Author Archives: Karen Betts

Paul Barrie – 9th March

We had another fantastic visit from Paul Barrie to help us celebrate two birthdays – [...]

Visit from Louis – 7th March

It was good to see Louis (Deborah’s dog) and see how much he has grown [...]

Odeon Cinema – 7th March

We had a fantastic time at the new Deluxe Odeon cinema in town today at [...]

Memory Cafe – 4th March

We had a good Memory Cafe event with a special Guess the Smell game. Olga, [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance 28th February 2019

We had a fantastic time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today!. We didn’t have [...]

Buzz – 27th February 2019

We made the most of the beautiful warm weather and had a pleasant walk to [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 25th February 2019

We had a lovely time together with Little Acorns toddler group this morning! We had [...]

Godly Play

We had another fun Godly Play session today with Tracy telling the Parable of the [...]

Cliff Richard Day

We had great fun remembering Cliff Richard today and learning all about his life story [...]

Margaret playing the piano

Margaret Saunders had great fun today doing some sight reading on the piano. She even [...]

Visit from Nelson the dog

We enjoyed a lovely surprise visit from Rita and a dog she regularly walks called [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 19th February 2019

We had a lovely trip out to the Crucible tea dance with Vicky. The attendees [...]

Bollywood Workshop

This morning a young Asian lady, called Apoorva, came to teach us Bollywood dancing and [...]

Celery Printing – 15th February 2019

This morning Vicky brought in the bottom of a bunch of celery to use as [...]

Cat Therapy – 14th February 2019

This afternoon Rozma brought in a cat. The cat was a little shy but he [...]

Irish Tea Dance – 13th February 2018

We had another excellent Irish Tea Dance at the Philadelphia Club. Olga and Margaret Pashley [...]

World Radio ~Day – 13th February 2018

We celebrated World Radio today by comparing a very old radio with one of the [...]

Kelham Island Museum – 12th February 2019

We had a lovely trip out to Kelham Island Museum, as part of their Dementia [...]

Little Acorns – 11th February 2019

 We had a lovely time together in our Little acorn’s toddler session. We had our [...]

Gardening Club

Had a wonderful Valentine’s Gardening Club session making Valentine hearts using rose petals and lavender [...]

J J Galway

We booked J J Galway ( a lovely Irish chap) to come and perform at [...]

Country & Western Day – 7th February 2019

We enjoyed listening to our favourite Country & Western singers today – Dolly Parton, Johnny [...]

Buzz – 6th February 2019

Tracy and Rita took Olga, Margaret Saunders and Margaret Pashley along to the Buzz session [...]

Memory Café – 4th February 2019

We had great fun at the Memory Cafe today. Good to have two of our [...]

St Marks Church Service – 3rd February 2019

Valerie Loft, Marion Peck and Elsie all had a very peaceful time at the St [...]

The Musicals – 2nd February 2019

Tracy brought in a record player and we all had great fun listening to some [...]

World Read Aloud Day – 1st February

Today is World Read Out Aloud Day, so this morning Vicky got out a joke [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 31st January 2019

We had a fabulous time at the Jesus Centre tea dance. There were 45 attendees, [...]

Medieval Mayhem trip – 28th January 2019

We had an enjoyable trip out to Medieval Mayhem with Vicky and Tracy. We met [...]

RSPB Bird Watch Event – 26th January 2019

We enjoyed looking at pictures of birds and trying to spot them in the garden, [...]

Godly Play – 25th January 2019

Tracy told the story of the Parable of the Sower which was well received by [...]

Elvis Day – 24th January 2019

We all had great fun watching some old Elvis videos on YouTube. All the ladies [...]

Memory Café – 21st January 2019

We attended another exciting Memory Cafe event at the Parlour Cafe in Broomhall today – [...]

Stephen Hill Church outing – 20th January 2019

Tracy took Elsie and Margaret Saunders to Stephen Hill Church, a special request from Margaret [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 14th January 2019

We had an enjoyable Little Acorns session today! We had six parents/carers and seven children [...]

