Being creative is so good for your brain and overall wellness, Kents Hill has a varied Art Club at the home that is well attend.  This week the group were making their very own personalised canvas bags, there were some  beautiful designs by the end of the class.

We have really embraced the sunshine this week and had everyone out for cocktail making whilst soaking up the rays! It was lovely to get out and feel the warmth and enjoy a gin or two!

St Patricks day was enjoyed by our Irish couple as they had a lovely meal shared together with their family.

For the second consecutive year, Allingham House joined to the celebrations of Red Nose Day, organising a Fundraising Coffee Morning. Residents, staff and families joined together on this very special event. I would like to thank everyone for their generosity, helping people across the UK and around the world live free from poverty, violence and discrimination, and supporting people with their mental health.

We had a smashing time drumming up support for Comic Relief: by taking part in Red Nose Day!



Staff were encouraged to wear red in exchange for a donation, whilst we all donned our red noses and spent the day making each other laugh - because laughter really can heal the soul. We are proud to be able to contribute to great causes such as this.

We all know that movement is so good for us and the lifestyle co-ordinators at Buckingham House love to get as many people as they can moving with some arm chair exercises.  Making movement fun is something the team do well.

At Knights Court we like to encourage physical as well as mental wellbeing and regularly engage the people living with us in light chair based exercise.

The benefits are immense:

* Increased flexibility and strengthening of muscles

* Helps increase circulation

* Reduces risks of falls because chair based

exercise helps improve posture and balance

* Helps increase confidence and self-esteem.

We are delighted that everyone looks forward to this activity.

Nothing quite says Happy St Patricks Day then enjoying a lovely Guinness or Baileys which the people living at Buckingham House got to do on the 17th.  The home was decorated with some lovely people from the home helping us get in the spirit.

Today we had a visit from Chloe's Mobile Farm. Chloe brought along some ponies, donkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks and her dog Nelly.

Everyone really enjoyed the visit, and we even managed to bring one of the ponies into our home to meet our residents who were not able to join us in the garden.

A really wonderful afternoon.

To celebrate science week we finished the week with staff Friday challenge, Mad Scientist Day.