Category Archives: Recent Events

Motion 29.4.22

We enjoyed a lively Motion session this afternoon. Good to have lots of residents and [...]

Cycling Without Age – 29.4.22

Pam had a wonderful cycle around Botanical Gardens, collecting a few different flowers, leaves on [...]

Baking 28.4.22

We had a few willing volunteers from the Conservatory to bake and decorate some chocolate [...]

1950’s Party – 29.4.22

We had a fabulous time listening to our favourite songs from the 1950’s using a [...]

Tattoo parlour and sing along session 27.4.22

This afternoon we had our Hallamshire tattoo parlour. Vicky got out our temporary tattoos and [...]

Nature club – 27.4.22

This morning for nature club, we did some flower pressing together. We discussed the different [...]

Fresh air – 26.4.22

This afternoon we had fresh air and walks on the agenda. First off Vicky took [...]

Pampering 26.4.22

Tuesday is our pamper day. We were all offered to have our hair trimmed and/or [...]

Songbirds 25.4.22

We had a delightful relaxed session with Yo this afternoon in the Conservatory. Lots of [...]

Memory Cafe – 23.4.22

We had a stimulating afternoon playing the Alphabet Game. Edith won this time but everyone [...]

Hallamshire Slide Show – 23.4.22

We had an interesting morning looking at the latest Hallamshire photos on a tablet. Some [...]

Motion – 22.4.22

This afternoon we had a Motion session with Zeezy, via portal TV. Our helpers today [...]

Cycling without age – 22.4.22

This morning we had Cycling without age sessions. Our pilot this week was Chris. The [...]

Royal family afternoon 21.4.2022

Today is the Queens 96th birthday, so we had a Royal family afternoon. We watched [...]

Bingo 21.4.22

This morning we had quite a few games of Bingo with Vicky in the conservatory. [...]

Happy Birthday Sonia! 21.4.22

Happy Birthday to Sonia, our admin and accounts lady! You are an absolute blessing to [...]

Easter Holy communion service 20.4.22

This afternoon Jenifer Hurrel from St Marks church came to provide us with an Easter, [...]

Happy Birthday Tracy and welcome back! 20.4.22

Happy Birthday and welcome back, to Tracy, our returning Activities co-ordinator! We are glad to [...]

Book sharing 20.4.22

This morning Vicky came around with the pictures to share books. We had some lovely [...]

Baking/Cake Decorating 19.4.22

We had an enjoyable morning in the lounge, making a chocolate birthday cake. A small [...]

Easter Service – 17.4.22

We had a packed-out Conservatory with many choosing to take part in the Easter Service. [...]

Motion 15.4.22

Zeezy led us in another energetic exercise session this afternoon. Quite a few folk wanted [...]

Residents Meeting 15.4.22

We held a Residents Meeting via Zoom in the Conservatory today. A small group was [...]

Easter Bonnets 14.4.22

Some of us had fun this afternoon modelling Easter bonnets, which they helped staff to [...]

Knit and Natter 14.4.22

We had a lovely morning, looking at knitting projects, patterns, discussing different types of knit [...]

Easter Baubles – 13.4.22

We had a creative afternoon, making Easter Baubles for our Easter Tree.  These are very [...]

Arts and Crafts 12.4.22

A small group chose to decorate wooden Easter decorations which we really enjoyed and they [...]

Jokes, Books and Memory Cards 12.4.22

We had a pleasant afternoon in the Conservatory looking at books, reading jokes to each [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long 11.4.22

We had a pleasant guitar singalong session in both the main lounge and conservatory this [...]

Puppet fun 11.4.22

We had great fun with puppets this morning. Introduced to Albert and Rosie (large puppets), [...]

Photo sharing 10.4.22

We had a fun afternoon, looking at old calendar photos of Elvis and some Old [...]

In-house Church Service 10/4/22

We had an enjoyable In-house church service this morning singing a selection of hymns and [...]