Gardening Club – 14th January 2019

Caroline led an exciting Gardening/Bird session. We looked at pictures of garden birds, listened to [...]

Irish Tea Dance – 9th January 2018

We enjoyed a warm welcome from our Irish friends at the Philadelphia Club. Good to [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 8th January 2019

We had a lovely time together entertained by Russ Elliott.  He not only sang our [...]

Memory Café – 7th January 2019

After the Christmas break, we were all keen to go along to the Memory Cafe [...]

Ralph Shaw – 3rd January 2019

We had a new singer join us today, Ralph Shaw, who brought along his dickie [...]

Aladdin – 30th December 2018

We were lucky enough to go and see a second pantomime this season! We saw [...]

Godly Play – 28th December 2018

We had another interesting Godly Play story from Tracy – the story of the Holy [...]

Christmas Dinner – 25th December 2018

We enjoyed a fabulous Christmas dinner together, with all the trimmings. Whilst we waited, we [...]

Visit from Father Christmas – 25th December 2018

We had a visit from Father Christmas on Christmas day morning.  He came around and [...]

St Marks Carol Service – 23rd December 2018

We had a lovely evening out at St Marks Church in Broomhill, as per invite [...]

Broomhill Methodist Church – 23rd December 2018

We had a lovely outing to Broomhill Methodist Church, part of the Beacon circuit for [...]

Buzz Christmas Party – 20th December 2018

We enjoyed a fabulous Christmas Party at the Buzz Club. We had a posh sit-down [...]

St Thomas church carol callers – 19th December 2018

Members of St Thomas church, Crookes, came to sing carols to us this evening. Great [...]

Peter Pan Panto – 19th December 2018

The panto was exceptional this year. Don’t know how they improve it every year, but [...]

Check Presentation – 18th December 2018

Billy attended for Coffee and presented us with a cheque for £200. This is to [...]

Lost Chord 18th December 2018

We had a lovely evening of singing and dancing provided by two young men form [...]

St Marks Choir – 17th December 2018

We had a visit from some of the St Marks choir tonight. The choir sang [...]

Little Acorns Christmas party – 17th December

Our toddler group Christmas party was very enjoyable! Children, parents, staff and residents all seemed [...]

Christmas Party – 16th December 2018

We had a fabulous Christmas Party with loads of friends, staff and family members turning [...]

Making table centre pieces with Jo – 15th December 2018

This afternoons activity took part in the main Lounge.  Greenery had been collected previously from [...]

Puss in Boots – 14th December 2018

North East Producers came to give us another in-house panto – this year it was [...]

Holy Communion Service – 13th December 2018

Jenny and Frances (from St Marks church) led a small Holy Communion service in the [...]

Royal Family Day – 13th December 2018

Everyone enjoyed looking at the Royal Family books, replica crown jewels and commemorative mugs. A [...]

Irish Tea-dance – 12th December 2018

We enjoyed a Christmas themed Irish tea dance at the Philadelphia Club. Margaret Pashley met [...]

Carols at the Cathedral – 11th December 2018

We had a very special opportunity to attend the annual Alzheimer’s Society Carols at Christmas [...]

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 [...]

Memory Café – 10th December 2018

We had another exciting Memory Cafe session at the Jesus Centre. Great to listen to [...]

Upper Chapel Coffee Morning – 8th December 2018

A small group of us went along in three cars to the Upper Chapel for [...]

Elf Day – 7th December 2018

The Alzheimer’s Society was nominated by Peter, our carer as a fundraising session that we [...]

Splinter – 6th December 2018

This afternoon we had a visit from a group called Splinter, who played folk music [...]

Oaks and Acorns 6th December 2018

We had a session of Oaks and Acorns this morning, led by Rachel. We had [...]

Nativity Puppet show – 4th December 2018

Jo organised a nativity puppet show for us, using puppets that she has previously handmade [...]

Moorlands Christmas Meal – 3.12.18

Great to have 20 of us enjoying a meal together at The Moorlands, Owler Bar. [...]

