From Belgium to France

From Belgium to France with plenty in between, we had a wonderful week on our virtual cruise, with our ladies and gentlemen taking part in lots of activities. This included visiting a Parisian cafe to have some croissants, drinking Polish vodka in the garden, drawing the northern lights of Sweden an...

On our travels

We were on our travels at Foxhunters Care Community as we enjoyed a cruise week, visiting amazing destinations such as Hawaii and New York City. On our stop in India we had a traditional lunch followed by a visit from children at Llanfoist Fawr Primary School, in New York we had a performer singing ...

Quite a week

We had quite a week at Brockington House as we travelled the world during cruise week and took part in a range of fun and stimulating activities. Our travels took us to far flung places such as British Guiana and Sri Lanka and the activities included a yoga class with Liz from the Plantation Villa a...

First prize

A teenager who hot footed it from her maths GSCE exam to take part in Brockington House Care Community’s unique portrait artist of the year competition saw her effort rewarded with first prize. Liza took her maths exam in the morning and then immediately rushed to Brockington House to join her...

A howling success

Our dog show was a howling success with over 24 dogs taking part with their owners and ‘competing’ in various categories, including best kept coat, prettiest pooch, handsome boy and biggest attention seeker. There was a slalom course with some obstacles, allowing each participant to impr...

A memorable trip

We had a another memorable trip on cruise week 2025, visiting some amazing places and undertaking a range of stimulating and fun activities. This included Turkish coffee cup fortune readings, trying our hand at batik silk painting which is a Singaporean craft, enjoying ice creams in Italy and Austri...

Actions speak louder than words

Actions speak louder than words is a good mantra to adopt when considering which residential care accommodation might best suit the needs of a loved one. That was certainly the case for Nigel who realised the original care home selected for his mum, Joan, had been a “terrible mistake.” “On the...

The right moment

It’s heart breaking for anyone to watch a parent’s health deteriorate and finding the right moment and the right words to discuss a possible move to a care home is difficult. Michele Lyon and her sisters, Amanda and Samantha, have faced that agonising dilemma and for Michele the key advice for a...

Love of music

Even in his darkest hour, Chris Niles’ love of music, and of his wife, shone through. As he waited to be treated in hospital after suffering a massive stroke, he was still able to turn to Vivienne and serenade her with five verses of “La vie en rose”, the classic love song Now living at Bramsh...

So impressed

When John Deadman took a tour of Pine Martin Grange with his daughter Julia and son Richard, he was so impressed he decided to move there. And things have gone so well that Valerie Straw, the mother of Julia’s partner, has made the same journey. “Dad has been type 1 diabetic since he was young a...

A deep understanding

At Pine Martin Grange there is a deep understanding of the impact of Alzheimer’s and the fact that there are still a wide range of activities that people living with it can still enjoy. It was that understanding in part that led to Jane Atkinson deciding her husband Geoff would be better off livin...

Snakes and ladders

We played giant snakes and ladders in a recent activity which was a great stimulating experience for those taking part. Diana was our first winner and Bridget our 2nd. We had such a laugh. Everyone was trying to roll a one for about half a hour trying to win the last game . The cheer when Bridget wo...

A steady hand

A steady hand and concentration was definitely needed as our ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a target practice game in one of our latest activities. As you will see from the photographs, they took it very seriously and even our staff couldn’t resist taking a few shots. A thoroughly enjoyable acti...

A lovely morning

We had a lovely morning with the children from Ysgol Y Derw Newydd recently as part of our intergenerational care initiative which brings young and old together for mutual benefit. We made birthday cards, played monopoly and cards. The children and our ladies and gents really enjoyed themselves. Com...

National Museum of Wales

Our ladies and gentlemen are really enjoying our trips out courtesy of our fantastic tour partner Myley and recently we visited the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff where we had great fun looking at all the displays. A very interesting and stimulating experience in a wonderful setting cel...

Happy birthday to us

Happy birthday to us. We celebrated the first anniversary of Glenburnie Lodge in style with a day of fun events including live entertainment from several different artists and a lovely party tea and cake prepared by our amazing catering team. It was lovely to see our ladies and gentlemen, their fami...

Mouth watering aromas

The kitchen was filled with mouth watering aromas when our ladies made some delicious cheese straws and jam tarts recently. We also decorated ginger biscuits as part of National Gingerbread Day. Needless to say they were enjoyed by all! Baking is a real tactile, sensory experience so it’s grea...

Live music

Research has shown how live music in care settings can help decrease levels of agitation and increase wellbeing for people living with dementia and that’s one of the many reasons why we regularly have entertainers visiting Pine Martin Grange. It doesn’t just benefit people with dementia ...

Out and about

Our partnership with elderly tour specialist Myley has meant we have been able to get out and about more than we ever have before and we are certainly making the most of it. Whether it’s a trip to the coast or, on this most recent occasion, to a local garden centre, our ladies and gentlemen ar...

Green-fingered residents

We’re blessed to have so many green-fingered residents here at Pine Martin Grange who enjoy spending time in our garden and making it look lovely. We’re also blessed to be based in Dorset where the weather is generally good and the spring and summer of 2025 has been exceptional so our la...

Save a community group

Pine Martin Grange has stepped in to save a community group which was at risk of closure due to a lack of volunteers. The Open House group has been operating for 25 years from the village of Sandford, near Wareham, and is a place where members of the community come together on a monthly basis for so...

Quality time in the garden

Being in Hampshire, we are blessed with the weather, especially in summer so we have been making the most of it by spending some quality time in the garden. We have also been keeping a close eye on the produce we planted in the winter and spring and are pleased to report that the first courgettes of...

The benefits of pottery

The benefits of pottery in a care home environment are well proven and this is why it is one of our regular activities, using air dry clay which is easy to handle and doesn’t require a kiln for firing. The benefits to our ladies and gents are as follows: Pottery involves using hands and finge...

Fresh air

It was certainly not as warm as we have been treated to recently but fresh air is fresh air so today we recently spent a nice morning at Bryn Bach park. We braved the weather and had a fantastic walk around the lake. The wildlife was amazing as you can see from the photographs and everyone enjoyed t...

A lovely morning

We had a lovely morning with Petra creating some lovely needle felted pictures. We looked at some photos for inspiration then put our own little twist to it. It’s something a little bit different but that’s the Foxhunters way! As you can see from the pictures, our ladies and gentlemen produced s...

Best in class

Foxhunters has once again made it into a guide which recognises the 100 ‘best in class’ residential care settings in the UK. This is the sixth consecutive year that we have been featured in the Knight Frank Luxury Care Home Guide. We are one of only two homes in Wales to be in the guide Knight F...

Great British Care Cycle Relay

We kicked off Glad to Care and Care Home Open Week with Tracey and the team from Great British Care Cycle Relay who are cycling for 10 hours a day across the UK celebrating the care services at the heart of every community. We were their lunchtime stop on the Cardiff leg of the journey and it w...

Super talented

We had a fantastic evening with the super talented, super tall and super named Carrie Sauce. Fun, laughter, singing and of course lots of dancing. It was a perfect way to spend an evening and our ladies and gents thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you to the staff and families who helped make it a perfect...

Father’s Day

The gentlemen at Brockington House Care Community may be well out numbered by our ladies but that didn’t prevent us celebrating Father’s Day in style with a social event in the coffee shop. The ladies got into the spirit by ‘wearing’ mustaches and everyone had a lovely time h...

New and stimulating activities

We are always looking to introduce new and stimulating activities and a good recent example of this is when we had a session with the Royal Mint Borrow Box. This  included looking at pre-decimal, coins from other countries, medals, monarch coinage and more, as well as listening to audio questions a...

Great work

After the recent visit of Hereford College of Arts, some of our ladies recently paid a visit to the college to look at some of the great work students produce on their courses. We were very grateful to the college for inviting us and it’s testament to the great relationship we have built up as...

Pets as Therapy

We are delighted to introduce our new Pets as Therapy team, Debbie & Parsnip. We had an initial meet and greet with refreshments of tea & doggy shape biscuits. All loved the morning and thought our new volunteers were wonderful. Our ladies and gents shared stories of pets they had and Debbie...

Portrait artist of the year competition

A teenager who hot footed it from her maths GSCE exam to take part in Brockington House Care Community’s unique portrait artist of the year competition saw her effort rewarded with first prize. Liza took her maths exam in the morning and then immediately rushed to Brockington to join her fello...

Hat’s off

It’s hat’s off to Jane Austen at Bramshott Grange as we continue our project honouring Hampshire’s most famous resident on her 250th anniversary. We have been working on a number of focused activities celebrating the author of Pride and Prejudice and the latest involved decorating ...

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you. We have tradition here at Bramshott Grange where we always mark the birthdays of our ladies and gentlemen and this includes a delicious cake made by our fantastic chefs. It’s one of the many things which we think makes Bramshott Grange Care Community stand out from the c...

Lots of laughs

There were lots of laughs and smiles as our ladies and gentlemen on both floors were treated to a fantastic performance from Chris, a local pianist. Music therapy forms a big part of the activity programme at Bramshott Grange as it has significant therapeutic benefits in older people, including memo...

A time to remember

It was a time to remember when we got together to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, VE Day. We had lots of activities in the run up to the actual day, then on 8th May, we had some local performers singing songs from the period, along with staff in fancy dress an...

An intergenerational afternoon

We had our local Beavers group in recently helping us plant some pots in the garden. Our ladies and gents thoroughly enjoyed seeing and talking to them and they were thrilled with the homemade cards the youngsters had made. Paul made us all some lovely almond biscuits just to cap off a wonderful int...

Day trip

We recently had a lovely day trip to We had a lovely trip out today to Bute Park which sits in the shadow of Cardiff Castle. It was a lovely way for our ladies and gents to enjoy different surroundings and the weather couldn’t have been any better. It was so warm that ice creams were absolutel...

That’s a strike

That’s a strike. Well, there were certainly a few of them when we took a group of our ladies and gentlemen out on one of our latest trips with our travel partner Myley and this one certainly brought back lots of happy memories for them. That’s because the trip was a local ten-pin bowling...

A day to remember

We had a day to remember celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day. After lots of activities in the run up to the big day, on 8th May we had wartime songs sung by our lovely singer, Louisa. We had a wonderful time with lots of singing, flag waving and dancing. A lovely day to mark such an important...

Blessed

We’re blessed to have such lovely gardens and so we have been making the very most of the beautiful warm weather and getting our ladies and gentlemen out as much as possible to benefit from some natural Vitamin D. One recent activity involved potting plants so the garden is looking the very be...

A walk in the garden

A walk in the garden now throws up even more possibilities as a result of the partnership we have with specialist tour operator Myley and recently our driver/guide Sarah took us on a lovely visit to The Walled Garden in Moreton. The weather was glorious, the flowers were so pretty and fragrant and t...