Gardening Club 9.4.22

Today, we have launched our very own Gardening Club. We stayed in the Conservatory today [...]

Gwyneth’s birthday party 6.4.22

This afternoon Kevin Kitchen came and helped us to celebrate the 90’th birthday of Gwyneth. [...]

Pampering 6.4.22

This morning was our pamper morning. We had our opticians, come to visit, the hairdresser, [...]

Fresh air 4.4.22

This afternoon we went out for fresh air in the local area. We usually just [...]

Bingo – 3.4.22

This afternoon we played Bingo in the dining room. Not as many people joined in [...]

Nature club – 3.4.22

This morning we had nature club. Vicky chose birds as our subject this morning, as [...]

Motion 1.4.22

This afternoon Zeezy came in and we did a session of motion with us. We [...]

Cycling without age 1/4/2022

This morning some of our residents enjoyed going out for a bike ride with cycling [...]

Clarice’s birthday party – 29.3.22

This afternoon Peter Piper came, and helped us to celebrate Clarice’s 94th birthday. He sang [...]

Hairdressers – 29.3.22

This morning Deborah, our hairdresser came. Whoever wanted their hair washing, trimming and styling could [...]

Balloon tennis and brain games 28.3.22

This afternoon was supposed to be a visit from the mobile zoo, but due to [...]

Baby therapy – 28.3.22

This morning Vicky brought out baby Marcus to meet us. We enjoyed having cuddles, and [...]

St patricks day

This morning we celebrated St Patricks day we had lots of activities to do which [...]

Peggy’s birthday party – 15.3.22

This afternoon, Carole laine Greenway came to entertain us, with singing and dancing, to celebrate [...]

Pictures to share, books – 9.9.21

This morning Vicky got out our brand-new set of Pictures to share, books, and had [...]

An afternoon at the Hallamshire resort 8.9.21

This afternoon Vicky set out the Hallamshire garden, with holiday themed props, a drinks trolley, [...]

Outdoor Bingo – 8.9.21

This morning was scheduled for a game of Bingo, but the weather was far too [...]

Fun and games in the garden – 7.9.21

This afternoon we had some fresh air, and fun and games in the sunshine, with [...]

Arts and crafts – 7.9.21

This morning We had arts and crafts scheduled.  Vicky printed off some silhouettes, for the [...]

Sports Day – Afternoon session – 3.9.21

Today was our annual sports day. Ran by the Motion team. Thankfully the weather was [...]

Sports Day- morning session – 3.9.21

Today was our annual sports day. Ran by the Motion team. Unfortunately, it was a [...]

Manicures 2.9.21

This afternoon Vicky did manicures, both upstairs and downstairs. We had fourteen participants today, but [...]

Multi-sensory 2.9.21

This morning we had a multi-sensory session with Vicky. She has added some more fidgets [...]

Sing along sessions – 31.8.21

This afternoon Vicky did two sing-along sessions, one in the conservatory, and one in the [...]

Meccano 31.8.21

This morning Vicky got out the Meccano set for us to have a go at. [...]

Somewhere on-sea by The Spilt Milk Dance Company 26.8.21

This afternoon Vicky and Sara set up some seats in the garden, and blew up [...]

Manicures – 26.8.21

This morning Vicky and Sara were offering manicures. This included, Hand washing, nail cleaning, clipping, [...]

Archery 24.8.21

This afternoon Vicky got our new Archery set that she purchased. We had such fun [...]

Sing along 24.8.21

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

Colouring and relaxing – 23.8.21

Vicky has been doing a care shift downstairs today, so this afternoon she brought down [...]

Pampering and word games – 23.8.21

This morning Vicky did a care shift downstairs, so she did a pampering session with [...]

Film Afternoon

This afternoon we were all really tired and decided to watch something on tv. We [...]

Reminiscing

This morning we decided to do a bit of Reminiscing. So, we took our old [...]

