The people living with us really enjoy the ‘Sing & Smile’ event we hosted this afternoon.  We do this every week and we even have relatives who come in each week to join in the fun! I just love to see the happy, smiling faces.  

To celebrate the Queen's Jubilee we hosted a "Royal Afternoon Tea".  More than 100 guests attending our afternoon and we are very thankful for all the lovely comments from our Residents, their relatives and all other guests that attended our event. We were also joined by our new Mayor Cllr Amanda Marlow who was very impressed with our Home.
 

We celebrated our Queen's Jubilee by hosting our very own Water Royd garden party. The event was supported by lots of people who wanted celebrate with their loved ones. We had a 5-piece band perform for us, everyone enjoyed a good old singalong and boogie with the band.
There were hot dog and popcorn stands, Tombola, raffles, we offered face painting, hook a duck and Jenga for the little ones.  There was also cold drink and refreshments served all afternoon.  We organised for the ice cream man pull up around 2pm to refresh everyone with a nice cold ice cream. 

We started the Jubilee Celebrations in Cedar Court by creating crowns in our arts and craft activity and putting together a memory board of the Queen, along with our residents very fond memories. This was guarded by our Royal Guard in honour of special guest, Queen Elizabeth II
We then held a special Jubilee Church service taken by Rev Rutton of the St Nicholas Church.

Here at Howgate House we soaked up the atmosphere , we had music, ate and drank and was merry.

Children played ,families spent quality time together in celebration of Her Majesty.

Our sweet shop, burgers and hotdogs, and the ice cream stand went down a treat!

Not forgetting our 50s band and tap dancers.

A massive thankyou to all staff as we know we added to your already busy day, you made great things happen.

As part of our celebration for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we invited a local ice cream vendor to visit our home and let our residents enjoy the ice cream he sells. All the staff and residents enjoyed this kind treat.

Our jubilee celebrations were off to a cracking start, we watched the trooping of the guard and had a real laugh making crowns. We spent the day reminiscing and remembering celebrations over the years.

Relatives were invited to share the day with the residents as we planted our Jubilee tree and we provided live entertainment along with a lovely buffet. We had games and painting and we gave everyone a plant that they took home with them to plant in their garden.

We made a tree that included photo's of the residents dressed up as Kings and Queens to make the Kings and Queens of Westbourne tree.

We were delighted to welcome our local MP Fleur Anderson to unveil the official plaque for our beautiful bottlebrush tree, planted to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.

Like many people across the UK, we wanted to join in and enhance our own garden environment by planting a tree to celebrate the jubilee, which we hope will be enjoyed by all for many years to come.

We were busy getting ready for the Platinum Jubilee. Our entry is decorated in tribute to the queen and her notable life. From facts about the commonwealth, to hobbies and baby photos we were excited for the celebration to begin.