Category Archives: Recent Events
Little Acorns Picnic at Botanical Gardens – 29th July 2019
We had a fantastic time at the Botanical Gardens this morning. Vicky almost cancelled it [...]
Jul
Karaoke Party – 27th July 2019
It was Norah’s birthday today and even though we had the mini zoo come out [...]
Jul
Dolly the dog – 27.07.19
Pippa’s daughters Nicola and Steph came to see Pippa with their eighteen-month-old dog Dolly the [...]
Jul
Cycling Without Age
Margaret chose to go out with Cycling Without Age and Kirsty went with her, with [...]
Jul
Leanimals – 26.7.19
We asked Leanne to bring along her mobile mini zoo today to help us celebrate [...]
Jul
Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 25th July 2019
We had a Tea Dance with a difference this morning. We had Roy’s son Matt [...]
Jul
Holy Communion Service
Frances led us in a quiet Holy Communion Service in a very hot Conservatory this [...]
Jul
Bridlington
We fancied a change from Cleethorpes by train so hired an SCT minibus and went [...]
Jul
Songbirds – 23rd July 2019
We had a great Songbirds session lead by Yo today. We had the session in [...]
Jul
Memory Cafe
We had a fantastic Memory Cafe today with all those walking or being pushed in [...]
Jul
St Marks Church
Tracy and Andy took Valerie Loft, Nicole and Elsie in their car to the St [...]
Jul
Summer Party
Summer Party – 20.7.19 We had a fabulous summer party with lots of friends and [...]
Jul
Cycling Without Age – 19.07.19
Oliver the volunteer came for an hour and a half this morning. Instead of taking [...]
Jul
Motion – 18th July 2019
We had a fab exercise session with Jess and Dell from Motion this morning. It [...]
Jul
Buzz
Sue, Arthur and Margaret Saunders enjoyed the walk/ride to Buzz on this lovely sunny day. [...]
Jul
Let’s Ride – 14.7.19
Helen asked Tricia if she would like to go to this event with Cycling Without [...]
Jul
Summer Show
North East Producers came to perform their summer show “When I’m Cleaning Windows” which included [...]
Jul
Medieval Mayhem – 15th July 2019
We had a trip out to Medieval Mayhem as part of our Little Acorns Intergenerational [...]
Jul
Rainbow string painting – 14th July
Vicky sat and showed us how to do string painting this afternoon. We quite enjoyed [...]
Jul
Cycling Without Age
Syd and Arthur both chose to go for a half hour ride to Weston Park [...]
Jul
Light Cinema – 11th July 2019
We had a very enjoyable trip out to the Light cinema with Vicky, Betty and [...]
Jul
Paul Barrie
We had a very enjoyable morning birthday celebration for Marion Kennedy today. Many got up [...]
Jul
Irish Tea dance
Sally entertained us with some fantastic Irish and modern tunes at the Philadelphia Club this [...]
Jul
Crucible Tea Dance – 9th July 2019
We had a lovely trip out to the Crucible Tea Dance today with Vicky and [...]
Jul
Gardening Club
The theme for gardening club today was weddings and we reminisced about our weddings and [...]
Jul
Memory Cafe
We had another fun session at the Memory Cafe today. Olga and Nicole came joint [...]
Jul
Weekend Walks around Broomhall
This weekend, Marjory travelled in a wheelchair with Tracy and Nicole walking alongside her to [...]
Jul
St Marks Church outing
Valerie and Nicole enjoyed the St Marks church service very much this morning. Nicole enjoyed [...]
Jul
Tabby Teas Cafe
We had a very enjoyable time at the Tabby Teas Cat Cafe this morning. Some [...]
Jul
Cycling without age – 5th July 2019
We were fortunate to have beautiful weather today for out our Cycling without age session! [...]
Jul
Lost Chord – 5th July
We had a fabulous time with Julie and Juliet, who sang and played the keyboard [...]
Jul
Dementia Is… Exhibition
This year’s SYDCAE exhibition was held at Meadowhall Interchange and not the Cathedral, as in [...]
Jul
Songbirds 2nd July 2019
We had a lovely songbirds session lead by Yo. We sang a variety of songs [...]
Jul
Little Acorns – 1st July 2019
We had a lovely time with the Little Acorns toddler group this morning. We had [...]
Jul
Garden activities. 29th June 2019
This morning we sat in the shade in the garden as it was lovely [...]
Jun
Godly Play
We had this month’s Godly Play session in the Conservatory, on such a beautiful sunny [...]
Jun
Cycling Without Age
Clare took Roy and his son Matt for a ride round the General Cemetery, which [...]
Jun
Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 27th June 2019
We had a fantastic time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today! It was a [...]
Jun
Annie
We enjoyed a very lively birthday celebration for Wendy and Nellie this afternoon led by [...]
Jun
Holy Communion Service
We were grateful to Frances who came from St Marks to give us our monthly [...]
Jun
Buzz
Tracy and Rita walked a small group (Arthur, Pamela Crossland, Susan and Deborah) round to [...]
Jun
Gardening Club
Caroline led a group focusing on the subject of bees. They looked at different plants/flowers [...]
Jun
Little Acorns – 17.6.19
We had a special session today! We had Holly from Pyjama Drama come and do [...]
Jun
Father’s Day Party – 16th June 2019
We celebrated Father’s Day and Lois’s Birthday with the help of Patrick and his band. [...]
Jun
Nicole’s Settling-in Party
Nicole ‘s family invited some of us to her settling in party in the downstairs [...]
Jun
Cycling Without Age
We had a fun taster session, taking part in the Cycling Without Age scheme, with [...]
Jun
Engelbert Humperdinck
We had great fun reminiscing and listening to Engelbert this afternoon, learning a little about [...]