Little Acorns 3rd December 2018

This morning we had 8 parents, 11 children, 8 residents and then Vicky who ran [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 29th November 2018

We had over 40 people attend out tea dance this time! It was nice to [...]

Showroom Cinema – 27th November 2018

We had a fantastic trip out to the Showroom Cinema to the Dementia friendly screening [...]

Memory Café – 26th November 2018

We had another interesting Memory Cafe session at the Jesus Centre. Tracy took along her [...]

Kevin Kitchen – 24th November 2018

It was great fun celebrating Valerie Chadwick’s 90th birthday today along with the forthcoming birthdays [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 22nd November 2018

We enjoyed an Oaks and acorns session lead by Rachel this morning. We sat at [...]

Buzz – 21st November 2018

It was a cold, damp morning but we braved the weather and walked to St [...]

Holy Communion – 21st November 2018

We enjoyed another St Marks Communion Service in the conservatory. Good to have Frances and [...]

Crucible Tea Dance 20th November 2018

We had a trip out to the Crucible to take part in the tea dance. [...]

Gardening Club – 20th November 2018 – Christmas Card Making

Today we had a lovely session with Caroline and Jo, making cards using dried ferns [...]

Pyjama drama -Toddler Group session – 19th November 2018

We had a special toddler group this week! We had a pyjama drama session with [...]

The Moor Christmas Party 18th November 2018

Vicky and Becky asked a few ladies if they wanted to go to the moor [...]

Irish Tea dance – 14th November 2018

Two cars full of residents and relatives went along to the Philadelphia Club for the [...]

Memory Café – 12th November 2018

We had another enjoyable Memory Cafe session at the Parlour Cafe in Broomhall with the [...]

Remembrance Sunday Service – 11th November 2018

It was good to have friends and relatives join us for our Remembrance Sunday Service. [...]

Buzz coffee morning 7th November 2018

Vicky and Rita took us to St Andrews church for the Buzz coffee morning. We [...]

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 [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group 5th November 2018

We had lovely time at our Little acorn’s toddler session this week! We had 7 [...]

Halloween Party 31st October 2018

We had a small Halloween party, organised by Vicky. We had simple Halloween decorations hung [...]

Pumpkin Carving 31st October 2018

This morning we made some pumpkin lanterns with Vicky and Kristian in the dining room. [...]

Showroom Cinema 30th October 2018

Vicky and Jo took us to the Showroom cinema to see Meet me in St [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance 25th October 2018

Our 2nd Tea Dance at the Sheffield Jesus Centre was a success. We are going [...]

Gardening Club with Caroline and Jo 23d October 2018

Today our session was based around both practical Autumnal Floristry – flower arranging, poetry and [...]

Medieval Mayhem 22nd October 2018

Vicky and Tracy took Margaret Seal, Olga, Tricia and Janet to Medieval Mayhem play centre [...]

Godly Play – 19th October 2018

We had another packed house for our monthly Godly Play story with many visitors and [...]

Oaks & Acorns – 18th October 2018

We had another exciting Oaks & Acorns toddler session. Haven’t had one since June, because [...]

Music Together 17th October 2018

Catherine Carr, who played guitar, Patrick Smith on vocals and percussion and Phil Croft on [...]

Dancing with Dignity 17th October 2018

Vicky and Rita took us to the Farm Rd Social Club tea dance that was [...]

Flamenco Dancing – 15th October 2018

We had a fabulous birthday celebration for Valerie Loft, with Barbara, a Beautiful Flamenco dancer, [...]

Irish Tea Dance – 10th October 2018

Tracy took along Mary and Margaret Pashley to another of the monthly Irish Tea Dances [...]

Little Acorns – 8th October 2018

We had 11 parents and toddlers join us this week, some familiar faces and some [...]

Roy’s 90th Birthday Celebration- 3rd October 2018

Roy’s family came in to give us a wonderful, interactive song and dance therapy session [...]