Author Archives: Karen Betts
Little Acorns Toddler Group – 14th January 2019
We had an enjoyable Little Acorns session today! We had six parents/carers and seven children [...]
Jan
Gardening Club – 14th January 2019
Caroline led an exciting Gardening/Bird session. We looked at pictures of garden birds, listened to [...]
Jan
Irish Tea Dance – 9th January 2018
We enjoyed a warm welcome from our Irish friends at the Philadelphia Club. Good to [...]
Jan
Crucible Tea Dance – 8th January 2019
We had a lovely time together entertained by Russ Elliott. He not only sang our [...]
Jan
Memory Café – 7th January 2019
After the Christmas break, we were all keen to go along to the Memory Cafe [...]
Jan
Ralph Shaw – 3rd January 2019
We had a new singer join us today, Ralph Shaw, who brought along his dickie [...]
Jan
Aladdin – 30th December 2018
We were lucky enough to go and see a second pantomime this season! We saw [...]
Dec
Godly Play – 28th December 2018
We had another interesting Godly Play story from Tracy – the story of the Holy [...]
Dec
Christmas Dinner – 25th December 2018
We enjoyed a fabulous Christmas dinner together, with all the trimmings. Whilst we waited, we [...]
Dec
Visit from Father Christmas – 25th December 2018
We had a visit from Father Christmas on Christmas day morning. He came around and [...]
Dec
St Marks Carol Service – 23rd December 2018
We had a lovely evening out at St Marks Church in Broomhill, as per invite [...]
Dec
Broomhill Methodist Church – 23rd December 2018
We had a lovely outing to Broomhill Methodist Church, part of the Beacon circuit for [...]
Dec
Buzz Christmas Party – 20th December 2018
We enjoyed a fabulous Christmas Party at the Buzz Club. We had a posh sit-down [...]
Dec
St Thomas church carol callers – 19th December 2018
Members of St Thomas church, Crookes, came to sing carols to us this evening. Great [...]
Dec
Peter Pan Panto – 19th December 2018
The panto was exceptional this year. Don’t know how they improve it every year, but [...]
Dec
Check Presentation – 18th December 2018
Billy attended for Coffee and presented us with a cheque for £200. This is to [...]
Dec
Lost Chord 18th December 2018
We had a lovely evening of singing and dancing provided by two young men form [...]
Dec
St Marks Choir – 17th December 2018
We had a visit from some of the St Marks choir tonight. The choir sang [...]
Dec
Little Acorns Christmas party – 17th December
Our toddler group Christmas party was very enjoyable! Children, parents, staff and residents all seemed [...]
Dec
Christmas Party – 16th December 2018
We had a fabulous Christmas Party with loads of friends, staff and family members turning [...]
Dec
Making table centre pieces with Jo – 15th December 2018
This afternoons activity took part in the main Lounge. Greenery had been collected previously from [...]
Dec
Puss in Boots – 14th December 2018
North East Producers came to give us another in-house panto – this year it was [...]
Dec
Holy Communion Service – 13th December 2018
Jenny and Frances (from St Marks church) led a small Holy Communion service in the [...]
Dec
Royal Family Day – 13th December 2018
Everyone enjoyed looking at the Royal Family books, replica crown jewels and commemorative mugs. A [...]
Dec
Irish Tea-dance – 12th December 2018
We enjoyed a Christmas themed Irish tea dance at the Philadelphia Club. Margaret Pashley met [...]
Dec
Carols at the Cathedral – 11th December 2018
We had a very special opportunity to attend the annual Alzheimer’s Society Carols at Christmas [...]
Dec
Visit to 12 Trees care home – 11th December 2018
Vicky and Jo are part of an Activities director’s support group, where they meet together [...]
Dec
Memory Café – 10th December 2018
We had another exciting Memory Cafe session at the Jesus Centre. Great to listen to [...]
Dec
Upper Chapel Coffee Morning – 8th December 2018
A small group of us went along in three cars to the Upper Chapel for [...]
Dec
Elf Day – 7th December 2018
The Alzheimer’s Society was nominated by Peter, our carer as a fundraising session that we [...]
Dec
Splinter – 6th December 2018
This afternoon we had a visit from a group called Splinter, who played folk music [...]
Dec
Oaks and Acorns 6th December 2018
We had a session of Oaks and Acorns this morning, led by Rachel. We had [...]
Dec
Nativity Puppet show – 4th December 2018
Jo organised a nativity puppet show for us, using puppets that she has previously handmade [...]
Dec
Moorlands Christmas Meal – 3.12.18
Great to have 20 of us enjoying a meal together at The Moorlands, Owler Bar. [...]
Dec
Little Acorns 3rd December 2018
This morning we had 8 parents, 11 children, 8 residents and then Vicky who ran [...]
Dec
Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 29th November 2018
We had over 40 people attend out tea dance this time! It was nice to [...]
Nov
Showroom Cinema – 27th November 2018
We had a fantastic trip out to the Showroom Cinema to the Dementia friendly screening [...]
Nov
Memory Café – 26th November 2018
We had another interesting Memory Cafe session at the Jesus Centre. Tracy took along her [...]
Nov
Kevin Kitchen – 24th November 2018
It was great fun celebrating Valerie Chadwick’s 90th birthday today along with the forthcoming birthdays [...]
Nov
Little Acorns Toddler Group – 22nd November 2018
We enjoyed an Oaks and acorns session lead by Rachel this morning. We sat at [...]
