Author Archives: Karen Betts

Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 28th November 2019

We had a very enjoyable time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today with Vicky [...]

Motion

We had another exciting Motion session with three students coming to help us do some [...]

Wentworth Garden Centre

We had an enjoyable trip out to Wentworth garden centre with Vicky and Hellen. We [...]

Memory Cafe

It was a rainy day when we set off for the Memory Cafe but we [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long

Tracy led a guitar sing-a-long in the main lounge whilst Terry and Matthew were visiting. [...]

RMC Dance Performance

We were all thrilled to have the RMC dance class, led by Rachel, from the [...]

Cycling Without Age

Janet was or “pilot” for the afternoon and although it looked like rain, the rain [...]

Buzz Coffee morning

This morning we enjoyed some fresh air on the way to Buzz coffee morning with [...]

Music session

Vicky and Helen had a music session with us. We used musical instruments and ribbon [...]

Little Acorns

We had an enjoyable time with Little Acorns toddler session this morning with three children [...]

Air Pong

Vicky set up a game of air pong in the dining room. (A bit like [...]

Holy Communion

The Conservatory was packed out for our Holy Communion Service with Jennifer and Frances leading [...]

Irish Tea Dance

It was a cold but sunny day when we headed off to the Philadelphia Club [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 12th November 2019

We had a very enjoyable trip out to the Crucible tea Dance this afternoon, with [...]

Gardening Club

We had great fun today making Scandinavian wreathes with wire, fern and various trimmings. Beautiful. [...]

Memory Cafe

We had a lovely time at the Memory Cafe today and were able to take [...]

Remembrance Service

Tracy led a Remembrance Sunday service in the small lounge. Margaret Seal, Olga, Marion Peck [...]

St Marks

We had a very enjoyable time at the Remembrance Sunday Service at St Marks on [...]

Marek’s Birthday

We celebrated Marek’s birthday with chocolate cake and sang Happy Birthday to him. We all [...]

Lost Chord

Deborah and Alistair came from Lost Chord to sing us a whole variety of songs [...]

Music & Dementia Workshop

We all had great fun in the lounge this afternoon taking part in a workshop [...]

Buzz

We wrapped up warm before heading off to Buzz this morning. Susan enjoyed chatting to [...]

Bonfire Party

We had another exciting Bonfire party with lots of family, staff and friends joining in [...]

Little Acorns

We had an extra special toddler group session this morning! We started with free play [...]

Cycling Without Age

It was a bit cool and damp but we managed to get out on a [...]

Baking in the Lounge

We enjoyed making Halloween buns together using green and orange food colouring. Pam is a [...]

Halloween Party

We had a fabulous Halloween Party and we were thrilled to see Mary’s great grandkids, [...]

Visit from Nelson

Rita brought Nelson in to see everyone this morning. Many enjoyed seeing and petting him. [...]

Showroom Cinema

Vicky took us to the monthly Dementia screening at the Showroom cinema in town. This [...]

Memory Cafe

We had an enjoyable walk down to the Jesus Centre today for our fortnightly Memory [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long

We had a fabulous time singing our heads off to some of the tunes we [...]

St Marks Church

We enjoyed a lovely time at St Marks this morning and were delighted to be [...]

Reminiscence Box

We borrowed another reminiscence box from the Montgomery Theatre and were happy to look at [...]

Buzz

We had a pleasant walk out in the sunshine to St Andrews church this morning [...]

Songbirds

We had a marvelous time with Yo and Vicky at Song Birds this this afternoon. [...]

Little Acorns

We had a very enjoyable time with the Little Acorns Toddler group this morning. We [...]

Deborah’s birthday

We celebrated Deborah’s birthday today by singing Happy Birthday and 21 Today. She had a [...]

Baking

We had fun this morning making melting moment biscuits for our Godly Play event later [...]

Godly Play

We had another exciting Godly Play story again today – The Story of Noah and [...]

Painting

We had great fun painting a rainbow for our Godly Play story tomorrow. Both Nicole [...]

Holy Communion Service

We were pleased to have our friends from St Marks Church, Frances and Jenny, come [...]

Visit from Ebony

We were very pleased today to have a visit from Betty who brought along her [...]

Flamenco dancing

We had a fantastic morning, celebrating Valerie Loft’s birthday. We had a Flamenco dancer called [...]

Gardening Club

There was a distinct Autumn feel to our gardening session today in the Conservatory. It [...]

Memory Cafe

We had a Royal Family theme at the Memory Cafe today with lots of books, [...]

Walks

It was a calm, sunny Saturday afternoon and no rain for a change, so Tracy [...]

Reminiscence Box

We borrowed a reminiscence box from the Montgomery Theatre Museum. It was fascinating to look [...]

Songs From the Musicals

We had a very interesting time looking at and reading the record cover “The King [...]

“Pictures to Share” Place Mats

We had fun over lunchtime looking at our new table mats with old photos for [...]

Irish Tea Dance

We had a fantastic time at the Irish Tea Dance, (which is held at the [...]

Bingo – 8th October 2019

Vicky played quite a few games of Bingo with us today. We had chocolate as [...]

Opening Birthday Cards

We opened Florence’s birthday cards together (a few days late) and I read them out [...]

