone at Troutbeck.

One of our longest serving staff member's Joan Taylor retired from Croft House last week after 21 years service. Joan was our Activities Coordinator and she loved every minute she spent with our residents over the years. She will be missed by all. 

Happy Retirement Joan 

During the lock down we have been finding plenty of ways to keep ourselves busy including trying different arts and crafts.

We recently tried stencilling which was new to many of us.

June was Pride month and we wanted to show our support at Blenheim Care Centre.

We produced an abstract rainbow painting which we have proudly displayed.

We all love homemade cakes at Blenheim Care Centre and sometimes the people living with us like to make them themselves. 

Starbeck Primary School children sent these wonderful handmade cards to lift our spirits and provide colourful cheer to the residents at Belmont House Care Home on High Street, Starbeck. Thank you for the lovely cards and we can't wait to see you when you are allowed to visit again.

We received this beautiful gift from Pinpoint Recruitment in June which really cheered us up.  Thank you so much for thinking of us at Astor Care Complex and we really do appreciate your generosity.  Hope to see you in the future for a coffee morning.  Until then, stay safe.

At Astor Court we have a weekly Gentleman’s Club, we hold this on a Wednesday morning, its a lovely way of being able to interact and play games. The favourite is dominoes and we even have beer and crisps. We'd love you to join us once things return to normal.

We love taking part in activities at Astor Care Complex and really wanted to make our own rainbow for the home involving all of our residents. We decided to make a rainbow of our hand prints. It was such a lovely activity as it meant all of our residents were able to be involved.

After the rainbow was made we travelled around the home, to take photos with messages for the families, which were emailed. We have received some positive feedback from the families who loved seeing the photos and we hope you love our rainbow as much as we do. 

Astor Care Complex were visited by Georgia's Giant Rainbow in May who gave us all a wave from the car park. There was lots of smiles and waves from all around the home from the residents who were delighted to receive a visit during lockdown. It was a beautiful day and the rainbow wave was such a lovely idea which cheered everyone up especially as we were making our own rainbow's in the home.