River View Care Home in Tilehurst recently hosted a "Come Dine with Me" themed day to celebrate equality and diversity. The special world tasting menu included dishes from Mexico, the Caribbean, Poland and Lebanon cooked by our in-house Head Chef Antonio Carvalho. 

Everyone living in the home really enjoyed tasting the food and were delighted to be served by staff members who were dressed in outfits and colours representing their heritage. The teamwork and enthusiasm shown by staff really contributed to a fantastic day enjoyed by all.

Willowdene Care Home on Lizards Lane, Sedgefield are delighted to announce we completed the memory walk for Alzheimers Society on Saturday 19th September.  We walked from Durham to West Auckland which is approximately 14 miles and took 4 hours 15 mins and we raised £1000.

Thank you to everyone for sponsoring us

Kents Hill Care Home are the proud sponsors of Aspley Guise Under 8's Stags football team.  We have come together to become a donation point for all unwanted but useable sports kit that will be donated to KitAid.  KitAid will send all donations over to developing countries where football is loved but participation is held back by lack of access to kit and equipment.  If you have any old kit or boots lying around please drop into us.  We are having regular contact with KitAid to collect and send. 

It was Macmillan Coffee morning at Croft House today, due to COVID-19 we unfortunately couldn't have families to join us but the staff and residents loved the cakes, buns, cookies and scones we had. They went so quickly!! We also did 2 football bingo cards to raise more money and proudly raised over £100!!

It’s not only TV chefs who can set up their kitchens anytime any place. With our new mobile kitchen equipment people living at Minster Grange can now cook or bake anytime any place too. Standing by is our first chef to test out the new oven with his chocolate chip shortbread cookies. 

Willowdene Care Home on Lizards Lane, Sedgefield are delighted to announce we completed the memory walk for Alzheimers Society on Saturday 19th September.  We walked from Durham to West Auckland which is approximately 14 miles and took 4 hours 15 mins and we raised £1000.

Thank you to everyone for sponsoring us. 

During these unprecedented times we find ourselves in, we come together on the 10th of September to celebrate International Day.  This Day represents cultural diversity between staff and residents.

We decorated the lounge with flags and balloons to bring the celebration together.  Some talented staff members kept us entertained with traditional dancing.  The Chef and some staff members prepared some traditional foods which was a great highlight to end off the celebration.

A great day was had by all!!

Thanks to the kindness of The York Bird of Prey Centre, our residents were treated to a garden visit by two of their stars. Cobra, a male Harris Hawk, and Angel, a female Barn Owl are two favourites at the centre and often feature in flying demonstrations.  This month, however, they took a day off to bring their handler on a trip to Minster Grange. With his help they settled into our garden for an afternoon and we were delighted in all the attention and admiration we could heap on them.

Celebrating all things French this week at Heeley Bank Care Home with a wine and cheese tasting event to start the week off, which was enjoyed by all.

Our French Boules tournament was very competitive with  lots of laughter and we are all looking forward to more activities throughout the week and hopefully lots more food tasting too. 

During art class one of our ladies wanted to paint a picture of her granddaughter's favourite flowers so she could frame it and give it to her for her engagement present. We went to the garden to pick some of the flowers so she could use them to inspire her painting. Her granddaughter was very pleased when she was presented with the painting.