Author Archives: Karen Betts

Macmillan Coffee Morning

This morning residents and relatives enjoyed gathering in the green lounge to raise money for [...]

Cricketqube

This afternoon, residents had an active time as they had a visit from cricketqube who [...]

Dance & Movement

This morning residents enjoyed having a bit of a dance as well as a sang [...]

Scrapbooking

Jean enjoyed looking at activity photos of herself, over the years, whilst a resident at [...]

Pen Pals

Residents enjoyed discussing an invitation to Twelve Trees Care Home. They composed and wrote a [...]

Flower Arranging

Residents enjoyed doing some flower arranging this morning. Good to reminisce about past flower arranging [...]

Quiz Afternoon

  Quiz Afternoon This afternoon, residents enjoyed testing their knowledge on the monthly quiz afternoon [...]

Social Afternoon

This afternoon, residents enjoyed taking part in a social afternoon in the main lounge. We [...]

Music Bingo

This afternoon, residents enjoyed taking part in a game of music bingo, we were all [...]

Motion

This morning, residents enjoyed their weekly session of motion ran by Aaron, we used a [...]

Alphabet Games

This afternoon, residents enjoyed playing some alphabet games where we were given a category such [...]

Reminiscence

This morning the residents enjoyed a relaxing session of reminiscence in which they were shown [...]

Birthday Party

This afternoon, residents had a great time attending a birthday party to celebrate Brenda’s 90th [...]

Baking

This morning, residents enjoyed taking part in some baking in which we made triple chocolate [...]

National beer day

Today is national beer day so in celebration this afternoon the residents enjoyed choosing from [...]

Cat therapy

This morning the residents enjoyed a fun session of cat therapy with our cat dolls [...]

Cycling Without Age

This morning, Anne and her son Ian enjoyed a lovely trip out on the cycling [...]

Birthday Party

This afternoon, residents had a brilliant time attending a party to celebrate Margaret and Alice’s [...]

Balloon Tennis

This morning, residents enjoyed an active session of balloon tennis in which we used pool [...]

Sensory

This afternoon, residents took part in some sensory where they were given a range of [...]

Motion

This morning, residents enjoyed their weekly session of motion ran by Aaron. We used pom [...]

Bowling

This afternoon, residents enjoyed taking part in some ten-pin bowling. This made for a lovely [...]

Football

This afternoon, residents enjoyed an active game of football in which we saw who could [...]

Coffee Trip

This morning, Janet and Derek enjoyed a trip out to Starbucks in which they each [...]

Spa Afternoon

  Spa Afternoon This afternoon we were visited by the Serinique Spa team. They set [...]

Cheese and wine afternoon

  Cheese and Wine Afternoon This afternoon some residents enjoyed some cheese and wine in [...]

Cycling Without Age

  Cycling Without Age This morning Jean enjoyed a ride out with the cycling without [...]

Hallamshire Festival

28.08.2026 Hallamshire Festival This afternoon, everyone gathered in the main lounge to celebrate our annual [...]

Puzzles & Colouring

28.08.2026 Puzzles & Colouring This morning, some residents had a relaxing time doing some floral [...]

Bingo

27.08.2026 Bingo This afternoon, residents enjoyed a fun game of classic British bingo, in which [...]

Motion

27.08.2026 Motion This morning, residents enjoyed their weekly motion session, with a lot of energy [...]

Board Games

This afternoon, residents enjoyed playing a few board games such as snakes and ladders as [...]

Balloon Tennis

This morning, residents enjoyed an active game of balloon tennis where we used pool noodles [...]

Lunch Outing

This Afternoon, Jim enjoyed a nice trip out to the Sheaf Island for some lunch [...]

Cat Therapy

This morning the residents enjoyed a lovely session of cat therapy in which they interacted [...]

Beach Day

This afternoon, residents enjoyed a lovely time outside for our beach day. We enjoyed a [...]

Social Afternoon

23.08.2026 Social Afternoon This afternoon, relatives and residents enjoyed a lovely social afternoon outside in [...]

Coffee & Pastry Morning

23.08.2026 Coffee & Pastry Morning This morning, residents and a few relatives came to the [...]

Bella Therapy

22.08.2026 Bella Therapy This afternoon, residents had a visit from Bella the therapy dog, in [...]

Cycling Without Age

This morning, Maureen enjoyed a lovely bike ride with cycling without age where we went [...]

Book Sharing

20.08.2026 Book Sharing This afternoon, residents relaxed during the rainy weather with some book sharing, [...]

Motion

20.08.2026 Motion This morning, residents enjoyed their weekly motion session with Aaron, in which we [...]

Guess the tune

  Guess That Tune This afternoon the residents enjoyed a fun game of guess the [...]

Pamper session

This morning the residents enjoyed a lovely pamper session which included getting their nails trimmed [...]

Scrapbooking

18.08.2026 Scrapbooking This afternoon, Jim went through some of the old photos of his time [...]

Alphabet Games

18.08.2026 Alphabet Games This morning, residents took part in a fun session of alphabet games, [...]

Holy Communion

  This after we were visited by a few ladies from St Mark’s Church who [...]

Garden Walks

  This morning, some residents enjoyed a walk around the garden, we looked at all [...]