A trip out

Several of our ladies went on a trip out to Country Market, an independently family owned farm shopping experience set on the edge of the  South Downs National Park. The ladies enjoyed looking at the plants, visiting the aquatic centre and the cafe where they had some lovely cake washed down with a...

80th anniversary of VE Day

There was lots happening to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day starting with a live stream of the service from Westminster Abbey, followed by a traditional lunch from the period, Pam making a speech and raising a toast and then activities from an Oomph activity book. We also had some lovely cupcake...

New project

We are undertaking a new project celebrating the life and work of Jane Austen and as part of this we encouraged our ladies and gentlemen to painting wooden decorative hangings. As you can see from the photographs it took lots of concentration and steady hands but everyone did fantastic work and the ...

A lovely day

We had a lovely day celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day. This included a trip down memory lane with Richard Bevis, a very talented singer and performer, who treated us to some fantastic renditions of some wartime favourites. Many of our ladies and gentlemen remember what it was like being a c...

Knitter natter

There is an enormous amount of research showing that knitting has physical and mental health benefits, for instance it can slow down dementia, so this is one of the reasons why we set up a knitter natter group at Foxhunters. Many of our ladies are in the group and our knitter natter champion Gladys ...

Partner school

We recently had lovely visit to our intergenerational care partner school, Llanvihangel Crucorney Primary School. We chatted about our jobs and as the children are looking at different job roles, it was great that we could offer an insight into our ladies past careers. We then enjoyed a little story...

Green-fingered joy

With the spring weather being so nice, our ladies and gentlemen had lots of green-fingered joy planting for what we hope is an even nice summer. We did this on International Sun Flower Day and potted  giant and dwarf sunflower seeds so if the weather continues to play nice, and as long as we keep w...

Military service

The recent VE 80th anniversary celebrations brought memories back of Denzil Sharp’s military service. Denzil, who was born in 1931 and whose full name is Richard Robert Denzil Sharp is a proud Welshman who can speak the language and in 1952 he was called up to do his national military service....

Bowled over

Our ladies and gentlemen were quite literally bowled over by one of our latest activities. In partnership with our tour operator Myley, we visited a local ten pin bowling alley and put everyone their paces with a energetic and fun session which also brought back plenty of nice memories of times when...

Memories

Our VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations brought back memories for our ladies and gentlemen in more ways than one. Alex the Memory Man visited on the day to run a reminiscence session on our Mortimer floor and we celebrated as a home by having a concert performed by vintage singer Daisy Belle who sa...

Wartime memories

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day we have been collating some of the wartime memories of  our ladies and gentlemen and are pleased to share them here: Anita I was born in a small village near Crumlin. I remember the large soccer field where the soldiers set up camp, we used to love going down ...

The Resistance

Jytte was a little girl when the Nazis invaded and occupied her country, Denmark. Her father and uncles were in the Resistance movement and her mother knew there was going to be trouble as VE day was announced. People wanted to punish the Nazis and their sympathisers who had done horrible things dur...

A busy Easter weekend

From wooden mosaic and criss-cross puzzles to the interactive magic table and skittles, we had a busy Easter weekend. There was also a special visit from the Easter bunny who left chocolate Easter eggs for our ladies and gentlemen to enjoy. Everyone had a really nice weekend celebrating an important...

St George’s Day

St George made an appearance to celebrate St George’s Dat and given who was in the costume (hint he is called George) it was very apt! He  supervised our word of the day which was, not surprisingly, Saint George’s Day, and we scored 235 points scored. We finished our patriotic day with St G...

Easter concert

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with so much happening, including an Easter bonnet making competition and an Easter Concert with Sarah Dunbar, a local soprano singer. Our ladies and gentlemen and staff had a lovely time celebrating this important date in our calendar. Lots of smiles on faces! ...

Vitamin D

The recent lovely weather means our ladies and gentlemen have been able to get some natural Vitamin D from the sun, although we are always very sensible and cover up and take to the shade when it gets too hot. One sunny weekend we enjoyed decorating cards outside and Malcolm had a 1-1 with our Activ...

An Easter treat

We had an Easter treat in more ways than one. A lovely weekend was had by all celebrating this important day in our calendar and our many activities included a visit by the Easter bunnies Easter bearing chocolate eggs for our ladies and gents, making Easter bonnets and tucking into some delicious Si...

Garden party

With the spring weather being so great, we had an impromptu mini garden party. The very talented Richard came in to play his guitar and sing songs which all our ladies and gentlemen recognised and could sing a long to. A few bubbles and a bit of cake in the lovely sunshine made for a very fun aftern...

Easter bunny

Easter is always a real highlight at Brockington House and this year was even more special because we had a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny, aka staff member Kate. The bunny delivered eggs to all our ladies and gentlemen and we had lots of nice activities taking place over the Easter holiday we...

Supporting the community

We are passionate about supporting the community here in our part of Dorset and one of the ways we do this is by holding charity coffee mornings in the home. Recently, we held a well attended community coffee morning in aid of Age UK. There was coffee, tea, cake and a raffle and we raised a brillia...

Easter fete

What a fun morning we had at the Foxhunters Easter fete. Singing, dancing, shopping, what more could we need? It was a truly magical day and all our ladies, gentlemen, families and staff thoroughly enjoyed the day. We also had a visit from the Easter bunny who provided Easter eggs for our all our la...

The old ones are the still the best

The old ones are still the best as we proved when we introduced our ladies and gentlemen to a game they would have played in their younger days, Bagatelle. This is a vintage board game with a history in pubs and social clubs and it is similar to pinball in that players launch balls with a pull-back...

Understanding nursing care: How Glenburnie Lodge supports individual health needs

Understanding the different types of care available for your loved ones can be confusing and is a tough decision to make. Understanding nursing care can offer peace of mind, and helps you decide which type of care is the most suitable for your situation. What is nursing care? Nursing care is a speci...

Highly creative

You need to be highly creative to be an Activities Coordinator in a care home due to the different needs/wishes of the people living in the home. So, when it came to choosing someone to perform this key role at Glenburnie Lodge, we looked no further than Reka Roberts. Reka has worked in care home ac...

Welsh heritage

We are very proud of our Welsh heritage and as this was our first St David’s Day since we opened last summer, we made the very most of it with lots of Welsh themed activities in the home, including a coffee morning and a quiz. Everyone is very patriotic and it was nice to spend time being than...

The Glenburnie Bake Off

The competition was fierce for the first-ever Glenburnie staff Bake Off. We had Dormy Executive Chef James and residents Jeanette and Peter as the judges. They took into consideration the taste and the overall design and decoration and the winning cake was made by Senior Carer Natalie and Teresa fro...

Mental and physical stimulation

We had a fun afternoon of activities accompanied by music which provided great mental and physical stimulation. We used footballs as part of the activity and encouraged our ladies and gentlemen to kick it to each other in their teams. As you can see from the photographs, it was lots of fun, but very...

Animal therapy

Animal therapy has long been known to improve overall wellbeing, helping with physical, emotional, and mental health. We regularly have animals at Pine Martin Grange, especially dogs because many of our ladies and gentlemen will have had one as a pet in their younger days. Lizzy and Rupert visited ...

Music and movement

Studies have shown that music and movement can have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of people living in care homes, so this is why it plays an important part in the activity programme at Pine Martin Grange. In a recent session, our ladies and gentlemen sang and moved along to music by ...

The body and mind

Our ladies and gentlemen at Pine Martin Grange really enjoying playing games because they know they are great for the body and mind. In a typical day, you can find them playing indoor bowls, darts, and golf, as well as doing puzzles and spending time on our interactive magic table. Lots of stimulati...

A visit to the farm

A visit to the farm to interact with animals such donkeys, goats, chickens and guinea pigs was just the ticket for our ladies and gents. Thank you to Miniland Farm in Passfield who invited us for a light lunch and a lovely session with the animals. Our ladies and gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed this di...

Dancing with Danielle

Dancing with Danielle is always one of the activities our ladies and gentlemen look forward to and her latest visit was no exception. Whether it’s standing or seated, Danielle makes sure everyone is involved and it’s a great therapeutic activity which stimulates both the body and the min...

Charity coffee morning

We had a half and half charity coffee morning. Staff performed bicep curls to match the number of curls our ladies and gents had done over the last few weeks. Residents did 1,527 and staff this morning managed 1,727! Dumbbell biscuits and tea were then enjoyed by all. All donations will go to the Li...

Land of our fathers

We may be a long way from the land of our fathers but with sister homes in Wales and some of our ladies and gents with Welsh heritage, we just had to celebrate St David’s Day. One of our ladies showed us her Welsh Love Spoon dating from March 1953 made from olive wood. We used this as the insp...

A lovely morning

Another lovely morning thanks to Nick and the team at our tour partner Myley. We visited the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo and had to look hard this time as the temperature was much cooler and so the butterflies were all hiding. It was great to go foraging and looking for them and as you will see from th...

Celebrating the Arts

The 23rd February was ‘Celebrating The Arts Day’ so we welcomed our local dance academy Dance Attack at Foxhunters. What amazing performers they were with lots of music and fantastic moves. It was another great example of intergenerational care, bringing old and young together for mutual benefit...

Fantastic charity

We were joined by Abergavenny Food Bank as our ‘Marathon Man’ and Gardener Alan led staff and our ladies and gentlemen in running or walking a half marathon to raise money for this fantastic charity who support our community. The event was inspired by one of our ladies, Ann, who is a reg...

Proud to be Welsh

We are very proud to be Welsh here at Foxhunters Care Community and there’s no better day to celebrate our history than St David’s Day. This year we had a morning with traditional Welsh folk music and dancing and our wonderful catering team made some lovely Welsh food, including Welsh Ca...

Dance Away Dementia

We recently welcomed John James, a Salsa dance teacher who has made a name for himself leading Dance Away Dementia sessions in care homes. He certainly didn’t disappoint and along with his assistants Mike (The Mambo) and Stephanie, he had our ladies and gentlemen up on their feet (or in their chai...

Love Your Pet Day

It was Love Your Pet day on 20th February so we organised a special afternoon on Mortimer for Jean with her beloved dog Poppy. A massive thank you to Linda for supporting and bringing Poppy in. Jean was very happy that an afternoon tea was arranged and all could see Poppy. Marlene enjoyed the visit ...

Charity fundraiser

We held a charity fundraiser with some of our ladies and gents joining staff in an exercise bike challenge which lasted 2.5 hours. Three charities were suggested and the vote went to a charity for Veterans. Thank you to all that took part or assisted and thank you to physio Wendy for running a Jabad...

St David’s Day

As we are only 16 miles from the Welsh border and with many of our ladies and gentlemen having lived or worked in Wales at some point in their lives, we had celebrate the country’s national day, St David’s Day. Our fantastic catering team made lovely Welsh cakes and we had a day of celeb...

