At Hope Green we spent two lovely mornings in the garden planting some flowers which had kindly been donated by a local supermarket. The residents enjoyed the sunshine and fresh air while getting stuck in and creating a number of wonderful pots, looking at the colourful flowers and patterns on the leaves. They can now be enjoyed for weeks to come on garden walks.

An arts and crafts session painting some rainbow hand autumn trees. Everyone living in the home who joined in with this session really enjoyed comparing the size of their hands, along with everyone’s unique shape🍁🌳

Making these were great fun and we created a lot of mess. So cheap and simple to do. We purchased magnetic strips from a local craft shop. These make lovely gifts which we will be gifting to family and friends.

Congratulations to our Super Nurse – Alina, who was presented with a gift card and some of her favourite flowers in recognition of her nomination as a finalist in the category of Nurse of the Year at this year’s MMCG Care Awards.  Well done Alina, we are all so proud of you and the recognition of your continued care, commitment and dedication to everyone living with us at Kents Hill.

What a lovely relaxing afternoon our residents had creating such wonderful pictures.

It may be raining outside, but the sun is always shining in Buckingham House.

As the weather turns colder, our thoughts are turning to Autumn, the clocks go back and even though we know Autumn or Fall as it is sometimes called can be a short season, we also think it can be one of the most beautiful, with bright summer type skies, with a chill in the air and the wonderful colours of the changing leaves all around us.

This is our Autumn tribute.

We decided to try something a little different for our arts and craft day. We took to the gardens and began searching for some pebbles and small rocks to decorate. We had so many inspired designs and the residents have decided to sell their creations at our upcoming winter fete.

We enjoyed an afternoon of pizza making in preparation for our take away and film night.

There were a huge selection of toppings and we discovered some budding chefs amongst us! Its fair to say they were all delicious.

Cavendish Court held their very own awards ceremony celebrating the staff and residents, they also had a lovely buffet which everyone enjoyed.

An afternoon of apple cider and apple pie in celebration of world apple day!