A big thank you to the guys from Tat Fresh Skin Care who dropped off some of their skin balm at both Hope Green and Carmel Lodge. The staff really appreciated the kind thought.

Ste & Danny have also been donating balm to the NHS. Ste said "It was brought to our attention that repeated washing of hands has caused dry skin, cuts and 'burn like' injuries to our vital NHS and care home staff so they decided to help. So far the lads have donated over 1000 balms to members of NHS & care staff for free."

Easter this year was a little different to other years at Belmont House Care Home in Starbeck, Harrogate but we also wanted to make it memorable for our families who were unable to visit our residents.

We thought it would be nice for family members to receive a card from their loved one wishing them a Happy Easter and letting them know that they are all doing well and are looking forward to being together again at the end of this current situation.

Thank you to  local company By a Thread who have made and donated these multi coloured mask supports to both Bowerfield House and Bowerfield Court. 

We were blessed with beautiful weather for VE day and so we took our celebrations into our gardens to celebrate with a garden party.

We decorated the inside of Brunel House and of course outside, with bunting, photographs and garden games. We served afternoon tea, listened to music and played lots of lawn games. It was a perfect day.

Thank you so much to Alison Hunter from Imperial College and Dr Alex Fergusson visiting lecturer from FAC Technology for their generous donation of washable face visors for staff at Ashmead Care Centre. Alison, along with help from Karin and Mark hand assembled all the visors, which when delivered provided a huge morale boost to our nurses and carers. We can’t thank you enough for choosing to support Ashmead Care Centre and our staff with this essential equipment as we continue to care for our residents.

A huge thank you to everyone at local Putney based catering company Dinner Ladies, who have been fundraising via Just Giving to provide meals for front line workers

Ashmead was lucky enough to be amongst the local care homes who received a delivery of individual food portions and drinks which was really appreciated.. The food was delicious, and we can’t thank you enough for thinking about all of us working on the front line in the local care homes and hospitals during this challenging time.

Stockport based manufacturing company Macpac kindly dropped off face protectors for the staff at Carmel Lodge. 

The  Macpac staff drove round every care home in East Cheshire handing out visors to care workers.

Graham Kershaw from Macpac said  "We manufacture weekly and monthly pill packs and we ship these all over the UK and beyond so moving into visors was a logical step.”

Thank you for your kind donation.

We may not be allowed visitors of the human kind so Healing Hector stepped into Abingdon Court Care Home to spread some joy and happiness. As colourful hector ran towards the front door he raised many smiles both inside and outside the building.

Covid-19 may take away many of our activities temporarily but Covid cannot take away the memories of this special day. 

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of VE day we had live social distancing entertainment at Bowerfield Court Care Home. One of our regular singers agreed to sing for us in the back garden while the residents watched from the far side of the lounge and the dining area. It was such a treat to have Deborah perform for us and everyone was so pleased to see live entertainment for the first time in about 8 weeks.

Batley Hall Manager,Julie Afsar surprised her staff with a very special badge to thank her team for all their hard work and dedication.

Sending wishes to all key workers across the spectrum from us all at Batley Hall.