War memories

With an ever-diminishing number of Second World War veterans still alive to keep the memories of the conflict alive, it falls to the ‘younger’ generation to ensure this momentous event in our history doesn’t fade from public knowledge. Every day, memories of the War are disappearin...

Lots happening

There has been lots going on at Glenburnie Lodge so far in 2025, whether it’s creating memory scrapbooks, putting our brains to the test with a general knowledge quiz, exercising with footballs, pampering sessions, doing some photograph reminiscence or singing songs at karaoke. We aim to give ...

Flower of Scotland

Oh Flower of Scotland! We had a fantastic afternoon celebrating Burns Night in our beautiful Heritage Hall. We were very lucky to have the wonderful Hamish come and play his bagpipes and recite some poems for us. There was also lots of traditional Scottish food and everyone had a lovely time. ...

Community coffee morning

We had a community coffee morning in aid of Pets as Therapy which was well supported and we raised a fantastic £150 for this wonderful charity. We have therapy dogs who visit our ladies and gentlemen so we know what a difference they make. Pine Martin is fast becoming a community destination and it...

Tai Chi

We have introduced Tai Chi as a regular activity at Pine Martin Grange and as you will see from the photographs it has been thoroughly embraced by our ladies and gentlemen. This gentle form of exercise helps to maintain strength, flexibility and balance and it’s generally great for overall hea...

Scottish songs

We had a lovely day celebrating Burns Night with a traditional meal followed by a performance from Kevin Jacot playing Scottish songs and then some tea and cake. Many of our ladies and gents have fond memories of holidays in Scotland or have friends and family north of the border, so it’s nice...

Celebrating Chinese New Year

We had a whole host of activities to mark Chinese New Year including themed arts and crafts, making Chinese almond cookies and enjoying a Chinese meal made by Chef Ang. We also had some fortune cookies! We like to celebrate the wider world around us and this is a great example of how we theme activi...

We love to potter

We love to potter at Bramshott Grange, quite literally. On this occasion our ladies and gentlemen used air dry clay to make hearts and flowers to hang on a tree for Valentine’s Day. For individuals with conditions like arthritis, working with clay can help maintain joint flexibility and stren...

Burns Night

We celebrated Burns Night with a wonderful concert from John Campbell, our bagpiper. We had a full house and everyone enjoyed the renditions of well known songs and we, of course, addressed the haggis in the traditional Scottish way! It was a real day to remember. #gallery-80 { margin: au...

Perfect entertainment

We had a lovely morning with Wolfren Riverstick. It’s the perfect entertainment as Wolfren is an author and singer (not to mention having the best name!) and he always gets our ladies and gentlemen singing and dancing along. It’s was a great way to mark the beginning of National Storytelling...

Knitter natter

We moved our Knitter Natter session to the gallery so our ladies could make the most of the lovely views from the window while they did some knitting and lots of nattering of course! They are now going to hold their sessions here regularly and who could blame them with such a lovely viewpoint to loo...

Brockington Choir

Do you know we have a  Brockington Choir? It’s always well attended and our ladies and gentlemen like to get together regularly to practice with the help of our music teacher Simon. We sang Any Dream Will Do, Love & Marriage, Scarborough Fair and much more. Musical therapy at its finest! ...

Sensory musical experience

Pedro visited the home recently to host a sensory musical experience in which our ladies and gentlemen got very hands on playing with various instruments, including the Xylophone.  Everyone was fully engaged and it was a great example of music therapy, something which plays a big part of the activi...

Head, hand and feet massages

We recently welcomed back students from The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) who gave our ladies and gentlemen head, hand and feet massages. Thank you to tutor Jim and all the students, it’s always nice seeing you at Brockington House and we are thrilled to continue with our partnership....

Bowled over

Our ladies and gentlemen were bowled over by one of their latest trips with our travel partner Myley – to a local bowling alley.  It brought back lots of great memories of bowling games our ladies and gentlemen used to play when they was younger and we were very impressed with the amount of s...

A wonderful morning

Our ladies and gentlemen had a wonderful morning surrounded by their friends, family and staff on Christmas Day. This was our first Christmas since we opened so we wanted to make it extra special. There were lots of presents, festive music and everyone sat down to a delicious Christmas lunch made by...

Keeping active

It’s important to stay active regardless of your age, but it’s certainly even more vital when you get older and our activity programme at Pine Martin Grange certainly reflects this. Whether it’s trips out, games which require some physical involvement or things which exercise the m...

Party games

The ‘PMG Arms’ pub was open as we invited family and friends to join our ladies and gentlemen in enjoying an afternoon of party games and a Christmas quiz. There were also lots of presents and plenty of lovely food and drink and everyone had lots of fun. It was a real festive family occasion. ...

Arts and crafts

Arts and crafts has always been a mainstay of our activity programme at Bramshott Grange Care Community and our latest project was making 2025 calendars. We made sure we took our time getting them exactly right and our ladies and gentlemen were very pleased with the results and thy are now hanging o...

A VIP visit

We had a VIP visit at Bramshott Grange Care Community when the one and only Father Christmas made time in his busy schedule to give out presents. Santa visited all our ladies and gentlemen and they each received a gift. It helped to bring back lots of happy memories of Christmases of bygone eras. ...

Christmas concert

Bramshott Grange ladies and gents presented their Christmas Concert which followed a traditional format of 9 readings and 9 carols with a twist. Janet and Matt providing accompanying music and it was a great success. All their practice and hard word paid off and it was a fantastic way to get into th...

The New Year

We ended 2024 and saw in the new year in the usual Bramshott Grange style by having a good old fashioned celebration party. We kicked things off with a toast from our Home Director Pam and then played various games before sitting down to a lovely buffet made by our super talented kitchen team. There...

French teacher

In a recent activity, we had a visit from our French teacher Emmanuelle. We learned some French songs, numbers and did a little quiz. Some of our ladies and gentlemen helped other residents as they were showing how much they remembered from learning French as a language at school. So, the session wa...

A fun Christmas

We had a very fun Christmas at Foxhunters with a host of festive activities for our ladies and gentlemen to enjoy, including a visit from Santa himself. He was accompanied by his trusty Elf and they helped deliver presents to our ladies and gentlemen. There’s no better time to be at Foxhunters...

Welsh history

We recently spent the day at St Fagans National Museum of History. We had lovely weather and enjoyed learning about the Welsh history and culture. One of our ladies, Gladys, visited ST Fagans when it first opened and was a fantastic tour guide to those who had not been. A lovely day again, courtesy ...

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas Day with a special visit from Mr and Mrs Claus and their elves who may, or may not, have mainly consisted of the kitchen and hospitality team!. There were of nice presents opened and plenty of smiles on the faces of our ladies and gentlemen who were joined by their famil...

The King returns

The King returns to Brockington House. Elvis Presley was back in the building on Christmas Eve to once again treat our ladies and gentlemen to a show to remember, singing lots of his famous hits including Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock and Suspicious Minds. It was great to see staff and families getting ...

In style

We said goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025 in style by having a new year’s eve concert and party featuring a local entertainer. 2024 brought another fantastic year of activities and it’s always great to see so many of our ladies and gentlemen taking part in them, whether that’s watc...

Our first Drag Act

We recently had our first ever Drag Act with the amazing Carrie Sauce visiting the home to perform. It was so good our ladies and gents were still having conversations about the show at supper time. Carrie’s voice reduced some to tears, it was that good and needless to say we are now all eagerly a...

Partnered with a local school

Glenburnie Lodge has partnered with a local school as part of a new intergenerational care initiative which brings young and old people together for mutual benefit. And the first project saw the children working with us to bury a time capsule on the grounds. Children from Gwenfo Church in Wales Prim...

Christmas fayre

We have had a lovely afternoon hosting our Christmas fayre. Our ladies and gents had their own stall, our Maintenance Manager Tim sold his handmade wooden decorations and there were various other stalls including those selling Christmas wreaths and flowers. We are looking forward to holding more fay...

School choir

Gwenfo school choir came back to Glenburnie and treated to some lovely Christmas carols. Our ladies and gentlemen and staff enjoyed singing along and the children got some well deserved cupcakes at the end. We wish them all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing them ev...

Christmas wonderland

We took our ladies and gentlemen to a Christmas wonderland at Poundbury Garden centre courtesy of Sarah from our tour operator Myley. We went on a magical journey through all the different displays and lights. It was absolutely amazing and put us all well and truly in the Christmas spirit! Festive! ...

A fantastic time

We had a fantastic time at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) College in Poole courtesy of Sarah from our tour operator Myley. The lifeboat crew were training and it was so interesting watching them. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. A real trip to remember for our ladies and gents. ...

Intergenerational care activities

We have had some fantastic intergenerational care activities at Pine Martin Grange. Firstly we welcomed Sandford Brownies who put on their lovely nativity show for us, and then it was the turn of children from Sandford Primary School to visit. They sang festive songs and then exchanged Christmas car...

Wonderful entertainment

We had some wonderful entertainment courtesy of the Yellow Brick Theatre Company who performed ‘A Very Merry Christmas’ today. Our ladies and gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed watching the very festive show and it certainly got us into the Christmas spirit. It was also a nice way of bringing back mem...

Christmas party

We would like to say a big thank you to Liphook Day Centre for inviting us to their Christmas Party this month. One of our ladies, Barbara, lived locally and knows some of their regular clients so it was nice for her to see some old friends. We have formed a great partnership with the Day Centre and...

Balloon tennis

Balloon tennis is a low-impact physical activity that can be enjoyed by people with a range of mobility levels, and it also has mental benefits too because it involves concentration. Our ladies had a great session using their large tennis rackets to pass the balloon to each other and keep it in the ...

A real treat

Our latest trip out with our travel partner Myley Tours saw us taking in the splendour of Hereford Cathedral. We were very lucky to be able to see the choir and orchestra, it was a real treat! We also lit candles to remember our loved ones who are no longer with us. Thank you, as always to Nick from...

100th birthdays

Two of our lovely ladies at Brockington House recently celebrated their 100th birthdays on the same day. We ensured Flo Edmunds and Doris Foyle celebrated becoming centenarians in style. The ladies were the centre of attention as their family and friends came into the home to join staff and other re...

Festive visit

We had a lovely and very festive visit from the teachers and children from Llanfoist Fawr Primary School, one of our two local partner schools. We were treated to a lovely choir concert with some amazing vocalists. Thank you to the school for their ongoing support of our intergenerational care progr...

Let them eat cake

Let them eat cake. Well, we don’t need an excuse to do that at any time at Foxhunters, but certainly not when a competition is involved. The Dormy Christmas cake making competition is always hotly contested and working with our catering team, our ladies did a fantastic job making and decoratin...

