On Saturday 12th July 2025, we held our much-loved annual garden party, and for the first time in three years, we were blessed with a full day of glorious sunshine! Yes, you read that right, the sun shone all day, and what a difference it made.

The fantastic weather brought a wonderful turnout of visitors, in fact, for the first time ever, we ran out of prizes on both tombola stalls within the first three hours!

Thanks to the generosity of everyone who came along, we raised an incredible £1,122 towards our fundraising goal to purchase a wheelchair-accessible vehicle for our residents. This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the support of so many.

We’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to:

• Everyone who attended and donated so generously
• Our amazing volunteers—we simply couldn’t do this without you
• Our dedicated staff, who went the extra mile and looked fabulous in costume, bringing so much joy to our residents
• And a special mention to Sheila Duff, who looked absolutely stunning in her beautiful dress, you certainly turned heads!

It was truly a day to remember, and we’re already looking forward to next year.

Well we’ve finally had some of the lovely sunshine everyone keeps talking about sadly the forecast isn’t very good for this week but lets hope this is only short term and the sun will be shining on us very soon. The gardens on the front car park are now complete and the transformation is stunning. Both new garden areas have been a positive talking point with residents, families and visitors all saying how lovely they look. So we must thank John and James for all their hard work in these areas. Well Done to you both.

We’ve had two escapees this month within the animals. Firstly the chickens were found wondering around by the building works on a lovely sunny day, Obviously they were just being nosey and wanted to see what the builders were up to but luckily we managed to get them back into their pen without too much trouble. Of course our second escapee was Duncan. In true Duncan style he managed to open the gate as the catch wasn’t on properly and was found munching the grass by the bins. He did try to run and hide from me when I went to catch him but gave up very quickly and took himself back to his paddock with his tail between his legs, Bless!

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Well it’s taken a while but it finally looks like we may start to get some sunshine. After a cold and miserable March, April is shaping up to be a warmer month. Which is good news as the long awaited building works have finally started as of the 15th April 2013. A letter was sent to you all to advise you of the works and a residents meeting will be held on Sunday 28th April 2013 to give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

We have lots of baby news in the home with two of our carer’s starting their maternity leave over the next few months so what better way to celebrate than to hold a baby shower. Details can be found on the next page.

This month will sadly see an increase into the charges of the hairdressing and chiropody, details can be found within the newsletter. These prices are charged by the individuals and the home has no say in these set prices however if you have any concerns please come and see us.

We also have the sad news this month of the retirement of our domestic supervisor Christine Evans. Christine has been with the home since September 2008. Christine will be sadly missed but we wish her well for the future.

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