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
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
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
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
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
Today Thursday 24th June 2021 The Centre hosted a quiz via zoom- THE BEECHES BIG BONZA QUIZ! The 3 key groups at the Centre, a group from the Nursing Home, two groups from the Residential Home and one group in the Supported Living Home all taking part. After completing Take 5 training
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
Back in March the clients all planted a sunflower to grow at the Centre that they could then take home when it was big enough. Every few weeks we have been bringing the sunflowers in from the greenhouse to measure their height and repot into larger pots if needed. The clients thought
Here in the music room we have been missing taking part in our Group Assistant Award. We have been taking part in revision sessions in order to maintain our skills that we have gained from taking part in this. The Group Assistant Award was set up to encourage and promote the development
May was National Walking Month. Clients from the Centre, and residents in the Nursing Home enjoyed taking part in #WalkThisMay; and to make it more interesting we made into competition with the following Categories; Most Steps in the month Most walks in a month Best photo when out walking Best story of
We hope you all enjoyed a nice sunny bank holiday Monday. ? Some of us took advantage of the weather to enjoy doing our activities outdoors. The Clients and Staff enjoyed a nice sunny day, and loved getting ice cream lollies and drinks to enjoy in the good weather.
We are pleased to announce the article we submitted to Wendy Mc Dowell – Community Health Development Practitioner is in Edition 4 of ‘The Good News Gazette’ online newsletter. We are all pleased with our article, and enjoyed reading others articles too. We hope you like it too.