If music be the food of love

If music be the food of love, play on. That’s always been our approach at Brockington House and music and entertainment play a big part in our varied activity programme. One of our latest shows involved a performance by a lady called Corrine who plays the Cello and as always, she played to a p...

Our Brockington Bakers

Our Brockington Bakers rose to the challenge when they learned about the Dormy Care Communities’ Christmas cake making competition. Under the watchful eye of our fantastic chefs Cihan & Ash, they baked an amazing cake and were very studious when it came to decorating it. Whether we win or ...

A lovely pamper session

We had another lovely pamper session courtesy of students from The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC). Our ladies and gentlemen always look forward to their visits and we would like to thank all the group for a lovely relaxing morning. We have forged a fantastic partnership with the RNC and ...

Lifetime achievement award

Mike Parsons, the Chair of Dormy Care Communities, has received a lifetime achievement award. Mike received the honour at the 2024 National Care Awards held in London on 29th November. The award is in recognition of his service in the care industry, which began in 1992 when he founded Barchester He...

A real kick

Our ladies and gentlemen got a real kick from the arrival of two special visitors – two donkeys called Albert and Snoop. Decked out in their finest festive outfits, Albert and Snoop were incredibly well behaved and they caused a lot of excitement around the home. Our ladies and gents loved see...

A song and dance

Our ladies and gentlemen always like to make a song and dance, but only in the nicest way! They say a picture paints a thousand words so we will let you decide how much they enjoyed it when Louisa came into the home recently. There are few things better than music therapy and when you add dancing to...

Love to bake

Our ladies and gentlemen love to bake as you can see from the look of concentration on their faces. Baking can be an incredibly beneficial activity for older people for a number of reasons, including being calming activity which can encourage relaxation and reduce stress, stimulating appetite and ev...

Therapy dogs

Our therapy dogs Hebe and Puzzle bring so much love and joy to everyone, as you can see from these wonderful photographs taken at one of their recent visits. Animal therapy has proven health and wellbeing benefits and for many of our ladies and gentlemen, having owned dogs or other pets during their...

Magic projector

Our ladies and gentlemen always look forward to playing on our magic projector which projects engaging light games onto surfaces. It is designed to stimulate on a social, physical, sensory, and cognitive level and it also puts a smile on the faces of people who use it. It’s another example of ...

Christmas cake

It’s never to early when preparing for the festive season so even though it’s November, we have made our Christmas cake and as you can see by the size of the bowl, it’s going to be a whopper! Our ladies and gentlemen got thoroughly involved but we are afraid we are not at liberty to sh...

A day of celebration

We had a day of celebration recently. The day started with an awards ceremony for staff, with presentations made for long service and NVQ success. There were also funny awards voted by our ladies and gents such as Biggest Smile and Everyone’s Friend. We enjoyed some lovely canapes and refreshm...

Actively take part in activities

We are fortunate to have so many of ladies and gentlemen who actively take part in activities and this is one of the reasons why we are always devising different things for them to do. A recent ‘first’ saw everyone coming together to make peppermint creams. There was a lovely aroma as we...

Getting excited

Everyone is getting very excited about the Dormy Care Communities Christmas card competition. We have made and submitted even more entries due to the popularity and we are keeping our fingers crossed that one of our ladies and gentlemen’s entries is chosen for this year’s card. Regardles...

Therapy dog

We had a new friend come to visit us at Foxhunters recently, namely Rob and his therapy dog Geddy. We had a lovely time introducing him to our ladies and gentlemen and by the looks of it they all got on very well. We also had a visit from a puppy too! Therapy dogs, and other animals, are proven to e...

Lovely to welcome back

It was lovely to welcome back the children from Llanfoist Fawr Primary School recently. They helped us with our Remembrance Day display and Mary enjoyed being host as she offered the children some light refreshments. The link we have built with the school is amazing and our ladies and gentlemen alwa...

Happy birthday to us

Another fantastic Foxhunters celebration!! We sang happy birthday to us as we celebrated our 6th anniversary in style with music from our first ever singer Craig Balien, who never fails to disappoint. Foxhunters really does know how to throw a party, just look at that cake made by talented chef Katr...

A lovely trip out

Our partnership with Myley has opened up even more opportunities for our ladies and gentlemen to access the wider community and recently we had a lovely trip out to Pengethley Garden Centre on Ross-on-Wye where we looked at the festive decorations and enjoyed a nice cup of tea or coffee with some ca...

Christmas card competition

Our ladies and gentlemen have been working hard on their designs for the 2024 Dormy Care Communities Christmas card competition. This is much more than a competition though because it promotes both physical and mental wellbeing through the use of dexterity (holding a brush or pen) and concentration,...

Armistice Day

We marked Armistice Day with a beautiful Remembrance service delivered by the Reverend Ian Hartland and this was followed by performances from The Staunton Singers and Daisy Belle. Thank you to three of our lady residents Chloe, Jane and Ionwen for placing the wreaths outside. It was a very poignant...

Jabadao concept

We are pleased to have introduced the Jabadao concept to the activity programme at Brockington House. Founded in 1985 to develop understanding of movement as a basic human language, this has developed into a gentle form of exercise which can be performed sitting or standing. It is designed to stimul...

Both ends of the age spectrum

When Ashley Davies was considering career options he decided to gain experience at both ends of the age spectrum. So, whilst studying for his teaching certificate he started working at Brockington House to pay his way through University and gain experience working with the elderly. “When studying ...

Award for end of life care

Brockington House has won a prestigious national award for end of life care. We have achieved a national Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Quality Hallmark Award in recognition of the way we care for people at the end of their lives. It follows an assessment carried out at the home in Hafod Road this s...

Gillian’s story

Had the bomb that dropped in her North London back garden during World War Two exploded, it’s very possible Gillian Sparks would not be alive today to tell the tale. Thankfully, it didn’t go off and as result 91-year-old Gillian has managed to a live a long and eventful life, and there’s no si...

Live Music Therapy

Music therapy at its finest Research has shown how live music in care settings can help decrease levels of agitation and increase wellbeing for people living with dementia. Even when people don’t have dementia, live music is proven to reduce stress, improve moods and increase physical activity (t...

Signature dish

All great chefs have their signature dish, and Ash Davies hopes his can prove three times lucky as he competes in a national competition. Ash’s mouthwatering leak and potato soup with garlic butter croquette was the first dish he ever prepared at catering college, and it also won him the Dormy Car...

Celebrate the success

We were delighted to once again come together to celebrate the success of our team members who make a difference and go above and beyond in supporting the ladies and gentlemen who live in our four homes. Staff from Dormy Care Communities came together in Bath in October for the annual Dormy Care Awa...

A trip down memory lane

Some of our gentlemen went on a wonderful trip down memory lane on our latest outing. That’s because we took them on the Swanage Steam train. We had a fantastic time reliving wonderful memories. We then took at stroll through Swanage town and of course a cup of coffee on the seafront! A fantas...

The most wonderful time of the year

We are allowed to talk about Christmas now it’s officially happening next month and so our festive preparations got underway with our ladies and gentlemen working on our annual Christmas card. We started by painting pine cones and preparing the Merry Christmas lettering. We always make the very mo...

Coffee morning

We held a coffee morning and invited Liphook Day Centre to come with their lovely clients. Our kitchen team baked a selection of delicious cakes and it was fantastic to see our ladies and gentlemen chatting and socialising with staff and people from the day centre. A few of our ladies used to be reg...

A Halloween to remember

We had a Halloween to remember with a host of fun activities, including pumpkin carving which our ladies and gentlemen were horrifyingly good at, a frightfully great performance by singer Peter and some ghoulish food and drink prepared by our incredible team. Black chocolate tombstone cakes anyone? ...

Nice places to visit

We are extremely fortunate to have so many nice places to visit on our doorstep and ladies and gentlemen who enjoy getting out and about. One of our recent trips took us to Morris’ of Usk Garden Centre! This a family-run centre which opened in 1990 and is very popular. Our ladies spent the mo...

Bake on

It may only be early November but we can now officially state that its Christmas next month so we got our ‘bake on’ and started preparing the always wonderful Brockington House Christmas cake. We are lucky to have so many ladies who are adept at baking, as our recent Dormy recipe book demonstrat...

Halloween fun

We had lots of Halloween fun including Halloween themed Oomph fitness session with songs such as Monster Mash and Thriller. We also had a pumpkin carving competition judged by our ladies and we ended out day with a themed musical theatre concert featuring songs from shows such as Phantom, Cats and W...

Halloween Fun

A spook-tacular day Our ladies and gents enjoyed a fun Halloween party at Glenburnie Lodge. It was great to see so many of our families and the wonderful costumes, which were frightfully good. At one stage we thought we would need to call The Ghostbusters! #gallery-143 { margin: auto; ...

Animal therapy

Animal therapy has numerous proven benefits and as you can see from the pictures, there were lots of smiles and cuddles when our lovely PAT dogs Hebe and Puzzle came to visit our ladies and gentlemen. The dogs are so gentle and patient and our ladies and gents lapped it up, quite literally. It’...

Our latest trip

We didn’t let the weather spoil our latest trip with our travel partner Myley to Poole RNLI Museum and that’s because we spent most of the time indoors. The trips with Myley are proving very popular with our ladies and gentlemen who enjoy getting out and about and having new adventures o...

Spooky

There are some ghostly goings-on at Bramshott Grange, which is not surprising given Halloween is fast approaching. Across the home our ladies and gentlemen have been painting ghosts to create some Halloween bunting. Very spooky indeed but it’s also a nice way for our ladies and gents to remini...

Knitting therapy

Knitting therapy is a therapeutic practice that can help with mental health and physical well-being. It’s why it has become a popular activity at Bramshott and our ladies and gentlemen are both still very good knitters. We pair this with a natter too, so it’s just as much about the socia...

Another adventure

We had another adventure when we took Catherine, Margaret, Chris and Jean to the Rake Garden Centre where they loved looking at the Halloween and Christmas displays. We made sure they had time to ensure they enjoyed their lemon cake and tea in the cafe. A lovely trip out, which everyone enjoyed. ...

Getting out and about

We’ve always enjoyed getting out and about with our ladies and gentlemen, if they wish do so of course, and our latest trip saw us visiting a local garden centre. The wonderful Nick from our travel partner Myley Tours picked our ladies up and everyone had a wonderful time browsing and, of cour...

A real social occasion

Everyone knows we love to bake at Foxhunters but as well as creating delicious aromas and, of course, tasty treats, it’s a real social occasion too, giving our ladies and gentlemen a chance to spend time together in The Cwtch, having a cuppa and a good old fashioned chat. So, it provides stimu...

That’s entertainment!

We have many great entertainers who come into Brockington House but few are as well received as the fantastically named Wolfren Riverstick. We think the pictures of our ladies and gentlemen watching him perform say it all. That’s entertainment with a capital ‘E’ when Wolfren is in ...

