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December 2025 Gazette

Our lucky winner Mollie had an absolutely fantastic time enjoying a delicious meal at The Dog Pub in Harvington, her very first trip out in our new accessible vehicle. She was joined by resident Derek, Home Manager Daniel, and Deputy Manager Cosmin, and the whole group had a brilliant time together. Mollie is already buzzing … Continue reading Competition Winner →

We’re fast approaching our busiest and most joyful time of the year, with our activities diary filling up with lots of exciting events for everyone to enjoy! You are warmly invited to join us for our Annual Family Christmas Meal on Tuesday, 2nd December at 12:30pm. This special event is always very popular, so we … Continue reading November Gazette →

We had lots of fun this week with Halloween and of course Music Bugs visited for our Halloween Special. We have lots of photos from the day but here’s a few of our favorites.

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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, … Continue reading Sunshine, Smiles, and Success at Our Annual Garden Party! →

For the past 12 months, Yew Tree Nursing Home Ltd has been hosting monthly intergenerational music sessions in partnership with Music Bugs Halesowen, a local group that specializes in fun, interactive music experiences for babies and toddlers. What started as a one-off event has blossomed into a much-anticipated highlight for residents, staff, and young families alike.

We had lots of fun on Friday 21st March 2025 dressing up in characters from the Movies while raising money for the Red Nose Day Charity. We raised a total of £100 on the day well done everyone and thank you to the kitchen for the lovely cakes they were yummy !!.

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We’re often asked why the ponies look so dirty during winter, I think this video sums it up lol, but they’re having so much fun !!!!

Shall we wave hello to all the children from Music Bugs UK. Thank you to Kim for once again providing us with a fabulous morning of singing and dancing. Don’t take our word for it check out the latest video….

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Residents enjoying time in the garden and interacting with the homes ponies Duncan and Merry Legs

We recently had a visit from Music Bugs with their toddler group. The event was pure chaos but the residents and children enjoyed themselves so much we thought we’d do it all again on the 5th June 2024. More photos and videos are available on our Facebook page. Thank you to everyone who attended see … Continue reading Music Bugs Visit →

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Pupil Jack Crowdy of Halesbury School visited the home today (7th December 2023) to collect the selection boxes donated to the school Christmas Fayre. Each selection box was lovingly wrapped by the residents and activities staff so a huge thank you to them for helping out. The home also donated two gift cards to their … Continue reading Christmas is the time for giving →

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At last a gazette with some good news. We can confirm that we will be reopening to visitors from  Monday 8th December. Sadly there will be some restrictions with the reopening which are detailed as follows: Government guidelines state that each resident should have one key visitor utilizing Covid safe visitor zones within the home … Continue reading December 2020 Newsletter →

Once again the country is in lockdown with cases of Covid-19 rising. Please be assured that residents and staff continue to be closely monitored and should any possible symptoms be present then a test is quickly arranged and the residents/staff are isolated until the results are received. Weekly testing of staff continues and residents are … Continue reading November 2020 Newsletter →

Staying Covid 19 Secure 2020 Coronavirus Risk Assessment June 2020 Please find above links to our Covid-19 Risk assessment and compliance declaration. If you have any queries with regards to the information continued within the documents please speak to Carol Lightwood on 01562 710 809 option 3. 

CQC Engagement and Support Call We recently completed a telephone engagement and support call with the CQC in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently the CQC are not undertaking routine inspections services through the pandemic and will instead be maintaining contact with providers through existing monitoring arrangements and by undertaking engagement and support calls. A … Continue reading CQC Engagement and Support Call Covid 19 →

June 2020 Newsletter Hello and welcome to your June newsletter from a quiet and sombre Yew Tree Nursing Home. Normally around this time we are excitedly planning our garden party and talking about all of the exciting things we have planned. But sadly like most things this has been postponed due to the ongoing pandemic. … Continue reading June 2020 Newsletter →

April 2020 Newsletter Hello from lockdown at a quiet Yew Tree. We hope you are keeping safe?. It seems like forever since I have written a newsletter so wanted to just send you a little hello and update you all on what we have been up to since the lock down began. Firstly we would … Continue reading April 2020 Newsletter →

March Newsletter 2020 Welcome to your March Gazette and would you believe that Spring is fast approaching although with the amount of weather changes we’ve had since Christmas who knows what the season will bring. In the gardens you may have noticed that Merry Legs has arrived at last. On the day of arrival you … Continue reading March 2020 Newsletter →

