Author Archives: Karen Betts

Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed a lovely reminiscence session this afternoon. This included looking at fun remembering book [...]

Holy communion

This afternoon residents enjoyed taking part in our monthly holy communion service in the conservatory. [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

This morning residents enjoyed our monthly tea dance trip at the crucible. They enjoyed delicious [...]

Euro’s Party

This afternoon residents gathered in the main lounge for a euro’s party to celebrate the [...]

Inspiration tree

This morning residents enjoyed having a chat, and thinking back to inspiration they’ve picked up [...]

Sensory

This afternoon residents enjoyed a sensory experience, engaging with sight, sound, smell and touch. This [...]

Ladies Morning

This morning, residents enjoyed having a time of fellowship together, over a cuppa. We watched [...]

Wish tree – Tennis

This evening 2 of our residents enjoyed a lovely trip out to rustling tennis club [...]

Motion

This morning residents gathered in the main lounge for our weekly motion session with Aaron [...]

Social Afternoon

This afternoon residents enjoyed playing some games and having a drink together, in the Green [...]

Cat therapy

This morning, residents enjoyed a lovely visit from our black and ginger therapy cats which [...]

Guess that Tune

This afternoon residents enjoyed guessing some tunes, and having a good sing and dance along [...]

Arts and Crafts

This morning residents enjoyed colouring in pictures from a book. It sparked memories of the [...]

In House Church

This afternoon residents enjoyed singing some hymns, and reminiscing about other Christian songs they remembered [...]

Garden Time

This morning residents took advantage of the continued beautiful weather, by exploring the garden, having [...]

Flower Arranging

This afternoon residents enjoyed arranging some beautiful roses, for displays around the home. Many of [...]

Garden Time

This morning residents enjoyed spending time in our lovely garden and shelter area. They had [...]

Birthday Party

This afternoon residents greatly enjoyed celebrating the birthdays of the wonderful Lillian and Marion. We [...]

Motion

This morning, residents enjoyed spending the afternoon in the main lounge taking part in our [...]

Inspiration Tree

This afternoon, residents enjoyed thinking back to inspirational quotes that they’d heard, and taken on [...]

Memory Lane

This morning residents enjoyed a trip down memory lane, answering questions, and chatting about things [...]

Time together project

This afternoon 2 of our residents enjoyed a fun trip out to the crucible theatre [...]

Oomph Quiz

This morning the residents enjoyed a few quizzes on the oomph app. They enjoyed quizzes [...]

World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day  This afternoon residents celebrated world chocolate day by playing a game of [...]

Alphabet game

This morning the residents enjoyed a few games of the alphabet game, which is where [...]

Games

This afternoon residents enjoyed a game of balloon tennis, followed by chats about what sports [...]

Baking

This morning residents thoroughly enjoyed mixing together some chocolate chip cookies, they dug their gloves [...]

Garden Walk

This afternoon residents enjoyed a picturesque walk around the garden, taking in the sights, smelling [...]

Football

This afternoon residents enjoyed keeping active with some football, great fun was had, and many [...]

Cycling Without Age

This morning one resident, Peggy, enjoyed a lovely ride in the sunshine around the Botanical [...]

Wish tree

This evening 2 residents Jan and Carol enjoyed a fantastic trip out to the Lyceum [...]

Memory ball games

This afternoon residents enjoyed taking part in some memory ball games. We enjoyed answering the [...]

Wimbledon afternoon

This afternoon residents had a great time out in the garden area for a Wimbledon [...]

Motion

This morning residents enjoyed a lovely time in the main lounge taking part in our [...]

Aqua painting

This morning residents enjoyed spending some time in the main lounge and the conservatory taking [...]

Jazz Party

This afternoon we had a brilliant time in the main lounge having a fantastic jazz [...]

International joke day

This morning residents enjoyed spending some time in the main lounge and out in the [...]

Garden time

This afternoon a few residents enjoyed some time in our garden area with staff to [...]

Reminiscence

This morning residents enjoyed a reminiscence session of looking back at past pictures of themselves [...]

Golf in Society 29.06.25

Golf in Society 29.06.25 This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely competitive game of golf with [...]

28.06.25 Acrylic Painting

This Afternoon residents enjoyed spending some time painting using Acrylic paints , we painted pottery [...]

Singalong

This afternoon residents really enjoyed singing along to some classic music. Lots of singing and [...]

Pub Visit

This afternoon two residents enjoyed a walk down to the local pub, where they had [...]

Intergens Visit

This morning, we enjoyed a few different activities, some of us enjoyed some colouring and [...]

Aqua Painting

This afternoon residents enjoyed a relaxing craft afternoon. Using aqua paint sheets, they revealed a [...]

Motion

This morning residents have enjoyed a motion session with Aaron. Lots of laughs were had, [...]

Garden walks & nail manicures

This afternoon residents enjoyed having their nail manicured and painted in some lovely bright colours. [...]

Scrapbooking

This morning Wendy enjoyed spending some one-to-one time with staff creating a scrapbook of her [...]

Twin therapy

This morning, residents enjoyed a lovely visit from the twins Freya and Lucas. They had [...]

Memory lane trivia

This afternoon residents enjoyed reflecting on their childhood early adult life by completing our memory [...]