Bingo – 21.8.21

This afternoon we played Bingo in the dining with Vicky. Peter took over briefly while [...]

Manicures 21.8.21

This morning we were offered manicures at Vicky’s nail salon. The options were hand washing, [...]

Motion Livestream – 20.8.21

This afternoon we had a Motion Livestream session with Zeezy. Today’s helper was Vicky, with [...]

Flower arranging – 20.8.21

This morning we did some flower arranging with Vicky in the main lounge. A lot [...]

Confectionary – 19.8.21

This morning we had a go at making truffles with Vicky. We would usually mix [...]

Birthday party of George and Janet – 19.8.21

This afternoon Sarah Bright came to sing for us, to help us to celebrate Janet’s [...]

New sensory game 16.8.21

This afternoon Vicky brought round a sensory game that she made. She filled up 6 [...]

Baking – 16.8.21

This morning Vicky did a baking session with the upstairs residents. We just made a [...]

Resident’s questionnaire – 15.8.21

This afternoon Vicky and Sarah did a questionnaire with us asking the following questions. We [...]

In-house church – 15.8.21

This morning we had an in-house church service, led by Vicky. We had Sara join [...]

Motion outdoors – 13.8.21

This afternoon we had our Motion session led by Zeezy, with help from Vicky. We [...]

Cycling without age – 13.8.21

This morning we had a Cycling without age session. We had the lovely Chris as [...]

Resident’s choice – 12.8.21

This afternoon we had Resident’s choice. We try to do this at least once a [...]

Manicures – 12.8.21

This morning Vicky came around the main lounge and dining room offering manicures. This included [...]

Bingo – 11.8.21

This afternoon Vicky and Sara took it in turns at leading us in games of [...]

Sing along – 11.8.21

This morning Vicky led a sing along session in the main lounge. We used the [...]

Tattoo Parlour

This afternoon Sonia organised a temporary Tattoo Parlour session for us. We had a look [...]

Therapy Dolls and One on One

This morning we decided to take our Therapy Dolls out. Most of us were happy [...]

Bingo

This afternoon we decided to play some Bingo with Sonia. As usual we had chocolates [...]

Manicures

This morning Sonia took the manicures trolley out and asked everyone who would like to [...]

Flower Arrangements

This afternoon Sonia organised a Flowers day for us. Most of us had great fun [...]

Games

This morning we decided to play some Brain Games with Sonia. Vicky printed off and [...]

Walks in the Garden

This afternoon we had a sunny and warm weather so we decided to go out [...]

Reminiscing

This morning we decided to do a reminiscing activity. Therefore, Sonia got some old photographs [...]

Fresh air – 31.7.21

This afternoon some of us had some fresh air with Vicky. Vicky asked people that [...]

Karaoke – 31.7.21

This morning Vicky got out the karaoke machine, and we had a fun, energetic, sing [...]

Debbie’s birthday – 31.7.21

Today the 31st July, is our trainee senior- Debbie’s birthday. We want to honour her [...]

Motion livestream – 30.7.21

This afternoon we had a Motion livestream session with Zeezy, via Portal TV. Today’s helpers [...]

Manicures – 30.7.21

This morning Vicky did manicures, in the conservatory. This included hand washing, nail cleaning, trimming, [...]

Bingo – 28.7.21

Bingo – 28.7.21 This afternoon Vicky set up the Bingo game in the small lounge. [...]

Arts and crafts – 28.7.21

This morning we had arts and crafts with Vicky. Vicky printed off some facts about [...]

Norah’s 90th birthday party 27.7.21

This afternoon Alan Turner, an X Factor finalist, sang for us to help us celebrate [...]

Pampering 27.7.21

This morning Vicky and Sara, came around with the pampering trolley. The options were face [...]

Fun and games – 25.7.21

This afternoon Vicky got out the box of physical games. It was a very humid [...]

In-house church – 25.7.21

This morning Vicky led an in-house church service in the quiet lounge. We started by [...]