Nov
Buzz – 21st November 2018
It was a cold, damp morning but we braved the weather and walked to St [...]
Nov
Holy Communion – 21st November 2018
We enjoyed another St Marks Communion Service in the conservatory. Good to have Frances and [...]
Nov
Crucible Tea Dance 20th November 2018
We had a trip out to the Crucible to take part in the tea dance. [...]
Nov
Gardening Club – 20th November 2018 – Christmas Card Making
Today we had a lovely session with Caroline and Jo, making cards using dried ferns [...]
Nov
Pyjama drama -Toddler Group session – 19th November 2018
We had a special toddler group this week! We had a pyjama drama session with [...]
Nov
The Moor Christmas Party 18th November 2018
Vicky and Becky asked a few ladies if they wanted to go to the moor [...]
Nov
Irish Tea dance – 14th November 2018
Two cars full of residents and relatives went along to the Philadelphia Club for the [...]
Nov
Memory Café – 12th November 2018
We had another enjoyable Memory Cafe session at the Parlour Cafe in Broomhall with the [...]
Nov
Remembrance Sunday Service – 11th November 2018
It was good to have friends and relatives join us for our Remembrance Sunday Service. [...]
Nov
Buzz coffee morning 7th November 2018
Vicky and Rita took us to St Andrews church for the Buzz coffee morning. We [...]
Nov
Margaret seal’s birthday party/Bonfire party 5th November 2018
Paul Barrie came to sing for us and help us to celebrate Margaret Seal’s 95’th [...]
Nov
Little Acorns Toddler Group 5th November 2018
We had lovely time at our Little acorn’s toddler session this week! We had 7 [...]
Nov
Halloween Party 31st October 2018
We had a small Halloween party, organised by Vicky. We had simple Halloween decorations hung [...]
Oct
Pumpkin Carving 31st October 2018
This morning we made some pumpkin lanterns with Vicky and Kristian in the dining room. [...]
Oct
Showroom Cinema 30th October 2018
Vicky and Jo took us to the Showroom cinema to see Meet me in St [...]
Oct
Jesus Centre Tea Dance 25th October 2018
Our 2nd Tea Dance at the Sheffield Jesus Centre was a success. We are going [...]
Oct
Gardening Club with Caroline and Jo 23d October 2018
Today our session was based around both practical Autumnal Floristry – flower arranging, poetry and [...]
Oct
Medieval Mayhem 22nd October 2018
Vicky and Tracy took Margaret Seal, Olga, Tricia and Janet to Medieval Mayhem play centre [...]
Oct
Godly Play – 19th October 2018
We had another packed house for our monthly Godly Play story with many visitors and [...]
Oct
Oaks & Acorns – 18th October 2018
We had another exciting Oaks & Acorns toddler session. Haven’t had one since June, because [...]
Oct
Music Together 17th October 2018
Catherine Carr, who played guitar, Patrick Smith on vocals and percussion and Phil Croft on [...]
Oct
Dancing with Dignity 17th October 2018
Vicky and Rita took us to the Farm Rd Social Club tea dance that was [...]
Oct
Flamenco Dancing – 15th October 2018
We had a fabulous birthday celebration for Valerie Loft, with Barbara, a Beautiful Flamenco dancer, [...]
Oct
Irish Tea Dance – 10th October 2018
Tracy took along Mary and Margaret Pashley to another of the monthly Irish Tea Dances [...]
Oct
Little Acorns – 8th October 2018
We had 11 parents and toddlers join us this week, some familiar faces and some [...]
Oct
Roy’s 90th Birthday Celebration- 3rd October 2018
Roy’s family came in to give us a wonderful, interactive song and dance therapy session [...]
Oct
Sculpt – 2nd October 2018
Lucy came to encourage us to take part in gentle exercise to music. We started [...]
Oct
Crucible Tea Dance – 2nd October 2018
We enjoyed the monthly trip to the Crucible Tea Dance with Vicky and Jo. Jill, [...]
Oct
Memory Café – Monday 1st October 2018
We had another fun session at the Memory cafe today with some travelling in Tracy’s [...]
Oct
Little Acorns Toddler Group – 26th September 2018
We had a record number of attendees to our Little Acorns toddler Group this time [...]
Sep
Gardening Club 25th September 2018
We had an autumnal themed gardening club this time. We began by looking at the [...]
Sep
Crich Tramway Museum – 24.9.18
We had beautiful weather for our day trip to Crich Tramway Museum near Matlock. The [...]
Sep
Memory Walk – 22nd September 2018
SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWe enjoyed a wonderful walk from Endcliffe Park to Forge Dam on a [...]
Sep
Godly Play – 21st September 2018
Great to have 20 of us in the Godly Play session today. Tracy did the [...]
Sep
Holy Communion – 20th September 2018
Jennifer from St Marks church kindly came along to guide our Holy Communion Service (a [...]
Sep
Upper Chapel Heritage Day
We had a trip out to the Upper Chapel National Heritage Day. There were 9 [...]
Sep
Memory Café – 17th September 2018
We had another exciting Memory Cafe event at the Jesus Centre. Good to have 6 [...]
Sep
Glenn Miller Story
We had another enjoyable time at the Dementia Friendly Film showings in Chesterfield. Great to [...]
Sep
Little Acorns – 10th September 2018
Our Little Acorns session was one with a difference this week! We had a few [...]
Sep
The Never Grow Up – (Grow Older) Picnic and Family Event
We had a lovely time aided by the warm sunshine in Worrall Parish Church grounds, [...]
Sep