So many of us have friends and/or family that live in Ireland and as such St Patrick's Day was never going to quietly pass us by. This is us raising a glass to wish love and friendship and, to everyone we know "May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow. And may trouble avoid you wherever you go." (Irish blessing)

Friday 12th March was Mauritian National Day and we wanted to celebrate in style. One of the ladies who we care for, Kathy (Kanteeamah) was born in Goodlands in Mauritius and the team dressed up as airline crew and in national dress and we accompanied her on a virtual flight to Mauritius. There was lots of traditional food, drinks, music and dancing of course. An amazing day.  

World Book Day was celebrated in style at Brunel House with a Mad Hatters tea party. The staff team as usual were amazing dressing up as their favourite characters from books whilst the residents enjoyed reminiscing about their favourite childhood books. The day came to an end with a spectacular Mad Hatters Tea party in the cafe. We cannot wait to go bigger and better next year and do it all over again. 

Allingham House celebrated Red Nose Day with a Fundraising Coffee Morning. Staff from different departments collaborated baking delicious cupcakes, biscuits and chocolate brownies. Later on, Activities Staff sold them to raise money for Comic Relief. I would like to give a big thank you to all Allingham House's staff for their collaboration. 

This week at Highfield we decided to mix our celebration for Red Nose Day with baking! Most of our residents got involved and loved baking in preparation for Red Nose Day. We made a beautiful sponge cake which was delicious! Everyone had a lot of fun either baking or just enjoying the celebrations.

To prepare for St Patrick's day, we coloured in some themed pictures to make into bunting to decorate the home! It was great fun and showed off everyone's different tastes, and they looked fantastic when they were up! 

Several members of staff at Ashmead Care Centre took time from their busy schedule to remember those lost during recent times to the Covid 19 virus. Friends and families were thought of, including those left without their loved ones whilst Reflection Day gave everybody the opportunity to have a two-minute silence of thought.

We celebrated Mothers Day with lots of flowers, chocolates and afternoon tea here at Troutbeck.  

We celebrated St Patrick's Day with Irish Cream Liquor, Guinness and lots of Irish music. 

Mary celebrated her 100th birthday, she had a lovely day with a long awaited visit from her sister.