Our stories

Jed who is extremely excited to dress up as the March Hare for our Mad Hatter Tea Party. Our residents have been working very hard on their costumes and the decorations. We cannot wait until the big day!

On the 21st February, Hope Green held their Memory Café with lots of guests including the Mayor of Macclesfield. We had an acoustic band with lots of singing and dancing, homemade cakes and games to play.

Our residents and visitors thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The residents at Skell Lodge loved meeting our new friend Annie (the dog). Annie comes to see us every week and we get cuddles and the chance to feed her biscuits. 

This month at The Moors Care Centre, the residents decided to take on a a new challenge, as it is Easter soon and we are getting very excited about the arrival from Incredible Eggs.  For 10 days residents will be able to watch a number of chicks hatch and take care of them.

The Cornwall Air Ambulance does an amazing job and we are proud to support them in anyway we can. For the recent "Wear it Red Day", residents and the team at Windmill Court wore red and our bake sale raised £64.37.

Flowerland in Bourne End is a favourite place to visit for our residents at Windmill Care Centre, Slough, especially for lunch.

Linsay Ellis, one of the home's favourite entertainers came to sing for the residents at Heeley Bank Care Home in Sheffield.

This month we celebrated Valentine's Day with residents and family members or their special partner. We made hearts with moving messages of love on them.

Come along to Abingdon Court's Open Day on Thursday 12th March 10am - 4pm.

Take a tour of our refurbished home and see the brilliant facilities we have to offer.

Enjoy delicious refreshments and entertainment. .

White Rose Lodge was delighted to welcome Jo from the Co-op Funeral Care Company. Jo brought with her a large memory box filled with items of interest for the residents of historical relevance in the hopes of sparking reminiscence.

Our residents at Hope Green took part in a bit of baking. Residents helped melt chocolate, cover the rice crispies and cornflakes and pop them in paper cases.

They then got to enjoy them later with a cup of tea. 

We had a great time on 20th January hosting a 1940's party.  We got dressed up and had our hair done by our activities coordinator Stacey Adams.  We had old songs playing on the record player, arts and crafts and food tasting from back in the day.

We had a great day celebrating Burns Night at Belmont House Care Home.  The day started off with entertainment from Tony Cerexhe who sang his Scottish Ballads. The residents accompanied him with musical instruments and dancing.

Rudolph and his friends were a little bit busy over Christmas and so he sent Little Man, an Alpaca Reindeer to spread festive cheer to residents at Windmill Court Care Home in Cornwall. 

We are so fortunate to have contact with Di Hall, ex international Violin player. She has visited us on a number of occasions, calling in  to play in resident’s rooms.

Carmel Lodge staff celebrated the gardening day on Wednesday 5th February by dressing as Land Girls and speaking with our residents about history WWII - 1939 – 1945. 

Everyone had a good giggle and made our residents smile. 

Troutbeck residents had a fun visit from Thornwood Alpacas in December 2019