Hats off

Hats off to Becks, she certainly knows how to make our ladies and gents Zumba! Becks is a fixture at Brockington House and comes in on a regular basis to put everyone through their paces. She uses music and props to keep people engaged and sometimes even brings in her daughters to help out as well. ...

Wear it Pink

We had a Wear it Pink day in aid of a charity very close to our hearts at Brockington House – Breast Cancer Now. It included competitions, quiz and lots of cake! We raised £101.25 in just one hour. A massive thank you to our ladies and gentlemen, families and staff for all your support on wha...

Coffee Morning

Charity coffee morning We had a fantastic coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. It was great to see our families and friends joining our ladies and gents enjoying some amazing cakes made by Amanda. Our receptionist Nicola also made a cake so thank you to them and everyone who took par...

Learning Something New

Every day is an education “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” We thoroughly agree with the legendary musician BB King who this quote is attributed too, and we demonstrated that recently at our regular sewing club, In the latest session, our sewing teach...

Keeping Fit

Keeping fit It’s important to stay active at any age, but even more so when you get older, so as part of the activity programme at Glenburnie Lodge we work with a national company called Move it or Lose it! who deliver exercise classes in care homes. Suzanne from Move It or Lose It was in the home...

Sharing Memories

Reminiscing Sharing memories and reminiscing are important as you get older and in a recent one-to-one session, our Activities Coordinator Reka spent time with one of our gentlemen Tim who shared his hiking adventures to the Brecon Beacons and other places he used to visit. Reka talked about her lo...

Getting creative

Getting creative We spent a lovely afternoon spent making a Halloween ghost banner and enjoying some dog therapy as well. Everyone had a good laugh. #gallery-158 { margin: auto; } #gallery-158 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: ...

Movement play

We recently Jabadao as one of our activities at Pine Martin Grange and as you can see from the pictures, there were lots of laughs and engagement among our ladies and gentlemen when they were doing it. Jabadao is movement play that is good for health, happiness and general wellbeing. In our activity...

An enjoyable afternoon

Baking is one of our favourite activities and some of our ladies recently spent an enjoyable afternoon making cookies together. As you can see from the concentration on centenarian Alice’s face in one of the pictures, they took the making of the cookies very seriously indeed but after there wa...

A music kind of day

Sometimes you just want to have a music kind of day, which is not surprising given we have so many music lovers at Bramshott Grange. In one of our latest sessions we had Music and Movement to get our ladies and gents going then the chance to listen, relax and reflect during classical music appreciat...

Choir practice

We are fortunate to have so many ladies and gentlemen at Bramshott Grange who love to sing and many attend our regular choir practice. They are always in great voice and are well led by our music teacher Janet, who also puts on our music and movement sessions. It’s a great combination! ...

The Great Abergavenny Bake Off

The Great Abergavenny Bake Off saw our ladies working closely with our catering team led by  Chef Kyle to make some delicious sweet and savoury treats. There are not many more activities which stimulate all the senses like baking does. Very therapeutic and tasty to boot! #gallery-163 { m...

Prost!

Prost means Cheers in German and whilst we were unable to take Abergavenny to Munich, we brought Munich to Abergavenny recently when we celebrated Oktoberfest. Our ladies and gents enjoyed having a few beers and some nibbles and generally taking part in something a little different! #gallery-...

Therapeutic benefits

You would never think that something as simple as an inflatable beach ball could have such therapeutic benefits, but as these pictures show, our ladies and gentlemen on our Mortimer floor had lots of fun exercise and stimulation when our personal trainer George put them through their paces recently....

Music to the ears

One of the many entertainers who visit Brockington House Care Community on a regular basis is Banjo Brian. He never fails to please our ladies and gentlemen with his singing and instrument playing and he also encourages everyone to pick up an instrument themselves and sing-a-long to class tunes from...

Top marks

The catering and hospitality team at Foxhunters are celebrating another success after hygiene standards in the kitchens were given top marks by Inspectors. The home recently received the maximum food hygiene 5-star rating in the Government inspections that check on how food is managed, handled, stor...

Dancing shoes

It was time to get our dancing shoes back on on for a lovely session of dancing with our wonderful teacher Danielle. Joan went through the steps to the waltz too! What a lovely way to spend the day and one of the best things about these sessions is that everyone can get involved whether seated or st...

Christmas is coming

Christmas is coming at Foxhunters and before you all start groaning that it’s still September (well nearly October!), we need to be prepared because our lovely homemade Christmas cakes won’t make themselves. This week we began the soaking the fruit ready for our cakes. It’s all about t...

Live Music

We all enjoyed listening and dancing to some live music by Tyler James. Our ladies and gentlemen really look forward to entertainers coming to the home and as you can see from the photographers, everyone gets involved, whether it’s getting up to dance, singing or just tapping their feet. ...

A trip down memory lane

It’s always nice to take a trip down memory lane as part of our reminiscence sessions and this time we looked at pictures of famous female movie stars. Everyone loved talking about the films they had seen them in. A real therapeutic but fun activity. #gallery-170 { margin: auto; } ...

A wonderful trip

We had a wonderful trip courtesy of our travel partner Myley to Boscombe Pier recently. Sunshine, laughter, coffees and drawing in the sand! Pure sunshine therapy. We could have been in the Mediterranean, although if this week’s weather is anything to go by, it will be more like the Antarctic ...

Feeling more like summer

With early autumn feeling more like summer than the actual summer we made the very most of it, starting with exercises with fitness instructor Carl and then relaxing with a cup of tea and soaking up the rays and important Vitamin D! We need to make the most of it, not that it ever stops us from enjo...

Bramshott Bakers

The Bramshott Bakers were in full flow making a Dorset Apple Cake. The unmistakeable smell of baking was wafting throughout the home as our ladies and gentlemen made some a lovey cake, which we can confirm was delicious. Apple Dorset Cake is so names because of the abundance of apples in the county ...

Intergenerational care continues

It was lovely to welcome back a new group of children from Llanfoist Fawr School. The ladies and gentlemen enjoyed playing games and showing photos of their travels in our get to know you session. Along with learning some new Welsh words, we enjoyed getting to know our new friends.  Thank you Miss ...

A talk on jewellery

We recently welcomed Mari from Mari Thomas Jewellery to Foxhunters to give a talk on jewellery. Mari is an award-winning contemporary designer jeweller and goldsmith and gave a very interesting talk, display and discussion on the fantastic jewellery she makes. She also showed us an Eisteddford crown...

Lovely trips

We continue to enjoy some lovely trips in Herefordshire and beyond courtesy of our travel partner Myley Tours and our fantastic driver Nick. Recent destinations have included the Wellington Garden Centre where we had a good look around and enjoyed a cuppa and a cake. It’s great for everyone to...

Fun and games

There are always lots of fun and games going on at Brockington House. Traditional games like Scrabble and Game of Knowledge and then newer, non-traditional games like Jabadao which is movement play that is good for health, happiness and general wellbeing. The latter has proved so popular our ladies ...

Recipe book

Dormy Care Communities has ensured the memories of the ladies and gentlemen in our homes will live forever through the publication of a new recipe book. From the Heart of Home is the name of the book, which is a compilation of classic recipes handed down through generations and recalled by the ladie...

Memory lane

Stepping down memory lane always brings lots of stories and laughter with our ladies and gentlemen in our reminiscence sessions. Another great brain training exercise. Studies have shown that older people who reminisce have lower blood pressure and heart rates, along with a host of other benefits. ...

Pets as Therapy

There are always lots of smiles and cuddles when our beautiful Pets As Therapy (PAT) dogs come. They provide lovely memories of pets our ladies and gents used to have. Animal therapy, especially dogs, like this touches people psychologically, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. ...

BBQ lunch

We had a lovely BBQ lunch for our ladies and gentlemen and their families. The sun shone and whilst it was a little cooler (autumn is here after all), an extra jumper or a coat was all that was needed for those who opted to eat outside. It was a really nice social afternoon for everyone concerned. ...

Dog show

What an absolutely amazing day we had at our Bramshott Grange Fun Dog Show. Our Home Director Pam was joined by two of our lovely ladies, Barbara and Janet; as judges and Gill and Emily ran a tombola and we had a wonderful cake stall. It was lovely to see so many friends, family and of course the am...

New location

Our ladies had a trip out to a new location courtesy of the wonderful Nick from our tour operator Myley. He took us to Goytre Wharf where we had lovely stroll along the canal and then a tasty scone and cup of tea. Nothing beats some early autumn fresh air! #gallery-182 { margin: auto; ...

Singing and dancing

We had a lovely morning courtesy of  a local group called The Family Music Haven. There was lots of singing and dancing to our favourite music along with melodies played on the flute and piano. Thank you to Debbie and Heather for such a lovely morning. Our ladies and gentlemen had a fantastic time....

Exercising our bodies and minds

We have been exercising our bodies and minds all week at Brockington House and this activity very much required a creative mind as we did some fantastic watercolour painting. Our ladies and gentlemen requested to paint fruit and they did a terrific job as you can see from the photographs. So realist...

Afternoon of baking

We had a lovely afternoon of baking. There are few things better in life than the smell of freshly cooked biscuits that you have made yourselves and they get certainly got the thumbs up from the Brockington Bakers and Tasters. Baking is a great activity for boosting general wellbeing and it’s a lo...

Mindful relaxation

We are some mindful relaxation with Tai Chi and then a bit more energy with indoor basketball on the Forget Me Not Floor. The basketball was a very different activity but our ladies and gentlemen really enjoyed channeling their inner Lebron James. #gallery-187 { margin: auto; } #gal...

Arts and crafts

We had a busy day of arts and crafts across the home. Lots of concentration and attention to detail. Superb work from our ladies and gentlemen. We have very creative minds in our home and everyone looks forward to these sessions as these are great social occasions too. #gallery-188 { marg...

Word game

We have a word game which we will play each week at Bramshott Grange and it requires our ladies and gents to come up with as many words as possible using one very large word. The latest word was Micropaleontologists and we managed to find an amazing 300 words. It’s a great group activity which...

Art group

We have an art group at Bramshott Grange and our ladies and gentlemen like nothing better than getting their creative juices flowing. It’s a therapeutic activity in so many ways as it requires concentration, dexterity and is generally a great social occasion too. #gallery-189 { marg...

Lovely trip out

We had another lovely trip out courtesy of our travel partner Myley with our latest adventure taking us to Morris’ of Usk, which is a family run garden centre, food hall and restaurant in Llanbadoc. After a good mooch around the centre, we treated ourselves to a little spot of tea and a cake, ...

Move it or lose it

Our ladies and gentlemen were very motivated in our Move it or Lose it session with Marian. These exercise classes have been developed by experts to help improve  flexibility, aerobic health, balance and strength for greater strength. All the keep fit exercises are done seated so they are perfect f...

