Time for a cuppa! Recently, our Heatherdale residents enjoyed a morning adventure out and about on the bus, indulging in tea, cake, and some shopping too of course!

We enjoyed a lovely weekend full of Easter celebrations here at Wellburn and of course plenty of visits from the Easter bunny too! What did you get up to over the Easter weekend?

We are thrilled to announce that St Catherines Care Home & The Manor at St Catherine's raised a remarkable £500 during their Easter Cake & Craft Fair!

This brings their total fundraising efforts to £1,500 for their fantastic charity partner, Dementia Forward.

A huge thank you to all who supported and helped make this event a success. Together, we are making a positive difference in the lives of those living with dementia.

Our residents across our homes had a blast celebrating St Patrick’s Day in true Irish style! From green decorations, arts & crafts to traditional Irish folk music, the day was filled with lots of fun and laughter.

It’s wonderful to see everyone coming together to support such a great cause and have fun while doing so!

#RedNoseDay2024 is a fantastic way to raise awareness and funds for those in need. Thank you to all our residents and staff, who participated by having cake sales, quizzes, face painting, & pop up dances around the home and generally getting involved to make the day so special.

Our Mother’s Day was filled with love and happiness as we celebrated Mothering Sunday across all our homes with flowers, cupcakes, presents, and afternoon tea’s. A fabulous day spent with loved ones, creating some lovely memories.

Thank you to everyone who made it so special!

Our residents and staff at Riverhead Hall celebrated World Book Day in style, dressing up in costumes inspired by their favourite book characters—from Superman to Harry Potter and Disney princesses!

A magical day, celebrating the joy of books and reading!

Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women out there!

This year’s theme is to #InspireInclusion, aiming to inspire others to understand and value women’s inclusion.

Today, we’re spending the day celebrating the remarkable women across our homes—residents, staff, and family members alike. Here’s some photos of our staff and residents showing solidarity by striking the #InspireInclusion pose!

Our Eighton Lodge residents had lots of fun writing “advice to their younger selves” on whiteboards. It’s always lovely to hear what words of wisdom they have for us! What advice would you share with your younger self?

We had so much fun yesterday for pancake day! We tried all our favourite toppings from fresh fruit, to whipped cream, syrup and chocolate spread. What’s your favourite pancake topping?

Last week, our homes celebrated Burns Night in true Scottish style! From themed quizzes to flag decorating, haggis tasting, and singalongs. What a fantastic way to honour Scotland’s rich heritage!

Over at our St Catherine’s home in York, residents enjoyed a lovely afternoon trip to Dean’s Garden Centre with their friends from The Manor. Some fresh air, a drop of rain, and a cosy coffee in the café made for the perfect day out!

We're excited to share that our young onset dementia home, The Manor, recently presented a £1000 cheque to their local charity partner, Dementia Forward, after a successful Craft & Cake Fair last month!

A big thank you to all our staff, clients and everyone involved. The funds raised will help Dementia Forward continue to provide crucial support services and resources for individuals and families affected by dementia throughout York and North Yorkshire.

Busy bees at Riverhead Hall! Our residents have kicked off the new year with lots of fun activities such as jigsaw puzzles, flower arranging and even tried their hand at finger knitting. These activities are excellent not just for boosting cognitive engagement but also for improving residents hand dexterity which is particularly important.

Across our homes, our staff and residents brought in the new year with delicious food and drink, singing and dancing, and even set some gaols and wishes for 2024. We hope you all had a wonderful New Year’s Eve and wish you all the best for the year ahead!

A big thank you to everyone who sent in thoughtful nominations on behalf of a neighbour, friend, or loved one to receive one of our festive boxes. We received some lovely photos from our homes as they delivered the boxes to their nominees as part of Wellburn’s ‘festive box drop’ initiative!

Here at Wellburn, we love everything Christmas! And right now, both our staff and residents are busy gearing up for the holiday season with festive arts and crafts, baking, decorating, and of course enjoying their favourite Christmas films!

Our residents at Garden House enjoyed a creative session experimenting with autumnal sensory trays, soaking autumn leaves in essential oils like bergamot and sweet orange/pumpkin. They then used pencils and pastels to colour in some lovely autumnal/ winter scenery sheets!

Our residents over at Garden House in Berwick have been busy making poppy wreaths to create a display for their homes entrance in honour of the upcoming Remembrance Day this Saturday. Such a lovely gesture!

Over at The Manor at St Catherine’s, the spooky festivities continued last night as clients put up eerie decorations to set the stage for a movie night full of thrills in their state of the art cinema lounge!