Jun
Song Birds – 11th June 2019
We had a very enjoyable Song Birds session, led by Yo. We sat in a [...]
Jun
Memory Cafe
We had a lively “musical” Memory Cafe today with percussion instruments and Tracy on the [...]
Jun
St Marks Church outing
There was a service celebrating Pentecost at St Marks today and it was a pleasure [...]
Jun
Motion exercise – 06.06.19
We had a visit from two young girls who did a variety of activities with [...]
Jun
Pony Therapy – 4.6.2019
Leo, the miniature Sheltand pony, came to see us with his owner. He was very [...]
Jun
Little Acorns – 3rd June 2019
We had a quality over quantity session this morning with the Little Acorns toddler group, [...]
Jun
Godly Play
Tracy told the story of Abraham and Sarah in Godly Play today. We enjoyed this [...]
May
Baking in the Conservatory
Margaret Pashley, Margaret Saunders, Olga and Anne all helped out in the mixing and cleaning [...]
May
Songs From the Musicals
We had a lovely afternoon listening to Tracy’s record player. We’ve managed to find some [...]
May
Jesus Centre Tea Dance – 30th May 2019
We had a lovely time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today. Our regular singer [...]
May
Showroom Cinema – 28.5.19
We had a trip out to the Showroom cinema with Vicky and Helen. Betty met [...]
May
Stephen Hill Church
Margaret Saunders and Elsie chose to go along to Stephen Hill Methodist Church in Crosspool [...]
May
Visit from Dolly and Saffi
Great to have Debbie and her friend visit again with those lovely puppies – now [...]
May
Gardening Club
We had another exciting Gardening Club session with Caroline which involved being out in the [...]
May
Song Birds 21st May 2019
We had our very first session of Song Birds music therapy this afternoon, lead by [...]
May
Little Acorns – 20th May 2019
We had a very relaxed session with the toddler group this morning. There were four [...]
May
Weston Park May Fair
We had a very exciting time at the Weston Park May Fair this year. We [...]
May
Buzz Coffee morning – 15.5.19
We had a lovely walk to St Andrews church hall for the Buzz Coffee morning [...]
May
Crucible Tea Dance – 14.5.19
her daughter Julie, Betty our volunteer, Vicky and Elsie. We started off with a picnic [...]
May
Kevin Kitchen
We celebrated Marion Peck’s 97th birthday with a visit from our special friend, Kevin Kitchen. [...]
May
St Marks Church
It was a lovely sunny day for our weekly church outing. This week we went [...]
May
Table tennis 7.5.19
Vicky bought a table tennis kit this morning and set it up for us this [...]
May
Little Helpers
We had a group of 15 children and their mums from the Muslim community come [...]
May
Celebrating Doris Day – 2.5.19
We had great fun today listening to a record called “Pajama Game” from a Doris [...]
May
Balloon Volleyball 30.4.19
This afternoon Vicky and Debra set up a volleyball net in the main lounge, blew [...]
Apr
Memory Cafe – 29.4.19
We had fun at the Memory Cafe today. Pamela Crossland won the Alphabet Game, much [...]
Apr
Stephen Hill Church outing
Tracy took Margaret Saunders and Elsie in taxi today to Stephen Hill Church. They enjoyed [...]
Apr
Jesus Centre Tea Dance 25.4.19
We all had a lift to the Jesus Centre for the tea dance today. Julie [...]
Apr
Buzz 24.4.19
We had a very chocolatey time at Buzz today. We mixed cornflakes and chocolate to [...]
Apr
Lost Chord 23rd April 2019
We had a gentleman called terry and a lady called Liz come to perform for [...]
Apr
Easter Party
We had a fabulous fund-raising Easter Sunday event with glorious weather so many of us [...]
Apr
Easter Activities Saturday 20th April
Vicky bought an Easter table cloth that you colour in. We enjoyed sitting and colouring [...]
Apr
Godly Play
Tracy finished off the “Faces of Easter” story to a packed-out audience. Great to have [...]
Apr
Dolly and Saffi
Lillie’s daughter, Debbie, brought in two very young puppies today – Dolly and Saffi (only [...]
Apr
Sheila’s Birthday Celebration
We had a wonderful afternoon, listening to some lovely familiar folk/childhood songs performed by Sheila’s [...]
Apr
Millenium Galleries
We had a very enjoyable trip out to the Millennium Galleries with Vicky and Helen. [...]
Apr
Memory Cafe
We had an excellent visit to the Jesus Centre Memory Cafe with six residents, staff, [...]
Apr
St Marks Church Service
Tracy took along Valerie Loft and Olga to the St Marks Palm Sunday Service. We [...]
Apr
Matt and Shonagh
Matt came to see his father today and very kindly brought along his flute and [...]
Apr
Irish Tea Dance
We had a fabulous afternoon at the Irish Tea dance. Good to have our new [...]
Apr
Little Acorns Toddler Group- 8th April 2019
We had a special toddler group session this week. Vicky invited Ruth from FunDrum to [...]
Apr
Gardening Cub
We had a very interesting Easter Gardening Club today, making Easter wreathes and chatting together [...]
Apr
Russ Weaver – 5.4.19
We had a very enjoyable birthday celebration for Marjory with many of her friends and [...]
Apr
Standing At The Sky’s Edge – 3rd April 2019
We were very impressed with this dementia friendly performance based upon the Sheffield story of [...]
Apr
Crucible Tea Dance – 2.4.2019
Vicky took Elsie and Anne to this month’s Crucible tea dance. We met Betty and [...]
Apr
Mother’s Day Tea Party – 31st March 2019
We enjoyed a lovely time in the conservatory today and were pleased to see so [...]
Mar