Maureen’s Birthday Party

This afternoon residents had a very fun time, celebrating Maureen’s birthday! Rebekah Austin came to [...]

Bingo

This morning residents enjoyed a game of bingo, fun and laughter was had amongst staff [...]

Quiz night

This afternoon, residents enjoyed an interactive quiz in the Green Room. 2 teams were formed, [...]

Local walk

This morning Jean and Maureen enjoyed a nice walk around the botanical gardens in the [...]

Cycling without age

This morning Jean enjoyed going out on the cycling without age bike which was great [...]

Sensory

This afternoon residents enjoyed a sensory experience session, different textures, colours and aromas sparked joy [...]

Painting

This morning the residence enjoyed a fun filled painting session that encouraged them to use [...]

Stanley therapy

This afternoon, residents enjoyed a fantastic visit from our therapy dog Stanley. We had a [...]

Motion

This morning, residents had a fun time spent in the main lounge taking part in [...]

Singalong Social

This afternoon residents enjoyed singing along, and a bit of dancing to a variety of [...]

Hillsborough park

This afternoon 4 of our residents enjoyed a trip out to Hillsborough park for a [...]

17.06.25 Afternoon Tea

  Residents and Families enjoyed our Monthly Afternoon Tea today , We enjoyed a lovely [...]

Fathers day afternoon tea 15.06.25

Father’s day afternoon tea This Afternoon Our Residents and families enjoyed a Afternoon Tea in [...]

Pub outing

This afternoon, Jim enjoyed a nice trip out to the Francis Newton pub for a [...]

Sing a long

This morning, residents enjoyed having a sing a long session in the main lounge. We [...]

Motion

This morning residents enjoyed being involved with motion activities, led by Aaron. Pom-poms, resistance bands, [...]

Aqua Painting

This Afternoon a couple of our ladies choose to have some quiet time in the [...]

Alphabet Games 11.06.25

This Morning Residents enjoyed a much loved game of Alphabet Game , Residents choose a [...]

Restaurant Experience 10.06.25

This Evening Linda & Norman and Jan & Stephen enjoyed our restaurant experience in the [...]

Café visit

This afternoon, a resident enjoyed a walk in the sunshine, followed by a coffee and [...]

Crucible tea dance

This morning residents enjoyed going to the Crucible, to listen to Rebecca Austin singing, and [...]

Memory ball games

This afternoon, residents enjoyed playing some memory ball games in the conservatory and main lounge. [...]

Cat therapy

This morning the residents enjoyed spending time with some therapy cats. They cuddled them, and [...]

Gents afternoon

This afternoon, our gentlemen enjoyed spending some time together in the green lounge. We enjoyed [...]

Ladies morning

This morning, our ladies enjoyed spending some time together in the green lounge. We enjoyed [...]

Cycling without age

This morning Wendy enjoyed a lovely trip out on the cycling without age bike which [...]

Puzzles and colouring

This morning residents enjoyed doing some puzzles and colouring in some pictures. We did some [...]

Beatles party

This afternoon residents gathered in the main lounge for our Beatles themed party which was [...]

Board games

This afternoon we enjoyed playing some board games in the main lounge and the conservatory. [...]

Motion

This morning residents gathered in the main lounge for our weekly motion session. They all [...]

Active games

This afternoon we gathered in the main lounge to take part in some active games. [...]

Doll and cat therapy

This morning residents enjoyed holding and stroking our therapy cats which sparked some lovely conversations [...]

David, Jan & Wendy’s Party

This afternoon we celebrated 3 birthdays, the residents enjoyed singing and dancing along, to Sarah [...]

Balloon Tennis

This morning, residents enjoyed a fun game of balloon tennis to wake them up for [...]

Baking

This morning, residents gathered in the conservatory to do some fun baking! We decided to [...]

Film Afternoon

This afternoon, residents relaxed in the main lounge and conservatory to enjoy a film afternoon. [...]

Music Bingo

This morning, residents enjoyed a fun game of Music Bingo! Rather than numbers we used [...]

Wish Tree – Sea Side Trip

 Today, we were able to fulfill several wishes from our residents’ individual wish trees. A [...]

National Creativity Day

Today for national creativity day, a few residents enjoyed painting with staff and discussing their [...]

Motion

This morning we enjoyed our weekly motion session in the main lounge which was great [...]

Fun & Games

This morning, we took part in a variety of games to help kick start our [...]

Time in the Garden

This afternoon, residents enjoyed the fresh air in our beautiful garden whilst sitting in our [...]

Afternoon Tea

This afternoon the residents enjoyed sandwiches, cakes and hot drinks, whilst chatting with relatives and [...]

Sensory

This morning residents enjoyed a sensory session where they explored their sense of smell and [...]

Arts and Crafts

This morning, residents enjoyed some relaxing colouring therapy to help express their creativity and also [...]

Baking

This morning, we enjoyed some time in the green lounge doing a bit of baking. [...]

Football Afternoon

Residents enjoyed some time in the main lounge this afternoon watching the football championship play [...]

Cycling without age

This morning, Jean enjoyed a lovely trip out on the cycling without age bike. We [...]

Darts

This afternoon, residents enjoyed playing darts in the conservatory. We had some great fun and [...]

Motion

This morning, we enjoyed our weekly motion session in the main lounge. We did a [...]