The lovely people who live at The Hawthorns made some finger print painted poppies which we turned into a field of poppies to remember and honour those who fell whilst defending our freedoms and protecting our way of life.  This is pride place when entering the home for everyone to see; staff, residents and families.

We remember them at The Hawthorns

It was a most enjoyable afternoon at Ashmead for Peggy's 100th birthday.  In addition to a birthday card from Queen Elizabeth 11 the home’s chef prepared a special birthday cake and staff and fellow residents helped celebrate the occasion by singing happy birthday to Peggy.

On Sugar Awareness Day, we chatted about sugar and its origin, we then played the game * how many teaspoons of sugar *  in a number of food items.

We had a lot of fun as always.

What is Halloween without pumpkins?  We set to work at Deepdene creating the most fantastic pumpkins.  Its was so much fun.

The recent Halloween party at Deepdene was amazing. The staff team gave everyone living in the home their best Halloween catwalk show.  There were prizes for the best dressed ghouls or witches with some well-deserved prizes.

New decorations at Abbey View, a lot of red poppies all around so we can commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts,

Thank you, The Royal British Legion, for leaving us poppies so we can all have a opportunity to donate. Remembrance Day- Lest We Forget

On Bonfire night Guy Fawkes visited all of our residents who thought he was great.  He even enjoyed a game of bingo and handed out prizes before he visited people in their rooms.

This year we held a masquerade ball for Halloween. Residents spent lots of time creating their masks and costumes prior to the day. There was live entertainment from Andy T, we all had an absolute blast.

Allingham House is an international environment where people all around the world work together giving the best of themselves to deliver the best caring assistance to our residents. For that reason, we like to include our residents on popular festivals in other countries. A perfect opportunity for the residents to enjoy different activities and learn a bit more about different traditions in other cultures.

Our ladies enjoyed being tattooed with spooky characters for the day!

A beer made the process pain free!