February 2020 newsletter In our January Gazette we advised you of the inspection we received from the CQC and we were awaiting the results which we have now received. A copy of the full report is available in reception, from the office or the CQC website which can be obtained from the link on our … Continue reading February 2020 Newsletter →

January 2020 newsletter Consent Request Form Residents Privacy Notice – CCTV Happy New Year Welcome to your first newsletter of 2020. The year certainly started with a bang this year when we received the knock on the door of the CQC inspectors. Luckily the CQC inspector this time was a lot friendlier than the last … Continue reading January 2020 Gazette →

November 2019 Newsletter Welcome to your November  gazette. Plans are currently  underway for the forthcoming festive period and organizing plenty of entertainment for the residents enjoyment. Voting has been taking place since our last gazette for our Christmas Charity and it was a close call but our final joint winners are the Birmingham Children’s Hopsital … Continue reading November 2019 Gazette →

DSCF0015 DSCF0093 DSCF0096 DSCF0099 DSCF0111 PTDC0044 PTDC0182 Due to the stunning location of Yew Tree we are surrounded by Woodlands and Farmland. So we get lots of visits from the local wildlife.  The Home has introduced a nature watch within the grounds and surrounding areas. Within the nature watch we have built a wildlife pond, … Continue reading Nature Watch at Yew Tree Nursing Home →

Welcome to your September newsletter I would like to start by wishing one of our residents a very Special Happy Birthday, on the 28th September Hilda celebrated her 100th Birthday and it was our pleasure to help Hilda celebrate her special day. Congratulations and Best Wishes Hilda. The colder months are fast approaching so we … Continue reading September 2019 Newsletter →

Some of our brave staff at Yew Tree Nursing Home Limited have agreed to take part in the Sandwell Pretty Muddy Event on Saturday 28th September 2019. They are hoping to raise £800 towards the charity to help in the fight against Cancer.  A sponsorship form is available in reception or you can sponsor them … Continue reading Sandwell Pretty Muddy 28th September 2019 →

Welcome to your September gazette we are sorry we missed August but we have been very busy in the office and the month just flew by. We held our annual garden party in July and although the weather wasn’t kind at the beginning of the event by the end of the day the sun was … Continue reading September 2019 Newsletter →

Welcome to your June edition of the Yew Tree Gazette. So far the weather hasn’t been very kind to us this year and we haven’t been able to enjoy the outdoors as much as we would like but hopefully the weather will break soon and the sun will finally make an appearance allowing the Activities … Continue reading June 2019 Newsletter →

I’m sorry for the late newsletter but the month of May just seemed to run away from me. Renovation works have now completed in the reception area with the delivery of the new settee this week. We hope you like the new look?. Works have also now completed in all of the toilets and bathrooms, … Continue reading May 2019 Newsletter →

February Newsletter 2019 Welcome to your February Gazette,  the month of wine, flowers and chocolate’s all the things we haven’t indulged in since, erm, well Christmas ?? but enough about that.  A huge thank you to every one who has completed and returned the questionnaires the results can be found at the back of this … Continue reading February 2019 Newsletter →

January 2019 newsletter Happy New Year  Welcome to your first newsletter of 2019., we hope you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year.  We would like to take a moment to thank all of the staff who worked hard over the Christmas period and helped to make the residents Christmas so special you are all … Continue reading January 2019 Newsletter →

December 2018 Newsletter Welcome to our final gazette of 2018, it feels like we have blinked and the year has gone and here we are at Christmas again. The maintenance team have started the decoration works which will be ongoing for the next few weeks to make the home nice and Christmassy. We also two … Continue reading December 2018 Newsletter →

November 2018 Newsletter Is it too early to mention the C word?? No is it safe? Plans are underway for our festive period with lots of activities and entertainment planned for all.   Just a little of reminder, we are undertaking a collection of food items for the local food bank as mentioned in our last … Continue reading November 2018 Newsletter →

For the second year running Yew Tree Nursing Home have donated selection boxes to the Christmas Fayre at Halesbury School in Halesowen. “Halesbury is an all age Special School offering education services to pupils with a range of needs, including moderate learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, speech/language communication and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder”. (taken from … Continue reading Halesbury School in Halesowen →

