Regional Day Care Service Provision
We have been asked to circulate the letter copied below to all our families using our service. The letter is from Suzanne Collins at The Patient and Client Council and her contact detail are also included. “Good morning, You will be aware via the regional meeting on 15th July, that The Department of Health has tasked […]
??Sensory Garden??
Since the start of the year the clients and staff have been working hard to make a new Sensory Garden for the Centre all thanks to Richard Henning who completed the Belfast Marathon and held a fundraiser night in Lisburn Rugby Club raising funds for the Centre. The clients have enjoyed helping to create the […]
?Water Colour Painting?
Clients from the Blackstone group have been enjoying trying out water colour painting – all thanks to Aghalee Village Hall & Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council who funded the free course and packs. The packs contain half sheets of paper, a set of beginners water colour brushes and tracings. We received zoom link to the […]
?Celebrating 30 Years off the Centre?
All this week we have been celebrating the Centre being open 30 years in February . We have taken the opportunity to connect with our friends in the Nursing Home, Residential Home, Supported Living and the other key groups at the Centre. We each took turn in hosting an activity via zoom for the others […]
A trip down memory lane!????
To celebrate the Beeches being open 30 years we have been making memory boards of our favourite activities, pictures from over the years, writing/ making bunting about our memories of the Beeches and what the Beeches means to us all. We have had so much fun talking about everything that we have achieved here at […]
Walking for Health
Wendy McDowell -Community Health Development Practitioner Older People & Walking For Health) got in touch recently and asked would those who had completed the Walk Leader training like to receive free walking for health masks and sanitisers. All those that completed the training loved their mask and sanitisers, and have been using them regularly. Please […]
Cookery in the Blackstone
Today the clients in the Blackstone group enjoyed making scrambled eggs, beans , cheese & toast for our lunch, followed by ice-cream and home grown strawberries from our garden. We thought this would be a nice treat for us all and a good way to maintain our cookery skills. To start with we discussed all […]
Munching Mondays!
Unfortunately, due to restrictions, access to cookery sessions is currently suspended, however, that did not stop us! We decided to make our own lunch in the Music Room and a healthy fruit salad to practice our kitchen skills. We have been having healthy eating chats, working on being healthier and improving our fitness levels. We […]
#walkthismay – Certificates. ??
We enjoyed taking part in #walkthismay – it encouraged many of us to try and do a few more walks/steps each and every week. Some of us are now continuing to do more regular walks as a way of keeping ourselves fit and active. Please see attached photographs of us receiving our certificates for taking […]
Men’s Health Week 2021 ?
Last week some of the Males in the Centre enjoyed taking part in Men’s Health Week – 14th-20th June 2021. We took part on a webinar via zoom that discussed the importance of asking for helping if we need it or if we are not feeling ourselves. A few key points that we feel help […]