The greatest therapies

Music is one of the greatest therapies and this week we welcomed the Timeless choir who sang old favourites from the like of Andy Williams and Bill Withers. Our ladies and gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed the performance, as they always do when we welcome entertainers to Brockington House Care Community...

Ukrainian Independence Day

We had a fantastic afternoon marking Ukrainian Independence Day. The celebrations included a lovely performance from Galina who showed our ladies and gentlemen how to play the traditional Ukrainian instruments before they listened to a lovely performance from Galina and her friends. Always nice to c...

Zumba

Sewing Club

Sewing Club We have a sewing club at Glenburnie Lodge and recently we spent the afternoon making glasses cases and drawstring bags. Caroline, the daughter of one of our gentlemen, was kind enough to teach us some new tricks and everyone really enjoyed the session. It’s a great activity for concent...

Summer fair

Well, what a wonderful Summer Fair we had! The sun shone, we had a BBQ, Louisa sang all afternoon, we had lots of games, stalls and a raffle. We were also visited by Top Hat bikers and their absolutely amazing motorbikes. Our ladies and gents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was great to see so ...

A fantastic trip

We had a fantastic trip to Upton Country Park courtesy of our travel partner Myley and our lovely driver Sarah. It was great to get out in the fresh air and be amongst nature. Excellent for our mental wellbeing and why activities like these are important to our ladies and gentlemen. #gallery-...

Wonderful wooden coasters

Our ladies and gentlemen made some wonderful wooden coasters in one of our arts and crafts sessions. The attention to detail was fantastic and the concentration levels were very high. Arts and crafts play an important part of the activity programme at Bramshott Grange because they help to exercise t...

Favourite ice creams

We had a visit from De Luca’s Ice Cream. Our ladies, gentlemen and staff enjoyed picking their own favourite ice cream and lollies and eating them outside in the sun. There’s something about a visit from an ice cream van which brings back lots of fond memories, something which is really ...

Magic table

We spent a little time on the tovertafel magic table talking about the music it played and the pictures as we recognised some of the tunes, we then reminisced about our childhood memories. A lovely afternoon. We are so lucky to have such an interactive and stimulating activity like this. #gal...

A lovely trip

We enjoyed a lovely trip to Llanfaes Dairy in Brecon courtesy of Nick from our tour partner Myley. We had a very enjoyable ride as we took in the sights of the beautiful mountains and valleys we are privileged to have on our doorstep, and not forgetting the amazing ice cream! #gallery-199 { ...

Always very popular

Our fitness/dance instructor Becks is always very popular with our ladies and gentlemen and she always gets them moving with her motivational style. Recently she had some youthful support, aka her two daughters, with her at dance exercises which included the use of a giant ‘parachute’ wh...

Lovely watercolour work

Our ladies and gentlemen did some lovely watercolour work in one of our arts and crafts activities. A steady hand and lots of attention to detail were needed but as you can see from the work they produced, they are a very talented bunch. It was also a fine social occasion too as they chatted about t...

Games

Dominoes and cards All of our activities are guided by our resident’s interests and in one case a gentlemen enjoys playing dominoes so our Activities Coordinator Reka sat down with him to play a few games and have some quality 1-1 time as well. We have also got a regular card game which encourages...

The sound of music

We love listening to the sound of music at Pine Martin Grange and were recently treated to lovely outdoor performance from a bagpipe player. It was a beautiful day listening to some lovely music and our ladies and gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Music plays an important part of the act...

Golden moments

There were lots of golden moments to enjoy at the Paris Olympics and even more golden moments when did our own version of the games at Pine Martin Grange. Activities included making doughnuts in the colours of the Olympic colours, making Olympic torches and lots of games that kept everyone moving. W...

A wonderful trip

We had our first trip out as part of a new and exciting partnership with our tour operator Myley. Our lovely driver Sarah took us in a minibus on a wonderful trip to Moreton Church, Tearooms and Gardens. We all had a fantastic time and are already looking forward to our next trip. Myley tours provid...

By the seaside

Given our location, we do like to be beside the seaside and recently some of our ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a lovely trip out to Southsea. It was a very warm day as you can see from how quickly the ice creams melted but there’s nothing better for the soul than being near the sea. Hazel and J...

Sweet music

We have been making sweet sweet music at Bramshott Grange thanks to the wonderful singing voices of our ladies and gentlemen. Our tuneful choir are always in very good voice and they receive wonderful support from Janet, who comes in regularly to take our very popular music and movement activity. ...

The Olympics

We celebrated the staging of the Olympics in Paris with a host of fun and stimulating activities for our ladies and gentlemen to enjoy, including ball games, and making Olympic doughnuts and wreaths. Our fitness instructor Carl presented our ladies and gentlemen who have been attending gym and exerc...

Around the world

We went around the world with a host of fun and stimulating activities for our ladies and gentlemen to enjoy as part of our eagerly-awaited flight week. Our destinations for the week were New York, Texas, Malta, India and Australia, and as you can see from the photographs, everyone had a great time!...

Summer fayre

What an absolutely amazing afternoon we had at Foxhunters at our annual summer fete, with a very noticeable Olympic theme. We were very well supported by lots of our residents families and friends and of course all the stallholders. A big thank you to all who attended, including the well behaved alp...

Retail therapy

We are fortunate to have a great partnership with our tour operator Myley, who take our ladies and gentlemen on some lovely trips out. This week they took us for some retail therapy at the Labels outlet shopping in Ross on Wye. It was so much fun doing a little shopping, going for coffee then having...

Foxhunters Olympics

Whilst we enjoyed watching the professional sportsmen and women do their stuff in Paris, the Foxhunters Olympics was where the real action was at. Our ‘Olympic’ sports included catch the goldfish, make a tower with playing cards and, not forgetting, the fancy dress dash around the garden...

Happy birthday to us

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday dear Brockington, happy birthday to us! We had a great day celebrating the 5th birthday of Brockington House with our ladies, gentlemen, families, friends and staff. We had a performance from The King himself. Yes Elvis Presley entertained u...

The Olympics

We had our own version of The Olympics at Brockington House, including indoor volleyball, basketball and a game of Olympic charades. These activities were great for getting everyone moving and we exercised the mind too with some creative activities like making our own Olympic torches. #galler...

A lovely trip out

Our ladies and gentlemen had a lovely trip out to Hereford Cathedral as part of our partnership with our tour partner Myley. From assessing each destination, ensuring it is suitable for our ladies and gentlemen, to providing transportation in their fully accessible minibuses, Myley tours are a fanta...

Scrabble Club

Our weekly Scrabble Club at Brockington has become a very popular activity with our ladies and gentlemen. It’s great for exercising the mind and a generally nice social occasion. Some weeks we have so many people taking part that we need to play doubles. Two heads are better than one after all...

Portrait artist of the year

Ladies and gentlemen at Brockington House posed as the models for aspiring young artists taking part in a unique portrait artist of the year competition. Brockington was once again the venue for the competition involving students from the Hereford College of Arts. It follows the success of the first...

Family time

Family time at our BBQ party Our ladies and gents were joined by their families, friends and staff for our first BBQ party. The weather didn’t play ball but it didn’t prevent us from having a good time indoors instead. Great food, great company, great day! #gallery-218 { margi...

Taking flight

We enjoyed taking flight as part of our Flight Week activity programme. It took us to far flung places such as Japan, Canada and India. Activities included learning and listening to Japanese Haiku poetry, enjoying some Indian head massages and designing our Greek pots using a selection of materials....

Hands-on experience

Students from The Royal National College for the Blind have been getting hands-on experience in their chosen subject by working with residents at Brockington House. Young people from the Venns Lane-based college have been visiting Brockington as part of the course they are taking in Massage and Comp...

Young author

A young author says that working in Bramshott Grange provides him with the perfect inspiration for his books. When he’s not part of the housekeeping team at Bramshott, George Thorn is an avid writer and at the age of 28 he has already published four books. His first three books were all self-publi...

The Inspiration to write

The successful re-launch of a book by a Foxhunters Care Assistant has given him the inspiration to write again – seven years after he finished writing. From 2015 to 2017, Matt Purkiss wrote three connected books telling the story of residents living in a fictional town whose lives are upended by a...

Flight week

During our Flight Week, we visited New Zealand, Sudan, Venezuela, Canada and Massachusetts, places many of our ladies and gentlemen have visited during their lives. Activities included doing a Sudanese peacock dance, making maple leaves and baking Anzac biscuits. It was a truly stimulating and enjoy...

The age of air travel

With our around the world flight taking place across all of our homes this week we take a look at the history of air travel and how it has enabled us to visit destinations people could only used to dream about. It took only 12 seconds and covered a distance of just 40 yards but in North Carolina jus...

D-Day landings

Doreen Binks was aged 14 and living with her parents in a village near Nottingham when the D-Day landings took place on 6th June 1944. She recalls the big headlines in the newspapers in the following days which confirmed the invasion of western Europe was underway and the sense of optimism that gave...

Allied invasion

Most people who were alive at the time will remember where they were on D-Day and how they first heard the news that the Allied invasion of Europe was underway. June 6 1944 saw 160,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy. Nearly a million more would follow that summer and gradually sweep n...

The highlight

Given the range of activities at Brockington House, it’s impossible to choose a favourite but few would argue that the highlight in May was a visits from students from The Royal National College for the Blind. Our ladies and gents have gratefully benefited from their lovely massages and genera...

Keeping fit and active

Keeping fit and active is an important part of the activity programme and we did a lot of that during May, whether it was exercising in the sun, learning some new dance moves or enjoying trips out. We took our first bus trip with new tour partner Myley to The Punch Bowl in Hindhead, which is a local...

Benefiting old and young

The partnerships we have built up with local schools are important to us as we are big advocates of intergenerational care, a concept which brings different generations together to benefit both young and old. In May, we welcomed back pupils Llanfoist Fawr School. It was a beautiful Welsh day, so the...

A dog’s life

It’s a dog’s life at Pine Martin Grange, but that’s a good thing as it means our dog show Scrufts was a major success, just one of many interesting and exciting activities which took place in the home during May. It was great to welcome so many amazing dogs and people into the home...

Dementia Action Week

May is the month when the UK gets into full bloom – and it’s not just in the garden or countryside you’ll be seeing flowers emerging. The Forget Me Not appeal is an annual initiative that encourages people to wear a blue flower badge for the month of May to raise awareness and vital funds for ...

International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day is a day to celebrate and recognise the vital role that nurses play in all forms of health and social care in the UK and further afield. The value of nurses is well recognised at Dormy Care. We have qualified nurses working in all our homes and our founder and CEO, Helen Dav...

Amazing mountains

From her bedroom at Foxhunters, Vera Connolly can look out at the amazing mountains she used to enjoy walking on when she was younger. And she also likes to see all the comings and goings at the nearby household waste recycling centre, so there’s always an ever-changing landscape. And then there�...