October 2018 Newsletter With Christmas fast approaching we always look at ways we can help the local community. In recent years we have undertaken food collections for  Birmingham Dogs Home and the Homeless. This year we have considered a few of the local charities who need our help and we have decided to undertake a … Continue reading October 2018 Newsletter →

September newsletter 2018 Welcome to your September newsletter and what a fabulous summer we have had this year. Who’d have thought we’d have had so much sun!!!. Sadly the gardens haven’t enjoyed it quite so much but hopefully they will recover now the weather has cooled down a bit. Despite the sun still shining our … Continue reading September 2018 Newsletter →

Yew Tree Nursing Home is a well established Nursing home which aims to provide its residents with a secure, relaxed and homely environment in which their care, well-being and comfort is of prime importance. All staff will preserve and maintain dignity, individuality and privacy of all residents within a warm and caring environment and in … Continue reading Current Vacancy Evening Care Assistant →

Yew Tree Nursing Home is a well established Nursing home which aims to provide its residents with a secure, relaxed and homely environment in which their care, well-being and comfort is of prime importance. All staff will preserve and maintain dignity, individuality and privacy of all residents within a warm and caring environment and in … Continue reading Current Vacancy Nights Care Assistant →

July 2018 Newsletter We are buzzing after the success of our garden party and I’m happy to report I don’t have a single black eye after my time in the stocks so thank you everyone. We were very lucky on the day with lots of sunshine and laughter and the afternoon ended up with a … Continue reading July 2018 Newsletter →

June 2018 newsletter Our annual charity garden party is only a couple of weeks away and works are well underway to prepare the home for our grand event. This year will be a smaller event in size but not in fun and we hope you will join us on the day to help raise money … Continue reading June 2018 Newsletter →

May 2018 Newsletter Well the sun is finally shining at last hurrah!!!. Lets hope it’s here to stay for a little while at least. Works are moving forward in the gardens to get them ready for the Summer so please look out for any areas that may be closed while works are ongoing. We have … Continue reading May 2018 Newsletter →

April Newsletter 2018 We thought the winter was finally over and started to make plans for the warmer weather but winter is hanging on for a bit longer unfortunately so it has halted our plans a little bit but we will persevere and hopefully the residents will be enjoying some fresh air very soon.  Palliative … Continue reading April 2018 Newsletter →

March 2018 Newsletter Welcome to the slightly late February early March Yew Tree newsletter.  With March fast approaching and the smell of spring is in the air you may have noticed works have commenced in the garden. We have moved one of the decking areas onto the main lawn this was due to a problem … Continue reading February 2018 Newsletter →

I can’t believe I am writing the first newsletter of 2018 already it only seems like 5 minutes ago we were beginning 2017. Carol and I would firstly like to wish all our readers a Happy New Year and hope you all had a fantastic Christmas?. We would like to start the newsletter by thanking … Continue reading January 2018 Newsletter →

December Newsletter 2017 I can’t believe I’m writing the final newsletter of 2017 already where has the year gone?!?!.   Carol and I would like to start the newsletter by thanking all of the staff and families for all of your support over the past twelve months in making 2017 an exciting year for our residents. … Continue reading December 2017 Newsletter →

July Newsletter 2017     August Newsletter 2017     October 2017 Newsletter Please find above links to our latest three newsletters.

It is with great pleasure that we would like to introduce our New Senior Carer’s. Sarah Potts, Samantha Morris and Stephanie Bradley have been promoted to Senior Carer’s. We would like to congratulate them on their hard work and dedication and look forward to supporting them in their new roles. Well Done!!!!

Registered Nurse for Day and Night Shifts Full/Part Time Shifts Available Days Care Assistant Full / Part Time  Available Night Care Assistant Full / Part Time Available Kitchen Assistant 2 shifts per week 9am to 3pm Domestic Assistant 24hours per week shifts 8am to 2.30pm Please contact Carol Lightwood or Vicky Mills on 01562 710 809

February 2017 Gazette 2017 is already shaping up to be a busy and exciting year with lots coming up in the next few months. I just hope we can all keep up. During 2017 we will be travelling the world exploring different traditions and ways of living. Our first exotic location will be Africa. On … Continue reading February 2017 Newsletter →

January 2017 newsletter Welcome to our first edition of 2017 of the Yew Tree Gazette. We hope you had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed spending time with your loved ones. We also hope you had safe New Year celebrations and are looking forward to everything 2017 has to hold. Residents were kept busy over the … Continue reading January 2017 Newsletter →

