Today we celebrated ancillary day with our team at Ashfield Court . A lovely cake and fun afternoon for staff and our residents, plus a gift from MMCG.

We had a huge celebration here at Clarendon Court, our resident Florence Hynes was 100 years old. Florence had a celebration outside on the patio with family and friends with lots of cake and a buffet. A very special day for a very special lady.

Our Cowboy Party at Allingham House was a brilliant day for both staff and residents. The barbecue was great and the kitchen staff were amazing!! Staff and residents enjoyed, burgers, sausages and salad, drinks were also provided. Our team also came in fancy dress just to make it a bit more special, yeeha!

The residents were delighted to do the lavender harvesting in the garden, while they were sharing happy memories and reminiscing. They enjoyed the smell, the colour, and the the tactile of the plants, a completely sensory stimulation experience!

What a great time we had at Hope Green putting together Memory Boxes. As we spent time exploring things that were important to us, memories came flooding into our minds and conversations flowed too. Our boxes were filled with items that reflected special places, special moments and roles that we had played in our lives. We also found ourselves searching the internet together to find things that had been important to us and the best one by far was a 3minute clip of a little day trip boat in Scarborough which one of our residents had enjoyed every year on her holiday.

As the summer draws to a close at Hope Green we decided to spend some time watching and listening in the garden. We were amazed by the number of beautiful butterflies visiting the last of the Buddleia blooms and we sat quietly appreciating the peacefulness, listening to the sounds, picking the last of the flowers, smelling the scents and touching the various textures of the leaves. The 'feel good' factor of surrounding ourselves with nature was very much enjoyed by us all.

In our art class we have residents who really excel, Joseph wanted to continue the jungle theme and came up with this elephant and tiger, which we all agree, he did an excellent job. Now thinking of his next subject, watch this space.

Our bank holiday theme was a French Fun Day, we had games and music dressing up for the part, and lots of cheese, wine and french fancy cakes. A great day had by all.

Here’s our very own Margaret who showed her talent in making the head dress for the Amber Court's Fiesta. Look at how she sampled her work!

The Ladies (Joan on the right and Christine on the left) at Amber Court has been very busy making the head dress before our Amber Court Fiesta event. Look how amazing their work is!