We have had lots of happy days at Gateford Hill. Residents have been in the grounds to see the horses that are temporarily in our field. 

Birthdays have been special recently: Mrs H was 90 years old!  We set the lounge up with drinks, nibbles, cards received by Mrs H and her presents.  We all sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and laughed and cried, as Mrs H remembered loved ones.  After lunch, Mrs H’s family came to see her as a surprise, with appropriate social distancing applied in the garden. Mrs H voiced what a lovely day she’d had.

A belated note to say a sincere thank you for your care for M and support for myself. As you recall, it was difficult for me leaving M at Troutbeck and quiet a challenge after. However, you were always there to help us both through this time.

Thank you once again, I know I sent flowers to Troutbeck but I wanted to Thank you personally. I hope you and yours are well Take care MW

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.