November 2016 Newsletter A huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far to our collection. The response has been huge and we couldn’t thank you all enough. We feel that we have plenty of clothes now so we would request that no more clothing donations are made. However we are short of non … Continue reading November 2016 Newsletter →

October Newsletter 2016 In the coming weeks our thoughts are going to start turning to Christmas and the forthcoming family events planned and with the added excitement of children and grand children getting a visit off a certain jolly man in a red suit. For some people this is a sad time as they have … Continue reading October 2016 Newsletter →

Registered Nurse  We are currently looking to recruit Two Full Time Registered Nurses at our nursing home. Both day and night shift patterns are available. Shifts will vary as per the rota but candidates must be willing to work Monday to Sunday between the shift patterns of 8.00am to 8.00pm, 8.00pm to 8.00am, 8.00am to 2.00pm … Continue reading Current Vacancies at Yew Tree Nursing Home Limited →

September 2016 Newsletter Well after what can only be described as a wash out Summer our thoughts are starting to turn to Autumn and the coming months which can only mean one thing, lots of parties are on the way.  Our first major event will be our Wedding day and I’m very excited to see … Continue reading September 2016 Newsletter →

August Newsletter 2016 Looking out of the window and seeing the glorious sun and everyone is thinking has Summer finally decided to make an appearance? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see and we are going to enjoy the sun shine while its here………..  

Please find below some pictures from our recent garden party. During the event the residents raised a whopping £1000 for their chosen charity Mary Stevens Hospice. Well Done Everyone!!!

May and June Newsletter 2016 The summer season has finally started and we had our wettest day trip yet. On Wednesday 11th May we spent the day at Windsor. We started with lunch in Café Rouge followed by a visit to Windsor Castle. The Queen was in residency during our visit but she didn’t catch … Continue reading May and June Newsletter →

Dog Show Advert April Fun Dog Show Classes: Best Trick – 11.30am Waggiest Tail – 12.00pm Prettiest Dog – 12.30pm Best Puppy – 1.30pm Best Veteran – 2.00pm Best Fancy Dress – 2.30pm Best In Show – 3.00pm Entry £5 per dog per category All Proceeds to Charity Entries from 10.30am  

April and May newsletter and Dog Show Advert April Hello and welcome to your April newsletter. Sadly the weather hasn’t been very nice so far with only a few sunny days but we’re hoping this will change very soon………..  

March 2016 Newsletter To make our garden party a success we need the assistance of volunteers to help run stalls and this year to help with the dog show whether that be booking in dog entries or as one of the judges. If you could help in any way and would like to volunteer please … Continue reading March 2016 Newsletter →

As always the home will provide residents with a special valentine’s day menu on Sunday 14th February 2016. If you would like to join us on the day please let the kitchen know as soon as possible. To avoid disappointment……….February 2016 Newsletter

Yew Tree Nursing Home currently has vacancies in the following departments: Night Care Assistant Day Care Assistant Domestic Assistant If you would like to apply for either position then please call Carol Lightwood on 01562 710809 option 3. Thank you

The home will be holding a Garden party and dog show on Saturday 18th June 11am to 4pm. The residents of Yew Tree have chosen Mary Stevens Hospice as their selected charity. More details to follow very soon. If you would like a stall at our event please contact Vicky Mills on 01562 710 809 … Continue reading Garden Party and Dog Show In Aid Of Mary Stevens Hospice →

January 2016 Newsletter Happy New Year Everyone!!!! We hope your Christmas and New Year celebrations went without a hitch?. I have a few thank you’s to say this month so I apologize if they go on a bit. First I must say a huge thank you to all the staff who worked over the Christmas … Continue reading January 2016 Newsletter →

December 2015 newsletter This will be my final newsletter of 2015 and what a year it’s been. I think this year has been our busy so far and I hope you’ve enjoyed yourselves as much as we have.  Every year we like to take a look back over the last twelve months and you can … Continue reading December 2015 Newsletter →

We will be holding our annual Halloween Fancy Dress Party this Saturday 31st October 2015 from 2.00pm. Entertainment will be provided in the form of staff and residents Karaoke. Followed by a Buffet supplied by the kitchen staff………November 2015 Newsletter  

  Confirmed Yew Tree Stalls Tombola / Children’s Tombola, Barbecue, Raffle, Cake & Bric-a-brac Stall, Hoopla, Bouncy Castle and Staff Sports Day. Confirmed Stall Holders Animal Man Visits Midlands, Little Perfections, Sarah Rogers Face Painting, Bostin Doggy Dinners, RSPB, A Mother Can Dream, Cotton Candy Catering & Events, Forever Living, Phoenix Trading, The Pocket Money … Continue reading Garden Party Saturday 22nd August 2015 11.00am to 4.00pm →

July Newsletter 2015 Well despite some stiff competition the Dogs Home won our chosen charity once again. The home received 31 votes in total and it seemed very close between the Dogs Home and the Air Ambulance charity but the dogs home managed to win by just two votes………..  

