We celebrated the MMCG and Countrywide 7th annual care awards in September and were delighted when Glennie House was a winner. Our very own night shift carer Kimberly McCracken, won Carer of the year 2021. So unbelievably proud to have her as part of our team. Well done Kimberly.

We celebrated a belated Macmillan Coffee morning at the Home in September raising money for this wonderful charity. We held a raffle in the home and raised £61 to this amazing cause and then enjoyed a coffee morning with the residents who enjoyed cupcakes and a little tipple.   A huge thank you to residents and their families and staff for there support.

Well done to one of our incredible team members who took part in the Memory Walk with her daughter and family to raise money for Alzheimer's Society . They took part in the South Shields memory walk on 9th October and raised a whopping £485 for the charity. Alzheimer's Society touches many people especially our team and residents at Willowdene who are living with dementia. 

We celebrated Halloween at Willowdene and had lots of fun dressing up in the home.  Residents and staff dressed up and had a Halloween party.  We were entertained by Sam Naylor who was brilliant and enjoyed lots of sweets and cupcakes during the afternoon and a Halloween buffet for tea on the evening.  A good night was had by all.

We celebrated Alzheimer’s month at the home in September by creating our own dragon flies and lilies.  Our residents created a wonderful display of their work and to remember Alzheimer’s during the month of September.

We have been making the most of the last of the sunshine in the garden in October and we had ice cream and a visit from the neighbours cat.   Brenda enjoyed the feeling of grass on her feet. Fair well summer, hello to a new season with lots of fun planned.

We celebrated National Mad Hatters Day in October with tea and cakes and made jam tarts the day before Mad Hatters Day. It was also Thomasina's 101st birthday so it was a double celebration at the home on 8th October for us.

The people living and working at Woodlands care home went all out for Halloween.  Not only were the traditional scary faces carved into the pumpkins there were glittery cats and spiders and some beautifully decorated smaller pumpkins and squashes.

A fantastic display.

Cedar Court Care Home was honoured to host The Cranleigh Poppy Appeal launch on Monday 25th October.   Trevor Cobby of the British Legion was in attendance together with Lance Corporal Tweddie-Smith and Private High from the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, “The Tigers”.

This year marks a hundred years of the poppy appeal and the fantastic work it does.

Sheila loved dressing Vicky our deputy manager up as a Mummy, she also told us to reuse the toilet paper as we may need it we are still in a pandemic after all.