Little Acorns – 7th October 2019

We had a very enjoyable Little Acorns session this morning. We had four children and [...]

Cycling Without Age

We had another excellent Cycling Without Age session this week with Liz on the tri-bike [...]

Lost Chord

We had another fabulous Lost Chord session this month with Grace (singing), and Zhao on [...]

Roy’s Birthday Celebration

Tracy gave a personal guitar sing-a-long performance for Roy today, with his family present. We [...]

Royal Family Day

We had a very enjoyable day looking at pictures, books and memorabilia about the Royal [...]

Buzz

We enjoyed a sunny walk to Buzz this morning. Pam chose to collect a few [...]

Celebrating Paula’s Birthday

We had good fun this morning surprising our new carer, Paula, with a coffee and [...]

Baking in the lounge

Olga, Pamela Crossland and Mary all had great fun this morning baking a birthday cake [...]

Farewell to Richard

We sang “We’ll Meet Again” to Richard (one of our chefs) who worked his last [...]

Macmillan Coffee Morning

We were very pleased to raise £70 for the Macmillan fund today. Grace and Ursula [...]

Cycling Without Age

Olga enjoyed a journey around Weston Park this afternoon with Peter (first time for our [...]

Jesus Centre Teadance

We have a wonderful time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today. We had Alan [...]

Buzz Coffee Morning 25th September 2019

Vicky and Krystal took us to St Andrew church hall for the Buzz coffee morning. [...]

Showroom cinema 24th September 2019

Vicky and Betty took us to the Showroom Cinema for the monthly Dementia friendly screening. [...]

Gardening Club – 23rd September 2019

We had a very enjoyable gardening Club today with Caroline. We had Peggy join us, [...]

Little Acorns – 23rd September 2019

We had a fab time in Little Acorns toddler group this morning. We had three [...]

Air pong – 22nd September 2019

Vicky was inspired to try a game of air pong with us, (Like beer pong, [...]

Wentworth Garden Centre – 21st September 2019

We had a practice trip out to Wentworth garden centre with Vicky, ready for our [...]

Godly Play

We had another exciting Godly Play session, with a packed-out room for the Creation Story. [...]

Baking Activity

Tracy needed some willing volunteers to help bake for the Godly Play event this afternoon [...]

Cycling Without Age

Tricia thoroughly enjoyed another ride in the tri-bike Rhubarb this afternoon, in the glorious sunshine, [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long in the Garden

We made the most of the sunshine today and went out into the garden after [...]

Motion

  We had great fun with Megan from Motion today. We sat in a circle [...]

Songbirds 17th September 2019

We had a lovely Songbirds session with Yo and Vicky in the quiet lounge. We [...]

Memory Cafe

We had another enjoyable Memory Cafe event at the Jesus Centre today. It was good [...]

Beach Day

We had a very enjoyable beach day in the garden this afternoon with a sand [...]

Cycling without age 13th September

This afternoon we were fortunate enough to have a few trips in the rickshaw bike, [...]

Flower Arranging 13th September

This morning we were donated some flowers from St Mary’s church, so Vicky supervised us [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 12th September

Helen took three residents to the Crucible tea dance this afternoon.  The attendees were Marion, [...]

The Light Cinema – 12th September 2019

Vicky took us to the Light Cinema, along with one of our volunteers Krystal. We [...]

Buzz

We had a fun time at Buzz today. Tricia was engaged in a beautiful colouring [...]

Sing along session

This morning Vicky did a sing along session with us in the conservatory. We ended [...]

Lost Chord

Alistair and Sophia gave us a lively performance this morning on the keyboard with songs [...]

Cycling Without Age

We had another exciting Cycling Without Age session with Peter, a new driver, taking us [...]

Our Favourite Music

Listening to a Gilbert & Sullivan record has been a great opportunity to reminisce. Olga [...]

Creative Mojo

Elaine came to the Home to do a creative session with the residents. We painted [...]

Buzz

We had a pleasant walk to St Andrew’s Church today in the warmth and sunshine. [...]

Memory Cafe

We had a brilliant time at the Memory Cafe today and were pleased to be [...]

Pippa’s Birthday party – 2nd September 2019

We had a fab time together this afternoon, celebrating Pippa’s birthday. We had Ralph Shaw [...]

St Marks Church Service

We enjoyed a lovely service at St Marks this morning with Nicole, Elsie and Valerie [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance 29th August 2019

We had a lovely time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance this morning. We had [...]

Calamity Jane -27th August 2019

We had a fun trip out to the Showroom cinema with Vicky and Betty to [...]

Garden antics with Vicky and Helen 24th August 2019

This afternoon we sat out in the garden as the weather was lovely. We had [...]

Cycling Without Age 23.8.19

It was a beautiful day and Peter enjoyed a trip with Cycling without Age to [...]

Godly Play 23rd August 2019

The session today had a mix of 19 residents, family, friends  and volunteers. Our story [...]

Holy Communion Service

We had a lovely Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory this afternoon, led by Jennifer [...]

Janet’s Birthday Party – 19.8.19

Nigel Bane came to sing for us today and helped us to celebrate Janet’s birthday. [...]

Peter’s Birthday

We had fun celebrating the birthday of our new resident, Peter Lemmings today. We sang [...]