At Alexandra Court we celebrated the Queen's official birthday and National Gin and Tonic Day. Residents Gwen and Dorothy joined in and enjoyed the afternoon. 

It's National Carers Week and here at Parkview House we have been showing our appreciation and celebrating carers near and far, valuing their input and impact that they make on peoples lives. We want you to know we love and appreciate you all. 

Jean came and joined in the competition to grow the largest Sunflower. Jean is a new resident and she enjoyed being involved with the outside activities today. We finished off the day with ice creams and refreshments. 

While many who live with us remain modest when it comes to their hidden talents, several of our residents here are a dab hand with a paintbrush! This week, we experimented with string painting as a means to create something quite abstract and colourful and the outcome was spectacular!

Everyone at Wyndham Hall enjoyed celebrating the Queen's 95th birthday in style with a fun filled afternoon including pass the parcel, royal themed quizzes and lots of laughs and smiles.

This was followed by BBQ food and washed down with some strawberry champagne, so that we could all toast her Majesty and wish her many happy returns on such a special day

We are so delighted that we can have outside entertainment again, we can finally take advantage of this lovely weather. The residents were singing their hearts out, a few were dancing and the Pimm's was flowing, very refreshing. 

Our residents have been busy potting bedding plants and planting seeds for our hanging baskets and pots. The baskets and pots are now in the garden and coming along nicely with the sunshine. The residents have been sat out enjoying looking and admiring the beautiful colours. 

Our Albert the veg man was in a very sore state and needed some TLC, our Administrator Kirsty said her mum enjoyed painting and was willing to give him a makeover for us, we were really grateful for this and awaited the results with bated breath. 

Although the weather has not been very friendly staff and residents at Birch Heath Lodge decided to bring the sunshine in the home. We enjoyed a Seaside Party with a Punch and Judy show and seaside inspired games. With National BBQ week just around the corner we decided to make a day out of it with a lovely BBQ provided by the catering staff. 

The purpose of World Turtle Day is to educate people about the things that they can do to protect the habitats of turtles and tortoises. At Princess Lodge we researched facts about sea turtles and tortoises and how pollution in the ocean is effecting their habitat whilst painting some beautiful pictures.