Category Archives: Recent Events

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 [...]

Sculpt – 2nd October 2018

Lucy came to encourage us to take part in gentle exercise to music.  We started [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 2nd October 2018

We enjoyed the monthly trip to the Crucible Tea Dance with Vicky and Jo. Jill, [...]

Memory Café – Monday 1st October 2018

We had another fun session at the Memory cafe today with some travelling in Tracy’s [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 26th September 2018

We had a record number of attendees to our Little Acorns toddler Group this time [...]

Gardening Club 25th September 2018

We had an autumnal themed gardening club this time. We began by looking at the [...]

Crich Tramway Museum – 24.9.18

We had beautiful weather for our day trip to Crich Tramway Museum near Matlock. The [...]

Memory Walk – 22nd September 2018

SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURESWe enjoyed a wonderful walk from Endcliffe Park to Forge Dam on a [...]

Godly Play – 21st September 2018

Great to have 20 of us in the Godly Play session today. Tracy did the [...]

Holy Communion – 20th September 2018

Jennifer from St Marks church kindly came along to guide our Holy Communion Service (a [...]

Upper Chapel Heritage Day

We had a trip out to the Upper Chapel National Heritage Day. There were 9 [...]

Memory Café – 17th September 2018

We had another exciting Memory Cafe event at the Jesus Centre. Good to have 6 [...]

Glenn Miller Story

We had another enjoyable time at the Dementia Friendly Film showings in Chesterfield. Great to [...]

Little Acorns – 10th September 2018

Our Little Acorns session was one with a difference this week! We had a few [...]

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, [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 28th August 2018

We had a very enjoyable time at the Crucible Tea Dance this month.

Gardening Club – 28th August 2018

We had a creative time with Jo, prior to Gardening Club, by making felt poppies [...]

Godly Play –24th August 2018

Today we had a lovely session with Vicky leading us in song on the guitar [...]

Stringed Boxes – 23rd August 2018

It was good to welcome back patrons from the Music in Hospitals organisation.

Kevin Kitchen – 19th August 2018

We had another amazing birthday celebration, this time for Janet.

Summer Fair – 18th August 2018

We had another fabulous Summer Gala in the beautiful grounds of the Hallamshire Care Home.

Memory Café – 13th August 2018

We had another fantastic time at the Memory Cafe.Great to have Rita and Betty/Willow there [...]

NCS Student Visit – 9th August 2018

Great to have the NCS students join us again.

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Museum Café – 7th August 2018

We enjoyed our first Museum cafe outing. These happen periodically at various museums throughout Sheffield.

Sculpt – 7th August 2018

Lucy from Sculpt came to give us an exercise experience in the main lounge.

Little Acorns Picnic – 6th August 2018

We had a very enjoyable time at the Botanic Gardens with Little Acorns toddler group [...]

Memory Café – 30th July 2018

We enjoyed another excellent Memory Cafe event at the Jesus Centre.The rain kept off so [...]

Heather – 27th July 2018

Heather paid us a return visit to help us celebrate Norah’s 87th birthday with a [...]

Lost Chord – 24th July 2018

We had a fantastic time with our two Welsh musicians who were sent by Lost [...]

Matt & Orla with Music and Dance – 24th July 2018

Matt (Roy Laurie’s son), Orla and Shona, their daughter, came along for a celebration of [...]

Medieval Mayhem – 23rd July 2018

We had a fantastic outing to Medieval Mayhem, with the Little Acorns Toddler Group.

Anne McKay’s Birthday Tea Party – 22nd July 2018

Anne’s family visited and brought a party tea to share with Anne to help celebrate [...]

Holy Communion – 18th July 2018

We had a great turnout for or monthly Holy Communion session this month, lead by [...]

Buzz Coffee Morning – 18th July 2018

This morning Vicky took us to St Andrews Church for the Buzz coffee morning.There were [...]

Kevin Kitchen – 16th July 2018

We had another excellent boppy singing and dancing session with Kevin Kitchen, whom we invited [...]

Memory Café – 16th July 2018

We had another excellent time at the Parlour Cafe where Tracy runs a fortnightly Memory [...]

Kelham Island 40’s Vintage Fayre – 14th July 2018

A small group of us had a trip out to the 40’s vintage fayre at [...]

Cleethorpes – 12th July 2018

We had such an enjoyable day trip to Cleethorpes on the 12th of July.

Irish Tea Dance – 11th July 2018

Tracy took Margaret Pashley (our Irish resident born and bred in County Claire, Ireland) and [...]

Paul Barrie – 10th July 2018

We had a fantastic afternoon with Paul Barrie, who came to sing to us.

Memories Are Made of This – 9th July 2018

Ava and Lydia came and set up a stage in the main lounge and performed [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 9th July 2018

We had a lovely time with Little acorns toddler group visit! We had 5 mums [...]

Cheeky Charlie’s – 5th July 2018

We had a fantastic afternoon, being entertained by the Cheeky Charlie’s.

Celebrating 70 years of the NHS – 5th July 2018

We were very fortunate to be invited to the celebration of the 70’th birthday of [...]

Cleethorpes – 4th July 2018

We had another fabulous day out in Cleethorpes. We had a group of 10, including [...]

Visit to the South Yorkshire 10th Dementia Creative Arts Exhibition 2018 – 3rd July 2018

“A Celebration of Life’ was the theme this year.

Memory Café – 2nd July 2018

We enjoyed a lovely walk (or wheelchair push) to the Jesus Centre on a hot [...]

Broomhall Nursery Fayre – 30th June 2018

Vicky, Anne and Steve took a small group of us to Broomhall nursery for their [...]

