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. [...]

Victoria and Abdul-28th March 2018

We had a wonderful trip out to Dronfield Civic Hall to see the Dementia friendly [...]

Gardening Club – 27th March 2018

We enjoyed a messy Easter church service with Caroline in Gardening Club this month.

Gardening Club – 27th February 2018

We had another fabulous Gardening Club with Caroline who brought along her friend Chloe. 

Splinter Folk Band – 27th February 2018

Sheila’s daughter, Jos, and her folk band known as ‘Splinter’ came to entertain us for [...]

Memory Café – 26th March 2018

We had another fun session at the Memory Cafe today. Tracy had another go at [...]

Heather – 25th February 2018

We celebrated Pat’s 82nd birthday with some beautiful singing from Heather. She sang quite a [...]

Godly Play – 23rd March 2018

Tracy told us the story about “The Faces of Easter” which was very enjoyable and [...]

Godly Play – 23rd February 2018

Tracy did the parable of the Great Pearl in the Godly Play session this month. [...]

Oaks & Acorns Toddler Group – 22nd March 2018

We had a good turn-out for toddler group this week – four mums and five [...]

Ponds Forge Tea Dance – 22nd February 2018

A huge group of us turned up to the Ponds Forge tea dance for some [...]

Holy Communion Service – 21st March 2018

It was good to have Jennifer back from her long family visit to Australia to [...]

Buzz – 21st March 2018

We enjoyed our morning stroll in the sunshine to take part in the local Buzz [...]

Lost Chord – 20th February 2018

Had another brilliant time with the Lost Chord team. Lara sang beautifully to us, including [...]

Nigel Bane – 19th March 2018

We had another excellent performance from Nigel as we celebrated Margaret Pashley’s birthday with song, [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 19th February 2018

We had another lively Little Acorns session. Unfortunately, we had forgotten it was half term [...]

Snowball Fun – 18th March 2018

We thought it was a good idea to bring some of that cold, white stuff [...]

Chinese New Year Party – 16th February 2018

We celebrated Chinese New Year in style with our annual outing to the Jesus Centre [...]

Valentines Evening Party – 14th February 2018

We had a fabulous Valentines Party with lots of friends and family members joining us [...]

Memory Café – 12th March 2018

We had another exciting Memory Cafe at the Jesus Centre. Missed two due to the [...]

Mother’s Day Event – 11th March 2018

We had a record number of friends and relatives turn out for our annual Mother’s [...]

Anne Padget – 9th February 2018

Anne Padgett (Someone we know from St Mark’s church) came to sing for us to [...]

Paul Barrie – 8th March 2018

Paul Barrie came to sing for us and help us celebrate Olga’s and Susan’s birthdays. [...]

Oaks & Acorns – 8th February 2018

Rachel and her friends came along for another spectacular Oaks & Acorns Toddler Group. Great [...]

Oaks & Acorns – 8th March 2018

This session was a little bit different to our usual toddler group visit because there [...]

Winding Wheel Film showing – 7th February 2018

We went to a different venue for our dementia friendly film showing of “Singin in [...]

Buzz – 7th March 2018

So glad the snow has gone so we can resume going to our weekly Buzz [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 6th February 2018

We enjoyed another amazing Crucible Tea Dance. Great to have Win and her son, Steve, [...]

Crucible Tea Dance – 6th March 2018

We had another fabulous time at the monthly Crucible Tea dance. Glad the snow had [...]

Little Acorns Toddler Group – 5th February 2018

We had a fabulous second Little Acorns Toddler Group event in the main lounge. We [...]

Gardening Club – 30th January 2018

We enjoyed another excellent Gardening Club with Caroline. We’ve changed the time to 11am to [...]

Annie – 29th January 2018

We gave Annie a fantastic welcome as we celebrated Connie’s 86th birthday together. Annie sang [...]

Memory Café – 29th January 2018

Had another amazing Memory Cafe event at the Jesus Centre. Great to meet our old [...]

Godly Play – 26th January 2018

We had another exciting Godly Play story in the small lounge, or as it is [...]

Diamond Club – 25th January 2018

We had another fun and exciting Diamond Club session, with percussion instruments, clapping, singing and [...]

Lost Chord – 23rd January 2018

We welcomed Joanne (singer) back to the Home with her friend Ann on keyboard. They [...]

“Little Acorns” Toddler Group – 22nd January 2017

A few Facebook friends have got together and are in the process of forming a [...]