There is lots of work happening at Rosedale at the moment in the Lodge which is undergoing a huge refurbishment project to open April time. Our very handy maintenance man, Steve, has been such a huge help. We were delighted when our Commercial Director, James Burgan, came yesterday to present Steve our maintenance manager with vouchers for a meal out for Steve and his wife as a big thank you.

Thank you to Steve for all of your hard work and thank you James for popping in to see us and all of the work going on in the Lodge.

We celebrated Bill and Daphne's 53rd wedding anniversary in February. We wish them all the love and for many more years to come. Happy Anniversary to you both.

We are delighted to show you the start of our new project, Carson Gallery and making great progress finding new talent for embroidery, sketching and painting. We can't wait to show you the final product.

Chinese New Year celebrations at Garden Hill. We listened to traditional Chinese music while enjoying stir fry with spring rolls and prawn crackers with sweet chili dip. We used a translation app to learn Chinese and discovered our astrology animals. We then enjoyed some arts and crafts sessions to colour in our astrology animals.

Our residents enjoyed a fabulous party to celebrate the life and Poetry of Robbie Burns, we had afternoon tea with Scottish Raspberries and lovely shortbread.

Our residents really enjoyed our fun OOMPH exercise session.

Pom poms add to the fun and getting everyone moving about is brilliant this has been a great introduction to our busy calendar and is very popular here at Troutbeck.

'Kung Hei Fat Choy' we have had a fabulous day participating in the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Some super delicious meals were prepared by Chef Mitchell to mark the occasion. Amazing aromas filled the home which left us all licking our lips.  For those unable to join us in the dining areas room service was provided.

The team at Cedar Court love to get dressed up to entertain the people living at the home with their “Glee” style singing concerts. For Burns Night, they donned Scottish dress and produced an inspired program that featured a concert as well as some traditional Scottish refreshments.

The residents created beautiful flower arrangements that were displayed all around Allingham House, adding a splash of colour in our home. It was the perfect opportunity to reminisce with our residents about their favourite flowers and flower arrangements made for specials occasions. The most popular ones were of course their weeding bouquets.

We had an afternoon tea here at The Hawthorns, our residents really enjoyed this, they also asked if we could do it again.