Author Archives: Karen Betts

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 [...]

Cat Therapy

  Our residents had a wonderful afternoon thanks to a visit from our lifelike therapy [...]

Memory Ball Games

This morning, we enjoyed playing some memory ball games. We had lots of fun throwing [...]

Time Together Project

  This Afternoon our lovely residents enjoyed a trip out to the Crucible to meet [...]

Golf In Society

  This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely golf session in the main lounge. We played [...]

Stanley Therapy

Residents were very pleased to have another doggy therapy time with Stanley and his owner [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a fabulous, fun-packed seated exercise class this morning with Zeezy, Aaron and Tom [...]

Lunch Club

This afternoon, Rob and Gordon enjoyed a trip out to one of local pubs for [...]

Flower Arranging

  This morning, we enjoyed a flower arranging activity. We had bunches of tulips and [...]

Memory Ball Games

This Morning residents enjoyed memory ball games, this activity encourages our brain to work and [...]

Memory Games

This morning, we played some memory games to help stimulate our minds and also take [...]

VE Day Afternoon Tea

This afternoon, we all gathered in the main lounge to celebrate the 80th anniversary of [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined by Aaron for this week’s Motion session. We started off [...]

Gents Afternoon

This afternoon, we spent some quality time with our lovely gentleman residents, offering them activities [...]

Ladies Morning

This morning, we spent some quality time with our lovely female residents and gave them [...]

In House Church

This afternoon, residents enjoyed an in-house church session in our Green Lounge where we listened [...]

Active Games

This morning, residents enjoyed a round of games to keep them active, including a fun [...]

03.05.25 Robert’s Singalong Party

This Afternoon Robert enjoyed a small get together in the green lounge with residents and [...]

May day party

This afternoon we had a wonderful time in the main lounge for our may day [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined by the lovely Aaron for this weeks Motion session. We [...]

Memory Lane Trivia

This afternoon, we enjoyed some Memory Lane Trivia where we learned about some of our [...]

Garden Walks

This morning, residents enjoyed quality time in our beautiful garden enjoying the sunshine. Some enjoyed [...]

Afternoon Tea

This afternoon, we enjoyed some afternoon tea in our Green Lounge and outdoor patio area [...]

Quizzes & Games

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge to take part in a [...]

28.04.25 Flower Arranging

  This Morning we enjoyed doing some Flower arranging for around the home , We [...]

Bingo

This afternoon, we played a much loved-game of Bingo where we played for a line [...]

Outdoor Lunch

This afternoon, residents enjoyed a spot of lunch in our new outdoor patio area. They [...]

Golf in society

This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely golf session in the main lounge. We played from [...]

Cycling without age

This morning Wendy enjoyed going out on the cycling without age bike. We had a [...]

Oomph Singer

This afternoon, we enjoyed another singalong with the talented Alan via our Oomph Interactive Tablet. [...]

Music with Motion

This morning, we were joined by the lovely Kirsty for our monthly Music with Motion [...]

Twin therapy

This afternoon we enjoyed a nice cheery visit from the twins Lucas and Freya. We [...]

Motion

This morning we enjoyed our weekly motion session with the lovely Aaron. We had a [...]

Chicks

This morning, some of us enjoyed helping staff clean out the chicks brooding box and [...]

Holy Communion

This afternoon, we were joined again by Jennifer and Frances from St. Marks Church to [...]

Balloon Tennis

This morning, residents enjoyed a fun game of balloon tennis! They loved starting their day [...]

Easter party

This afternoon we had a lovely time in the main lounge celebrating easter Sunday. We [...]

Chicks

This afternoon the residents requested to see the chicks so we had all 10 chicks [...]

Cycling without age

This morning Cedric enjoyed a ride out on the cycling without age bike for his [...]

Chicks 18.04.25

18.04.25 Chicks This Afternoon Residents and Staff enjoyed having a look and cuddles with our [...]

Stanley Therapy

This afternoon, we had a lovely visit from our therapy dog Stanley. We enjoyed having [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined by the lovely Aaron for our weekly motion session. We [...]

Gordon, Cedric and Jean’s birthday party

This afternoon, residents enjoyed celebrating a triple birthday where we celebrated Jean’s, Cedric’s and Gordon’s [...]

Gingerbread Decorating

This morning, we enjoyed decorating some Easter themed gingerbread biscuits to get us in the [...]

Sheffield Eagles Visit

This morning, David enjoyed a visit from our friends over at Sheffield Eagles Rugby. He [...]

Restaurant Experience

This afternoon, we transformed our green lounge into a Dining Restaurant. We treated our lovely [...]

Oomph Quiz

This morning, we gathered in the main lounge and conservatory to take part in a [...]

Living Eggs Arrival

This morning, we were greeted by our Living Eggs in their incubator for us to [...]

Memory Lane Trivia

This morning, we spent some 1-1 time with residents allowing them to take a trip [...]

Wish Tree

This afternoon, we transformed our green lounge into a Chinese restaurant for our lovely Ken’s [...]

Doll Therapy

This morning, residents enjoyed a therapy session with our life-like doll. We loved seeing their [...]

Cycling Without Age 12.04.25

  This Morning Eileen enjoyed a fun filled trip out on the Cycling without Age [...]

Time in the Garden

  This afternoon, we gathered in the garden making most todays weather. We enjoyed some [...]

Book sharing in the garden

This morning, we enjoyed looking through some different books whilst out in the garden enjoying [...]

Motion

This morning, we gathered in the main lounge for motion with the lovely Zeezy. We [...]

Home from Home

This morning, residents enjoyed partaking in some home from home tasks which involved different chores [...]

Gents afternoon

This afternoon we had a lovely time out in the sunshine with our male residents [...]

Ladies Morning

This morning, we spent some quality time with our female residents where they enjoyed a [...]

Trip to the Shops & Quiz

This afternoon, Jim enjoyed a visit to the shops to treat himself to some snacks! [...]

Balloon Tennis

This morning, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge for a fun game of [...]

Garden fun

This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely time out in the garden with a cup of [...]

Easter colouring 06.04.25

06.04.25 Easter Colouring This Morning Residents enjoyed a Easter colouring session we enjoyed the therapeutic [...]

05.04.25 Cat Therapy

    This Afternoon residents enjoyed spending time with our therapy cat that they called [...]