Category Archives: Recent Events

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed some time doing quizzes on the interactive tablet in the main lounge. We [...]

Pictures to Share

Residents enjoyed a pleasant trip down memory lane by going through family photos and sharing [...]

Holy Communion

Residents enjoyed participating in a harvest festival service from a local church. Residents also took [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed bingo sessions in the main lounge and conservatory. The fun environment sparked friendly [...]

Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed a nostalgic trip down Memory Lane with Liz (soprano) and Maria (keyboard) from [...]

New-born Doll Therapy

Residents enjoyed a cuddle with our three new-born therapy dolls. Residents helped to name them [...]

Home-from-Home

Residents enjoyed checking out and using a selection of household items and nostalgic objects such [...]

Garden One to One

Bryan enjoyed going out for a walk in the gardens to take in the sunlight [...]

Sing Along

Residents enjoyed some fun musical time where they read from music sheets and joined in [...]

Aqua-Paints

Residents enjoyed experimenting with aqua-paints and watching pictures get revealed by the water. The seaside [...]

Pete’s Music

Residents enjoyed a joint birthday performance this afternoon with family attending too. Pete sang a [...]

Home from Home

Residents enjoyed examining and using a selection of household items and nostalgic objects such as [...]

Theatre Deli

Residents enjoyed a trip out to the Theatre Deli for a lunch and drinks in [...]

In-House Church

Residents enjoyed an informal church service this morning with a guitar singalong, listening to readings [...]

Baking

Residents enjoyed baking a crumble for the apples they peeled yesterday, whilst wearing personalised aprons [...]

Around The World

Residents enjoyed reminiscing on their holidays and time spent travelling, this sparked interesting conversations about [...]

Afternoon Tea

Residents enjoyed a journey out in cars with staff and relatives for Afternoon Tea at [...]

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed some time doing quizzes on the interactive tablet in the main lounge. We [...]

Apple Peeling

Residents enjoyed peeling some apples which were picked from the garden where they have been [...]

Gardening Club

Residents enjoyed picking a variety of tomatoes and looking at some flowers that they have [...]

Motion 8.9.23

Residents enjoyed participating in a virtual Motion class together. This encouraged residents to exercise their [...]

Karaoke

Residents enjoyed some sing-along fun with the karaoke machine. This encouraged them to laugh and [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed a fun filled game of bingo which inspired some friendly competition and socialisation [...]

Memory Cafe

Residents enjoyed a Memory Café event in the main lounge, starting off with a guitar [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Residents, staff and family members all enjoyed a wonderful Crucible Tea Dance extravaganza with Russ [...]

Memory picture books

Residents enjoyed one to one time looking at the picture to share books which included [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Chair based exercise extravaganza with the Wonderful Zeezy. He successfully motivated [...]

Games

Residents enjoyed playing the Finish the Proverb Game and taking part in a Quiz this [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed group games of Finish the Proverb and the Alphabet Game and enjoyed a [...]

Stanley Therapy

Residents enjoyed another visit from Rita and Stanley, our own personal therapy dog. We did [...]

Indoor Football

Residents enjoyed some time playing sat-down football in the main lounge. This gave them mobility [...]

Flower arranging 30.8.23

Residents enjoyed arranging flowers into a variety of vases with a range of styles of [...]

Pictures to Share Books

Residents enjoyed looking at some Pictures to Share books of various topics which have amazing [...]

Spirituality

Residents enjoyed one to one chats in their rooms reading some “Good News” booklets on [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed another golf session with our friendly Charles who teaches folk to play golf [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a warm up session playing Catch with a beachball and doing a spot [...]

Cycling without age

Residents enjoyed a ride out on Rhubarb which was piloted by Chris. They enjoyed the [...]

Memory cafe

Residents enjoyed reminiscing in a nostalgic café experience. We started off with a sing along [...]

Watercolours

Residents enjoyed a creative time this afternoon painting watercolours. Some new to this and some [...]

In the Garden

Bert enjoyed a stroll round the garden, admiring our new shed and picking and eating [...]

Rabbit Therapy

Residents were very excited to have a visit from Oscar and Milo this morning, along [...]

Pen Pal

Residents enjoyed a lovely postcard from their pen pal. It included a nice poem about [...]

Food Prep

Residents enjoyed helping decorate some buns to sell at the Summer Fair and to chop [...]

Summer Fair

Residents, friends and families enjoyed a marvellous Hallamshire Summer Party this year. We were blessed [...]

Motion

Residents had a fun time with Zeezy and lots of staff helping to support the [...]

Fruit Picking

Bert enjoyed a walk out in the local area and we spotted some blackberries and [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed looking at Pictures to Share Books admiring pictures of animals whilst staff read [...]

Painting

Residents enjoyed painting some pottery which encouraged mobility with their hands and sensory stimulation.

Holy Communion Service

Residents enjoyed an intimate Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory, for all those who were [...]

Intergenerationals

This morning we enjoyed an exciting visit from the Hallam University Nursery and had a [...]

Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed a wonderful Lost Chord session with Nicola (soprano) and Martin (keyboard). They performed [...]

