In the spirit of France and to celebrate Bastille Day, we tried our hand at baking our own French patisserie in the form of Macarons!

As part of our Summer Armchair Travel series, we all boarded Abingdon Airlines to take a tour of France!

We enjoyed some French bread with some classic soft French cheeses, washed down with a gorgeously refreshing French white wine. We enjoyed the sounds of traditional a French accordion as we imagined cruising down the river Seine.

Friday 20th August at Belmont House Care Home we hosted a very special event, Bradlee Whittaker, a health care assistant at Belmont House Braved the Shave for Macmillan cancer support. Special guests, the Mayor and the Mayoress of Harrogate took part in the afternoons entertainments. We don’t have a final figure yet but on the afternoon we had got to over £820, we will announce the final figure soon. A very big well done to Bradlee who provided the highlight of a lovely afternoon for our residents, families and staff.

This afternoon’s activity was pizza tasting. We had a variety of flavours such as chorizo and anchovies, they were very tasty.

We celebrated Lillians 100th Birthday on the 13th August, she had family visiting and a lovely party with friends at Troutbeck.



 

Hope Green love to celebrate Birthdays together and last week one of our residents celebrated with a wonderful session of Singing Together. Waving pom poms to the music, choosing favourite songs, reminiscing together and enjoying friendships made the day complete. We were delighted when flowers were delivered, cards were opened and messages of celebration were read out and enjoyed. What a wonderful way to spend the day.

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)

There was a lot of rocking and rolling enjoyed by staff and residents together, as we celebrated music, fashion, and fun. Bubble wands added to the party atmosphere and 'air guitar' poses for photos became a popular choice too. As always, it was good to have fun with the pom poms which added even more vibrant colour to a great party atmosphere.

We had the perfect weather to celebrate national picnic month. Last month we had the first of many mini picnics al fresco. Even in the shade it was scorching. Our residents enjoyed some light tapas and berry fizz. Margaret said it reminded her of the summer of 1976 whilst Alice fondly remembered her previous holiday to Capri.