Makeup as a dementia therapy
An outing to buy makeup Recently Jayne, our activities co-ordinator at Astley Hall, took a resident on a shopping trip to buy makeup. That might sound like a strange...
An outing to buy makeup Recently Jayne, our activities co-ordinator at Astley Hall, took a resident on a shopping trip to buy makeup. That might sound like a strange...
Easter chicks with Living Eggs What a fantastic Easter we have had at The Lawns, with our very own Easter chicks! We have taken part in an egg hatching...
Chair based fitness classes At Summerdyne we are delighted to have teamed up with Di from the WEA, who is teaching our residents chair based exercises. The Workers’ Educational...
Hereford Growing Point Gardening Therapy We are delighted at West Eaton to have teamed up with Angie from Hereford Growing Point for gardening therapy. Hereford Growing Point is a...
In spite of the weather (it is still raining as we write this!!) we have a spring in our step at Summerdyne. The daffodils are pushing through in the...
About FaNs The Friends and Neighbours Network (FaNs) was set up by a small charity based in Essex called My Home Life Essex Community. They aim to give Essex...
Dave is our resident gardener at Astley Hall. He tends our gardens with such love and care and all our staff and residents truly appreciate his hard work. With...
Respite care at The Lawns We offer long or short term residential care for elderly residents. We also provide convalescent care and respite care, particularly when someone been in...
The Student Volunteer Programme We have a wonderful relationship with the students from the Student Volunteer Programme of Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College. They visited in December to sing...
Cats, dogs and owls animal therapy You could easily be mistaken for thinking that Newstead is transforming into Hogwarts, given the number of cats and owls that have visited...