This year we are holding our annual garden party on Saturday 22nd August 2015. The event is open to the public. Stalls booked so far include Tombola (Adults and Children’s Version), Bouncy Castle, Barbecue, Hoopla, cake stand and various crafting stalls. We hope you will join us. Garden Party 22nd August 2015

June 2015 Newsletter Firstly can I thank everyone who attended our residents meeting on Saturday (13th June). It is always nice to sit down and have a chat to see how things are going………  

May Newsletter 2015 Well since the last newsletter we’ve been busy bees again. The car park is now fully lined apart from a couple of finishing touches and we hope you are finding it easier to park. We have refreshed the flowers baskets on the front of the building and in our Dementia garden we … Continue reading May 2015 Residents Newsletter →

March 2015 Duncan has been unwell recently with a nasty cough and chest infection he has been prescribed some antibiotics by the vet and these appear to have made an improvement. However the vet is concerned regarding his weight and the growth on his face. Duncan has now been placed on a very restricted diet … Continue reading March 2015 Newsletter →

February 2015 This year to be different, we decided to choose a Christmas charity for us to collect items on their behalf. A vote was cast and Birmingham Dogs Home was selected. We were shocked by the generosity of Residents, Staff and Family members…………………..

December 2014 Well it’s that time of year again when Christmas is getting nearer and everyone is starting to prepare for the big event and it’s no different at Yew Tree. We’re hoping to have all our decorations up by the 1st December to help us get into the Christmas spirit. So let us be … Continue reading December 2014 Newsletter →

September 2014 Newsletter   Well today is the beginning on September and I’m looking out the window to a horrible grey day with rain pouring down. Rain seems to be following us around at the moment as of course we had rain on the day of the garden party, which seems to be a tradition  … Continue reading September 2014 Newsletter →

Welcome To Yew Tree Nursing Home Booklet Welcome to Yew Tree Nursing Home. We hope your stay with us will be a happy one. We shall work hard to make you feel at home. I believe that the word dignity is the foundation for how I run Yew Tree Nursing Home and I shall endeavour … Continue reading Welcome to Yew Tree Nursing Home Booklet →

July 2014 Newsletter In previous newsletters we have discussed with you the decoration works for the first floor and we have some exciting news, YAY. The works have been given a green light…….  

June 2014 Newsletter Well I’m sitting here looking out the window at a horrible and miserable day, while fighting to get at the laptop because Gemma in between us begging for a fuss. But enough of that. Lets start talking about some events we get to look forward to………    

April Newsletter 2014 Well we’ve had quite a wet winter this year so here’s hoping that it doesn’t carry on and we have a glorious summer. Well we can hope anyway. The chickens have now been relocated to the bottom of the garden at the end of Duncan paddock and seem to be quite happy … Continue reading April Newsletter 2014 →

December Newsletter First may we start by saying Happy New Year to you all. We hope you had a good Christmas? Our thanks must go to all  of the staff who gave up their Christmas’s to look after the residents during the holiday period. Their continued dedication and  caring spirits are what make Yew Tree … Continue reading December Newsletter →

We have been notified today (15th October 2013) that Yew Tree Place will be closing for two weeks from week commencing 28th October 2013. We have been in talks with Morgan Sindall to see if there was any way around the road closure and they have advised us that there isn’t………… November Newsletter    

Well what a busy month we’ve had. The building works are officially finished hurrah !!!. The rooms look fabulous, if I do say so myself, and we are just awaiting the CQC to inspect the rooms so they can receive the final ok.  The building works have been a long time coming and we would … Continue reading September Newsletter 2013 →

The Sun Has Got His Hat On…….  July 2013  

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. … Continue reading June Newsletter 2013 →

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 … Continue reading April Newsletter 2013 →