Rubbed shoulders with legendary celebrities

Not many people can claim to have rubbed shoulders with legendary celebrities such as Liberace, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Johnny Mathis, and Frankie Vaughan. Or Royalty such as Princess Anne and the Duke of Edinburgh. But not many people are like Pam Savva! During her working life, Pam formed an a...

First impressions count

Gemma Carter is the first person most people see when they enter Foxhunters, and she very much understands that first impressions count. And with her background, we couldn’t have picked anyone better to be our Receptionist. In addition to her lovely bubbly personality, she comes from a customer se...

Sailing through her life

No-one could accuse Gill Wicker of sailing through her life – whether that’s at work or play! Gill worked in insurance from the age of 16 until just a few years ago when the company she was employed by refused to give her extended leave so she could fulfil a lifetime ambition. That ambition ...

Our very own author

To have one book published is an amazing achievement but our very own author George Thorn has more stories in him than that. George already has four published books to his name, the latest one being a work of historical fiction titled ‘Black Hearts Be Damned,’ which imagines an alternative histo...

Part of the furniture

Debbie Powell is quite literally a part of the furniture at Foxhunters, having been here since the home opened. In fact, she joined whilst the home was still being built! Debbie, who is our Assistant Administrator, was part of the team who helped get Foxhunters open, including interviewing and induc...

A clean freak

By her own admission, Brockington House Head Housekeeper Bev Price is a freak – a clean freak that is! And we know our ladies and gentlemen and their families wouldn’t have it any other way! This, remarkably, is Bev’s first professional job in cleaning, having joined Brockington House in 2...

A unique set of challenges

The maintenance of a luxury residential care home like Brockington House presents a unique set of challenges. This is because not only is it a place of work, more importantly it’s somewhere our ladies and gentlemen call their home. It is therefore vital that Brockington remains a pleasant, safe, a...

The next generation of nurses

Brockington House is always happy to encourage the next generation of nurses and recently we have been pleased to welcome Student Nurses from the University of Worcester. One of the Nurses gaining hands-on experience with us is Liv Evans. Liv’s family work in health and social care so they say it ...

Found her calling

Daisy O’Donnell knew she had found her calling as a carer when one of the ladies at Brockington House specifically asked for her to accompany her to the funeral of her husband. Daisy had forged a lovely bond with the lady and her husband, who both lived at Brockington. She says: “I loved caring ...

A complete U-turn

With a degree in economics and international business, Alexandra Onisor was headed for a career in banking until she did a complete U-turn and became a nurse. Alexandra’s story begins in her native Romania where she did her degree. But with a career in finance beckoning, she had a change of heart ...

Following the advice

Benito Birrell’s dream is to become a fire-fighter and he is following the advice of his uncle (who is also a fire-fighter) to help him realise his dream. Benito’s uncle said he would have a better chance of being picked in the selection process if he can demonstrate he has work/life experience ...

Affinity for animals

Maggie Taft inherited her affinity for animals through her father’s veterinary work, but that’s not the only thing she inherited from him. He was also an accomplished artist and it’s something Maggie was introduced to an early age, and which continues to inspire her today. You will often find ...

Going to extra lengths

Brockington House is going to extra lengths to ensure residents who suffer from a condition which makes mealtimes more difficult are still able to enjoy food which looks appetising, and safe. Science has proven that first impressions count when it comes to food, but this can be challenging when the ...

The roles were reversed

The roles were reversed when art students returned to Brockington House as part of an intergenerational link-up. In 2023, students from Hereford College of Art took part in what is believed to have been a national first – a portrait artist of the year competition held in Brockington. The ladies an...

Special memories

A football-based initiative that uses sport to stimulate memories in older people is paying dividends for ladies and gentlemen living at Brockington – and it also brought back particularly special memories for a former Hereford Town footballer! As part of the Talk Football project, Herefordshire F...

National Scrabble Day

What links tribal chiefs from the West indies with Amazonian tropical birds and a competition held in North-West England in the eighties? Give up? Well, the word Caziques is used to describe both the birds and the chiefs – a fact demonstrated to great effect by Dr Karl Khoshnaw when he used it at ...

Easter arts and crafts

Easter arts and crafts (including making crosses), a quiz, some music played by our talented gentlemen Grenville, a visit from the Easter bunny and a visit from Monty the Easter PAT dog made a lovely long Easte weekend for our ladies and gentlemen at Pine Martin Grange. #gallery-227 { mar...

Easter donkey

As well as the Easter rabbit, our ladies and gentlemen were treated to a visit from the Easter donkey as part of our long weekend of activities, which also included making bonnets, some fantastic entertainment , games and baking our own Simnel cake. #gallery-228 { margin: auto; } #g...

Fun over Easter

Our ladies and gentlemen at Foxhunters had lots of fun at Easter, with various activities being organised to mark the long weekend, including eating some lovely hot cross buns, enjoying a comedy show in the bar, a musical sing-a-long courtesy of one of our talented gents and even a visit from the Ea...

Easter activities

We always make sure our ladies and gentlemen have a host of Easter activities to enjoy and this year was certainly no exception. Whether it was making bonnets, tucking into hot cross buns kindly donated by our local Sainsbury’s supermarket, making cakes, listening and watching some great enter...

6th birthday

We celebrated the 6th birthday of Bramshott Grange in our customary style with a performance from a local harpist and a wonderful birthday buffet. Our ladies and gentlemen had a lovely time listening to the beautiful music and then tucking into some lovely food made by our talented kitchen team. The...

Embracing history

Embracing history and culture is something which is important to us at Foxhunters, especially given our location in this beautiful part of Wales. A good recent example is our visit to Tintern Abbey. On a lovely sunny winter’s day we explored this amazing landmark and learned all about its hist...

Pub afternoon

We had a lovely pub afternoon and trivia quiz in our bar with many residents joining us for a drink, chat and some brain training. We are fortunate to have our very own bar and lounge area, so it was a perfect way to while the way the afternoon, without even needing to leave the home. There was plen...

Thinking outside the box

We are always thinking outside the box when it comes to devising new activities for our ladies and gentlemen and a life size game of Hungry Hippos and a visit from recently-born lambs are two good examples. Hungry Hippos, which was first introduced in the 1970s, involves players using mechanical hip...

Music and movement

University research has found music and movement can have a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of care home residents, and it’s something which has become a staple of the activities we offer our ladies and gentlemen at Bramshott Grange. Recently, Janet came in to do her latest session...

Chinese New Year

As part of our Chinese New Year celebrations at Bramshott Grange, our ladies and gentlemen used foam stamps and paint to create some lovely images. It’s the year of the dragon and they produced some fantastic work which required concentration and a steady hand. #gallery-235 { margin...

Cup cake making

Our ladies at Pine Martin Grange spent a very enjoyable afternoon cup caking making and the best thing about making these cakes we eating them with a nice cup of tea after. Yum Yum! It was a great activity for promoting concentration, dexterity and stimulating the senses. #gallery-236 { m...

Burns Night

We had an amazingly successful Burns Night afternoon celebration in the village hall opposite Pine Martin Grange. There was bagpipes, traditional Scottish food (haggies, tatties and neeps) and drink, dancing and lots more, and everyone had lots of fun. #gallery-237 { margin: auto; } ...

Hats off

It was certainly hats off to our ladies on their latest community visit. We spent a great afternoon at the Labels shopping centre in Ross-on-Wye and our ladies particularly enjoyed trying on the amazing hats, all topped off with a visit to the cafe for a cuppa and a cake of course. #gallery-2...

Popular entertainers

We are blessed to have so such good acts at Brockington House but by far one of our most popular entertainers is Banjo Brian. He never disappoints as you will see from the photographs and even our staff can’t resist a dance, with the help of our ladies and gents of course! #gallery-239 ...

Butterfly zoo

Our ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a lovely trip out to our local butterfly zoo, the perfect location on such a cold day. They got up close and personal with some beautifully coloured butterflies and ended the visit with a cuppa and cake in the coffee shop. #gallery-240 { margin: auto; }...

Local schools

We are always delighted to welcomed back pupils from one of the two local schools we have forged excellent links with. Recently, we had another fantastic intergenerational activity with the children from Llanfoist Fawr Primary School. We all took part in an eggheads quiz and chatted about our favour...

A big sing and dance

We always make a big sing and dance about things at Foxhunters and our ladies and gentlemen wouldn’t have it any other way. Everyone is always up and on their feet when we have entertainers in the home and there was plenty of this during January and February, including our Burn’s Night c...

Pet therapy

There’s nothing like a bit of pet therapy to lighten the day and as you will see from the photographs, our ladies and gentlemen always look forward to the visit of our PAT dog Rosie. Rosie helps to bring back lovely memories of when our ladies and gents will have owned dogs, or other pets, the...

Intergenerational care

Our intergenerational care project with Hereford College of Arts continues to go from strength to strength. During January and February, we were delighted to welcome students back into the home to work with our ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great way for young and old to mix and everyone benefi...

Keep Dancing

It’s always a highlight when our dance teacher Danielle comes to the home and in February she took everyone through their paces, whether seated or standing. She makes sure everyone is involved, regardless of their mobility and always leaves our ladies and gents with smiles on their faces when ...

Find a job you love

“Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” And when it comes to working at Brockington House, Keith Sullivan couldn’t agree more with the words of American writer Mark Twain who first coined this phrase. It took Keith a little longer to find the job he truly lov...

Lyndsey is living proof

Lyndsey Tyndall is living proof that, in life, if you want something badly enough and you’re prepared to work hard, eventually you can get there. Lyndsey, 33, works at Pine Martin Grange, and with the help and support of the home’s owners, Dormy Care Communities, has just qualified as a Nurse As...

Using his skills

Having spent the bulk of his career working in some of the most highly rated restaurants in the world, Alex Thomas is now using his skills in a different way by enhancing the experience of residents, staff, and visitors at our four homes. Alex works in Regional Business Support for Dormy Care Commun...

The finer things in life

Dormy Care Communities has teamed up with the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer to ensure the ladies and gentlemen in our homes can enjoy even more of the finer things in life. The new partnership with Majestic Wine ensures that the wines on offer in our homes are on a par with many top re...

A bit of magic

We have been able to bring a little bit of magic to our ladies and gentlemen at Pine Martin Grange after introducing a new interactive light projector which enables them to play stimulating games. Provided in partnership with Social-Ability and designed and manufactured in the UK, the Happiness Prog...

National Trivia Day

Today is National Trivia Day, a day when we can celebrate our knowledge and a chance to get our ‘thinking caps’ on. Playing brain games and staying mentally active can significantly help to reduce and slow down the potential negative mental effects brought on by growing older, and can potential...