Godly Play – 29th June 2018

We had another fabulous Godly Play session today with Carrie telling the story of Mother [...]

Pulse – 28th June 2018

We had our fortnightly exercise session with Pulse outside in the garden, to make the [...]

Oaks & Acorns – 28th June 2018

Rachel and friends came along for another Oaks & Acorns session.It was a quiet session [...]

Dementia Friendly film in Dronfield – 27th June 2018

We booked an SCT minibus for this event and enjoyed our drive down to Dronfield, [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 26th June 2018

Today’s Tea Dance was really pleasant despite very high abnormal temperatures outside, this didn’t stop [...]

Little Acorns – 25th June 2018

We had a record number of visitors attend our Little Acorns toddler this week! We [...]

Ponds Forge Tea Dance – 21st June 2018

We took a group of eleven people, including residents, family and staff to the Ponds [...]

Nigel Bane – 18th June 2018

We welcome the return of one of our favourite performers, Nigel Bane, to help us [...]

Father’s Day Tea Party and Charity Bake off Competition – 17th June 2018

Father’s Day was a busy day at the Hallamshire care home! It was Deborah’s birthday, [...]

Gardening Club – 15th June 2018

We had another exciting Garden Club. Our seedlings have matured enough to be potted (with [...]

Medieval Mayhem – 14th June 2018

We had a wonderful visit to Medieval Mayhem with the Oaks and Acorns Toddler Group.

Yorkshire Waterways Canal Boat Trip – 13th June 2018

A party of 10 of us enjoyed an excellent trip out to Goole to the [...]

Dementia & Music Talk with Vicky McClure – 11th June 2018

Tracy and her husband, Andy, took Sidney and Margaret Pashley along to a talk called [...]

Little Acorns – 11th June 2018

We had a record number of visitors attend our Little Acorns toddler group this week! [...]

Mary Murphy’s Birthday Celebrations – 5th June 2018

We had a fantastic time with Paul Barrie, who came to sing for us and [...]

Memory Café – 4th June 2018

We had a thought provoking Memory Cafe at the Jesus Centre this time, with a [...]

Yorkshire Teabags – 1st June 2018

It’s been 8 years since we last saw the Yorkshire Teabags..

Memory Café – 21st May 2018

We had another exciting Memory Cafe event at the Jesus Centre with a Royal Family [...]

Weston Park May Fair – 20th May 2018

We went to the Weston Park May Fair with Vicky and Becky. We travelled by [...]

Godly Play – 18th May 2018

We had another interesting Godly Play session this month, with Tracy telling a story about [...]

Oaks & Acorns Toddler Group – 17th May 2018

We had a fabulous session with the Oaks and Acorns toddler group today. We had [...]

Summer Holiday – 16th May 2018

We had a lovely trip out to The Winding Wheel in Chesterfield with Vicky, to [...]

Crucible Tea Dance 15th May 2018

We went to the Crucible theatre for the monthly Tea Dance. It was a beautiful [...]

Marion and Sidney’s birthday – 14th May 2018

A lady vocalist called Donna Bell came and helped us to celebrate the birthdays of [...]

Little acorns – 14th May 2018

Vicky started this session by passing around a Reborn doll, which was a very beautiful [...]

Diamond Club at the Beach – 7th May 2018

We enjoyed a gloriously hot and sunny afternoon in the garden with Tracy doing a [...]

Oaks & Acorns – 3rd May 2018

We had another excellent Oaks & Acorns Toddler Group session in the conservatory

Little Acorns – 30th April 2018

We had a wonderful toddler group today which Vicky lead. We had three mothers and [...]

Ecology of Hope – 26th April 2018

We had a group outing to the Sheffield Cathedral for the Ecology of Hope exhibition

Oaks and Acorns – 26th April 2018

We had a good turnout for this week’s Oaks and Acorns session. We had four [...]

Buzz Coffee Morning – 25th April 2018

Vicky and Rita took a small group to Buzz Coffee morning at St Andrews Church [...]

Lost Chord – 24th April 2018

Melody Lane (a couple called the O’Brien’s) came to entertain us again. 

Memory Café – 23rd April 2018

We had another fabulous trip out to take part in the Memory Cafe at the [...]

Sculpt Charity Event 22nd April 2018

Vicky and Carley took a small group of residents to the Sculpt Fitness Studio to [...]

Godly Play – 20th April 2018

Tracy told the story of the Leaven and we had a lovely group of folk [...]

Ponds Forge Tea Dance – 19th April 2018

We attended the monthly tea dance event at Ponds Forge in very hot weather (makes [...]

Sheila’s Birthday Celebration – 18th April 2018

To celebrate Sheila’s birthday, we enjoyed a special performance from three of Sheila’s very musical [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 16th April 2018

We enjoyed another Little Acorns session at the care home. 

Oaks and Acorns Toddler – 12th April 2018

We had our fortnightly visit from the toddler group. There were three parents and five [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 10th April 2018

We had a trip to the crucible for the tea dance. Vicky took Margaret Seal [...]

Visit from Louis – 5th April 2018

Deborah (Pam’s daughter) brought in her nine-week old pup, Louis, and everyone fell in love [...]

Kevin Kitchen – 5th April 2018

We enjoyed another amazing afternoon of entertainment with Kevin and his guitar. 

Hatchery – April 2018

We were fortunate enough to look after a hatchery again for a fortnight this Easter! [...]

Ponds Forge Tea Dance 29th March 2018

Vicky and Mihaela took a small group of us to the Ponds Forge Tea Dance. [...]