Cinema Experience

16.08.2026 Cinema Experience This afternoon, a few residents gathered in the quiet lounge to watch [...]

Baking

16.08.2026 Baking This morning, some residents joined in on a lovely baking session in which [...]

Food Theme Night

15.08.2026 Food Theme Night This evening, residents enjoyed a special Chinese themed food night, in [...]

Motion Sports Day

14.08.26 Motion Sports Day Yesterday some residents enjoyed a lovely trip out to the English [...]

Cycling Without Age

15.08.2026 Cycling Without Age This morning, Janet got the chance to go on a lovely [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed their weekly motion session this morning with Aaron and Ami, which involved doing [...]

Twin therapy

This morning the residents were paid a visit by our staff members lovely twins for [...]

Inspiration Tree

This afternoon residents enjoyed sharing their advise and inspiration with us which were very encouraging. [...]

Arts and crafts

This morning the residents enjoyed a relaxing session of arts and crafts in which they [...]

Memory Ball Games

This afternoon, residents took part in memory ball game in which they had to catch [...]

In-House Church

This morning, a few residents participated in an in-house church where they read verses from [...]

Birthday Party

This afternoon residents enjoyed celebrating Martins birthday with a party and the fantastic singer Emily [...]

Doll Therapy

This morning residents enjoyed a lovely session of doll therapy in which they held and [...]

Book Sharing

07.08.2026 Book Sharing This afternoon, residents took part in a lovely, relaxing session of book [...]

Knit and natter

This morning the residents enjoyed a relaxing session of knit and natter in which they [...]

Golf in Society

06.08.2026 Golf in Society This afternoon, residents had their monthly golf in society tournament, which [...]

Motion

06.08.2026 Motion This morning, residents took part in their weekly motion exercises, which involved using [...]

Gents Afternoon

05.08.2026 Gents Afternoon This afternoon, a few gentlemen were treated to some drinks and snacks [...]

Ladies Morning

05.08.2026 Ladies Morning This morning, a few ladies had a lovely time enjoying some tea, [...]

Garden Games

This afternoon, residents enjoyed playing some games outside including dominos and desk bowling. They particularly [...]

Afternoon tea

Today a few residents and their relatives took part in a lovely afternoon tea session. [...]

Music Bingo

03.08.2026 Music Bingo This afternoon, residents enjoyed a fun game of music bingo, we listened [...]

Gardening

This morning, residents took part in a relaxing gardening session in which we had some [...]

Pub Quiz Night

02.08.2026 Pub Quiz Night This evening, residents and a few relatives took part in a [...]

Wish Tree

02.08.2026 Wish Tree This morning, Carol and Margaret had a lovely surprise visit to Tabby [...]

Pen Pals

01.08.2026 Pen Pals This afternoon, a few of our residents wrote some letters sharing their [...]

Cycling Without Age

01.08.2026 Cycling Without Age This morning, Wendy went on a lovely bike ride around the [...]

Cinema Experience

This afternoon, residents took part in a cinema experience in which they enjoyed snack boxes [...]

Aqua Painting

This morning, residents took part in some aqua painting in which they used paintbrushes and [...]

Social Afternoon

30.07.2026 Social Afternoon This afternoon, residents decided to enjoy the lovely weather with staff by [...]

Motion

30.07.2026 Motion This morning, residents took part in their weekly motion session, in which they [...]

Board Games

29.07.2026 Board Games This afternoon, residents enjoyed some time outside playing a variety of games [...]

Football

29.07.2026 Football This morning, some residents took part in a fun, active game of indoor [...]

Music Bingo

This afternoon residents enjoyed a game of music bingo which made for a fun time [...]

Tea Dance

This morning a few of the residents enjoyed a trip to the Crucible with staff [...]

Restaurant Experience

This evening a few residents enjoyed a restaurant experience in which they were joined by [...]

Balloon Tennis

This morning residents enjoyed a session of balloon tennis which made for an active morning. [...]

Doll Therapy

This afternoon, residents enjoyed taking part in some doll therapy in the main lounge which [...]

Food Theme Night

24.07.2026 Food Theme Night This evening, residents enjoyed a fun Spanish themed buffet meal together, [...]

Hand Treatments

24.07.2026 Hand Treatments This morning, a few of our residents were treated to a lovely [...]

Intergens Visit

23.07.2026 Intergens Visit This afternoon, we had a surprise visit from the local nursery, Sheffield [...]

Scrapbooking

23.07.2026 Scrapbooking This afternoon, Jan went through some of the old events she had taken [...]

Motion

23.07.2026 Motion This morning, residents took part in their weekly motion session ran by Aaron, [...]

Garden walks

This afternoon a few of the residents enjoyed a relaxing walk around the garden to [...]

Twin Therapy

This morning the residents were paid a visit by the twins of a staff member [...]

Cheese & Wine Evening

This evening residents were joined by their families for a lovely cheese and wine evening. [...]

Arts & Crafts

21.07.2026 Arts & Crafts This morning, a few residents took part in a relaxing arts [...]

Holy Communion

This afternoon a few of the residents were visited by members of St. Mark’s church [...]

Alphabet games

This morning the residents enjoyed a few fun rounds of alphabet games in which they [...]

Dance And Movement

Dance And Movement This afternoon, residents enjoyed a dance and movement session, we listened to [...]

Music Bingo

  Music Bingo This morning residents enjoyed a relaxing game of music bingo, we all [...]

Summer Fayre

This afternoon residents had a fantastic time at our annual summer fayre which was great [...]