Another afternoon on the decking enjoying the sun along with shandy and popcorn ,as soon as the sun comes out the residents like to go out and socialise in the garden.

Help Bradlee raise £500 for Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday 20th August, Brave the Shave

To Make a donation or to sponsor Bradlee please call in to our reception office or telephone 01423 580884

Registered Charity  number (261017)

Friday 13th and we had a 'Who want's to be a Millionaire' quiz, the questions seemed harder, we are not getting any where near one million!

Always popular 'Play your cards right' some good clear rounds by our residents.

On National Elephant day we held our art class with the intention of an elephant being our subject, some good efforts but one resident excelled, the finished picture was one to be proud of. A great day in our art class.

Here at Abingdon Court we believe it is important to keep engaged with the local community. We have had great pleasure working with a local dementia café run by Dementia Friendly Abingdon, who do great work with those living with dementia in the local area. To raise money, we held  a 'Denim For Dementia Day’, asking staff to donate £1 to wear their favourite denim and everyone living at Abingdon was encouraged to wear denim also! We managed to raise £50 for the charity and are delighted to be able to help out such a fantastic local cause.

Our Residents love a pamper, even some of the men do too. This was an afternoon of foot spas, sweets, manicures, Petals and a lot of Fairy Lights for the finishing touch. 

Allan Reynolds joined us to read exerts from his published books here at Troutbeck.



We have chosen a book to read called 'The Bakers Story' set in Keighley set in the run up to World War.

The residents got involved making cheese straws today. They all had a go at each step and encouraged each other along the way. The best part was tasting their goodies at the end.

Our Reminiscing Monday theme today was Schools. The residents looked at the photos and talked about their own experiences at school, bringing up some funny memories to share with the group. Some residents had similar stories to share while others were happy listening and taking it all in. They discussed the school days for nearly 2 hours. You can imagine the giggles we shared together.