Here at Field View Care Home on Hesleden Road we have missed all of our relatives who usually come to visit us but our residents have had some great calls and video calls with you all.  Here our two of our ladies enjoying chats with their families on the cordless phones at the home.

We've had lockdown birthdays at Field View Care Home in April and May for three of our fabulous residents.  

Bill was 88 years old.

Mary was 87 years old

Maureen was 82 years old 

We hope you had a fabulous birthday.  

Pictonary is one of our favourite games with both our residents and staff getting involved. It can get quite competitive and noisy but its always good natured and good fun.

Here at Ashfield Court Care Home on Tewit Well Road in Harrogate we have been amazed by the kindness and generosity of our local community.

We received some gorgeous flowers from the Oatlands Community Group and a lovely card which was such a lovely gesture and meant the world to us. Thank you for sending those to us, the staff and residents loved them.

We love hearing stories from yesteryear at Willowdene Care Home on Lizards Lane, Sedgefield and VE Day proved to be an amazing day for that.  

Meet our fabulous resident Ivy who is 105 years old.  She was 30 years old and married to Tom who was a solider when the first VE Day was celebrated and she recalls they had a big party and singing and dancing in the streets.  The atmosphere was magical and everyone baked lovely cakes, pies and treats and shared everything with their neighbours.

Willowdene Care Home on Lizard Lane in Sedgefield was delighted to receive a special delivery from the students and staff at Trimdon Community College.  Our residents were delighted and thoroughly enjoyed the cake and biscuits with their afternoon cuppa.  

Thank you so much for thinking of us and you must come in to visit us when able.

Astor Care Complex on Lamb Street in Cramlington were delighted to receive a wonderful donation from local firm Amcor in Cramlington who kindly made and donated visors for every team member at the home.

The staff were delighted to receive them and everyone has commented on how well made they were. Thank you for this amazing donation during these unprecedented times and we would like to thank you for taking the time to think of us at Astor Care Complex.

May has been another month of community generosity and Earsdon Grange received some gorgeous cakes and cookies from Bakes by KH based in Whitley Bay. We can certainly say they tasted delicious and went down well with a cup of tea. Thank you so much.

We also received some lovely gifts from J&B Recycling who came by to drop off a selection of goodies.  Such a wonderful surprise and we are very grateful you took the time to pop by with these.

Thank you to you all. 

We couldn't wait for VE Day at Garden  Hill Care Home, We had a garden party inside the home with cakes and tea and bunting and had a sing along in the coffee shop.

A community initiative has seen young people in Slough helping to keep up the spirits of residents in care homes across the town, including here at Windmill Care Centre.

Several of our residents have become surprise new pen pals including our lovely resident Dorothy Laing who is really enjoying receiving these letters.

“They have been wondering how life is with me at my age”, she said and is really impressed with their questions. “I can see that they are all very clever girls and we have been enjoying exchanging news about our lives”.