Weston Park Museum

Bert enjoyed a trip out to Weston Park Museum in taxi. We had a look [...]

Memory Cafe

Residents enjoyed reminiscing about their past during a fun-filled café experience. We had a balloon [...]

Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed a trip down Memory Lane this afternoon, looking through some old artefacts including [...]

Gardening Club

A few residents chose to come out onto the decking this morning to help water [...]

Summer Fair Prep

Edith helped to wrap raffle prizes and fold up tickets this morning. Not the most [...]

Motion

Residents chose to take part in another invigorating Motion chair exercise class with Zeezy via [...]

Cycling Without Age

Peggy and Carol enjoyed a ride out on Rhubarb the tri-bike with pilots Maggie and [...]

Garden and memory ball games

Residents enjoyed playing fun filled memory games which included throwing and catching a ball with [...]

Motion Community Games

Residents enjoyed another exciting Community Games event at the English Institute of Sport with Nightingales [...]

Coal Mining Museum

Residents enjoyed a coach trip out to the Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield. Good to [...]

John’s 80th

Residents enjoyed John’s 80th birthday party with Nicola who played the Cello and sang some [...]

In the Garden

Some of our male residents chose to sit in the garden together having a bitter [...]

Glass and Pottery Painting

Residents enjoyed a creativity filled glass and pottery painting session. They were offered small glasses [...]

Home from Home

The residents enjoyed a nostalgic experience when they were presented with various cleaning items. Most [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Motion session with lots of residents and volunteers willing to take [...]

Baking

Residents enjoyed helping to bake a banana cake this morning. Lots of reminiscing, whisking and [...]

Mocktails

Residents enjoyed making mocktails this afternoon. We followed a few recipes and had great fun. [...]

In-house Church Service

Residents enjoyed a group church event, singing action songs together, choosing favourite Christian postcards complete [...]

Visits

Residents enjoyed a small group visit from residents of Twelve Trees Care Home – Joan, [...]

Gardening Club

Residents enjoyed some time out in the sun on the back decking for our Gardening [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a large-group Motion session over portal with Zeezy this afternoon. It encouraged the [...]

Kevin Kitchen

Residents helped to celebrate Mary’s and Norah’s birthdays today joining in with a fantastic concert [...]

Stanley Therapy

Residents enjoyed another visit from Stanley when Rita brought him in. They took part in [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed participating in Golf in Society with Charles and enjoyed a friendly competition. William [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a large group in-person experience with Zeezy this afternoon, with an hour’s fun [...]

Cycling Without Age

Bryan and Sheila enjoyed a Cycling Without Age experience around Botanical Gardens with Maggie as [...]

Resident’s Meeting

We held a Residents Meeting in the Conservatory and had a few relatives join us [...]

Poetry

Residents enjoyed a time of group recitation and individual reading of favourite poems. Staff also [...]

Graduation Ceremony

A few residents were delighted to be invited to the Hallam Uni Nursery Graduation ceremony [...]

Holy Communion

Residents enjoyed a Holy Communion Service with Jennifer and Frances leading this as members of [...]

Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed a lively Lost Chord concert with Gary on drums and Luke singing and [...]

Pictures to Share Books

Residents enjoyed a one-to-one time looking at Pictures to Share Books with wonderful photos with [...]

Cat Therapy

Residents enjoyed an afternoon of petting and cuddling our therapy cats, Jasper and Clio. They [...]

Motion

Residents formed a big circle in the main lounge and enjoyed a Motion session with [...]

Gardening Club

A few of our male residents enjoyed a sunny afternoon on the back decking for [...]

Interactive Table

The Interactive Tablet allowed residents to work in groups and one to one this afternoon, [...]

Aqua Painting

Residents enjoyed a morning of aqua painting. This is a wonderful activity where we use [...]

Paul Barrie

Residents were pleased to see the “man in the blue suit” – our Paul Barrie [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

A small group of residents enjoyed an outing to the Crucible today in car. It [...]

Theatre Deli

Residents participated in a nostalgic dementia cinema experience at Theatre Deli where they watched the [...]

Cycling Without Age

Peter (with his daughter Tracy) and Norah (accompanied by Grace) enjoyed a Cycling Without Age [...]

Nature Club

Residents enjoyed a one-to-one Nature Club activity this afternoon with a basket of shells and [...]

Morning Activities

Residents chose to take part in a variety of activities this morning. Some enjoyed reading [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Motion session with Zeezy. Good to have volunteers, Shania and Krystal [...]

One to Ones

Residents enjoyed a sensory experience with a selection of soft toys. We had a lucky [...]

Pamper Time

Residents enjoyed some thorough pampering this morning with visits from the chiropodist and hairdresser. Staff [...]

Around the World

Residents enjoyed a group discussion in the Conservatory this afternoon. Peter and William shared their [...]

Intergenerationals

Residents enjoyed a morning spent with staff and children from the Sheffield Hallam Nursery children [...]

In-house Church

Residents enjoyed a light-hearted church service this morning. Residents were given the opportunity to read [...]