Animal magic

Animal magic came to Brockington House with residents able to enjoy close contact with a wide range of beautiful creatures. Local company Animals Interactive brought a menagerie to visit our ladies and gentlemen, which extended far beyond the usual therapy dogs. Rabbits, tortoise and meerkats, an ow...

Christmas Fete

What a fantastic afternoon we have had here at Foxhunters today. We held our Christmas fete and there was lots of fun and excitement! We would like to say a huge thank you to all the stallholders for making our lovely mini-market such a success. And thank you to the very talented Richard Bevis fo...

Llanfoist school choir

A Visit From Santa

Christmas Carols

Christmas Flower Arranging

New Years Eve

Making Christmas Decorations

Christmas Card Crafting

Christmas Carols

Christmas Flower Arranging

Sharing her memories

Beryl Morgan spent her working career helping to put bad people in prison, and now she enjoys sharing her memories with the ladies and gentlemen at Foxhunters. There’s always a crowded room when Beryl gives one of her talks, with people rapt by her description of life as a Forensic Scientist. Bery...

Generations of people

There are generations of people living in Wales, and further afield, who have Lilian Jones to thank for teaching them how to speak Welsh. Lilian spent her entire career teaching, with the Welsh language and music her two specialisms. She taught in schools in Wales and England with her husband Geoff,...

Anita Jones

Up until very recently, 88-year-old former postmistress Anita Jones was very active – still able to drive, attending history classes, singing, and going to church, among many things. Unfortunately, falls which resulted in a broken leg and hip affected her mobility, so her family realised she neede...

Seal of approval

When it came to choosing a care home for their mum, Margaret Groom’s family knew that it would need to be somewhere their late father would have given his seal of approval to. That’s because Margaret was “the shining light” in their dad Fred’s life and he would have expected nothing but th...

5th anniversary

One of Wales’ oldest ladies was among the residents who celebrated the 5th anniversary of Foxhunters recently. Lorraine Steele was one of the first residents to move into the home when it opened in 2018 and joined other residents in raising a glass to the home when it marked its fifth birthday rec...

Latest book

A picture of life in the South American country of Venezuela in the late 1960s is the latest book from Bramshott Grange’s very own published author, Doreen Binks. The book, Letters from Venezuela 1967-1969, is compiled from the letters Doreen sent to her mother during her time living in the countr...

National Safeguarding Week

It’s National Safeguarding Week, an opportunity to highlight this hugely important subject and one we take incredibly seriously at Dormy. Across our Dormy Care Communities, safeguarding and protecting the ladies and gentlemen who live with us is our absolute priority every day of the year. Their w...

The joys of cycling

Residents at Foxhunters Care Community have been able to experience the joys of cycling the easy way thanks to a link-up with a local charity. Co-ordinated by the Volunteering for Wellbeing Project at the Bridges Centre charity in Monmouth, ‘Cycling Without Age’ sees volunteer “pilots” take ...

The right company

With a father who used to design golf courses, Heather Treharne knew she had chosen the right company to work for with Dormy Care Communities. Dormy is a golfing term meaning you can’t be beaten and it’s an ethos which runs throughout all four of our homes, including Foxhunters where Heather wor...

A Visit from Llanfoist Fawr Primary School

In the week their visits to the home featured in the Abergavenny Chronicle, we were delighted to welcome back the children from Llanfoist Fawr primary school today. The children are doing a project on World War One and the ladies and gentlemen shared memories and stories to assist with their work, a...

Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo

After such a lovely trip last time, today we returned to the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo in Symons Yatt. We had another great time looking around at the plants and different butterflies. It’s an amazing place to go for a walk and sensory experience. And you even get butterflies landing on your he...

A Trip Out

Pumpkin Carving

A recipe for success

Combining a team bonding exercise with fundraising proved a recipe for success for the kitchen team at Brockington House. Lead by Head Chef Cihan Wiltshire, the fab five took on the challenge of the Race for Life in Birmingham and set a fundraising target of £250 for cancer research. They smashed t...

Awards season

It cannot have escaped your notice that we are well and truly in the midst of awards season with not a day going by without an organisation or awards ceremony being highlighted on social media platforms or in the sector press. Competition within the care sector is well known – you only have to loo...

Pumpkin Carving

A Garden Centre Visit

And one trip was not enough so in the afternoon we visited the Blue Diamond garden centre to see the start of the Christmas decorations and the grotto they are preparing. Our group loved looking in the garden area at the trees and plants and also looking at all the decorations for the coming festive...

A Trip to Hereford Cathedral

the Dormy Awards

The Cider Museum

A Performance from Martin

A Group Art Session

Flower Arranging

A visit to the Clockhouse

The Dormy Awards

Word of the day

A wide range of activities

The vibe in October was distinctly relaxed at Pine Martin Grange! The ladies and gentlemen opted to enjoy a wide range of relaxing activities including pampering sessions, flower arranging, gardening, poetry, hand massages and getting creative painting and crafting. The regular Knit and Natter sessi...

Brain Training

The Dormy Awards

Fun with the projector

Professional dream

Olivia Jones is hoping the experience she is gaining as a carer at Foxhunters will ultimately help her to realise her professional dream – not that she is any rush of course! Olivia joined the home two years ago, following in the footsteps of her mum who also works in care, as Nurse. She would one...

First impressions

The first time Leah Mort saw Foxhunters was on the day she started work as our Home Director and it would be an understatement to say first impressions definitely counted in her case. “It was the amazing large chandelier you see when you enter the home; that did it for me and still does every day ...

What to expect

Fiona Lunnon knew exactly what to expect when she started work as a Nurse at Foxhunters because 12 months previously her dad had been a resident here. As a regular visitor, she saw first-hand the quality of care provided at Foxhunters. “I liked the staff and how attentive they were,” Fiona says....

A Field of Dreams moment

It may not quite have been a Fields of Dreams moment, but for Donna Dyson, it was a case of if you build it, she will come. That’s because when Donna saw Foxhunters being built, she knew immediately that she was going to end up working then, and she was correct! Donna has been our Activity Coordin...

The real love of his life

A year spent in a laboratory experimenting with rapeseed was enough to convince James Thomas that a career in biochemical engineering was not for him. Instead, he decided to pursue the real love of his life, hospitality and catering, and this eventually led him to his current role as Executive Chef ...

A chance conversation

A chance conversation in a hotel brought Louise Clarkson to Pine Martin Grange and it certainly worked out well for her and our ladies and gentlemen who benefit from the wide range of activities that exercise their mind, body, and soul! Until she became our Activities Coordinator, Louise had worked ...

Without one you don’t have the other

“I see my role as championing our staff and ladies and gentlemen who live in our home because without one you don’t have the other.” That’s the approach Helen Lacey takes in her role as Home Director at Pine Martin Grange and it’s as an ethos which has served her well during her career. Al...

A picture paints a thousand words

They say a picture paints a thousand words, so in Derek Foster’s case that must amount to millions and millions of words! That’s because in his working life, Derek was a professional photographer. He set up his own photography business with a partner in Hereford 1954 and it was major success, wi...

Feel at home

Having worked in community care before she came into residential care, Tracey Doherty knows exactly how important it is for people to feel at home – and she says this is exactly what Brockington House does. “It doesn’t feel like a residential home at all,” says Tracey. “I remember when I l...

Very creative

Whether it’s engraving dashboards, designing shop displays or working in photography, Tara Chatterly-Russell has always been very creative. Which is what made her the perfect choice to be our lead Activity Coordinator when Brockington House opened in 2019. Tara ensures that our ladies and gentleme...

A luxury hotel with care

“It’s like a luxury hotel with care.” That’s how Home Director Shann Thomas perfectly summarises what it is like living and working at Brockington House. Shann should know what good care and good hospitality looks like, having spent her career in both sectors. She left school aged 16 to foll...

The best of both worlds

As a Registered Nurse and Deputy Home Director, Alun Woodhouse says he has the best of both worlds at Brockington House. It means he gets to experience the home from every angle – with his clinical and non-clinical hat on. And having also previously worked in a private hospital where no expense wa...

The beauty of the home

Anna Zajacova has worked at Bramshott since it opened in 2018, so few people know the home better than her. But she says that even after five years, she never ceases to be amazed by the beauty of the home and, more importantly, how good the care is. This should come as little surprise, given she is ...

Role models

Bramshott Grange Chef Frank Fatura has two very different role models when it comes to cooking – his mum and Gordon Ramsay. “One thing I always remember from growing up in Slovakia was my mum’s cooking and it still inspires me today,” said Frank. “With Gordon Ramsay I am a big admirer of h...

A checklist

Mark Spittles can provide a checklist of why he enjoys being a Nurse at Bramshott Grange so much. In no particular order, the list would be: The CEO of the company is a Nurse. You feel appreciated. You get more time with the ladies and gentlemen in our care There’s a bright, fresh feel to the pla...

The home that never sleeps

It’s the house that never sleeps.” That is how Neil Freemantle refers to Bramshott Grange and it means in his role as Maintenance Assistant, there is always something to do. Whether it’s changing a lightbulb, unblocking a toilet, decorating a room, descaling a shower head and much more, Neil, ...

The top of her profession

Pamela Norfolk is a perfect example of someone who has worked hard to get to the top of her profession after entering it later in life. Bramshott Grange’s Home Director hadn’t even thought about a career in care until her 40s, but after being made redundant from her job in sales (previously she ...

Falls prevention technology

Dormy Care Communities has become the first in the UK to roll-out a ‘revolutionary’ Scandinavian state-of-the-art falls prevention technology in a project which is already seeing impressive results. We have partnered with Norway-based Sensio, to install RoomMate, a revolutionary safety sensor. T...

Pine Martin Grange Raft Race

When they took part in an iconic local raft race it proved to be a real team effort for Pine Martin Grange, with everyone contributing their efforts! Colleagues from across the home decided to take part in the local Wareham Wednesday Raft Race, the culmination of a summer of community events. Peo...

Flower Arranging

An Afternoon of Puzzles

A Game of Skittles

A Bramshott Dance Class

A Donation from our Fete

Bramshott Grange Fete

Our Dog Show

The Happiness Programme.

A Visit from Hereford FA

Halloween Crafts

A Trip to Oakchurch

Elvis Day!

Macmillan cofeee afternoon

Last of the summer sun!

Roald Dahl Day

Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo

A Trip Out for Tea and Cake

A Trip to St Woolos Cathedral

Bridging the generation gap

      A project which is aimed at bridging the generation gap between children and the elderly, with a particular emphasis on helping those with dementia, is being hailed a success. During the 2022/23 school year, children from Llanfoist Fawr Primary School and Llanvihangle Crucorney Primary Sch...

Community link up

          A community link up that brings different generations together has provided insight and interest for young and old alike. As part of a civic award being undertaken by children from Liphook Junior School, year 6 pupils aged 10 and 11 have been making regular visits to our ladies and g...

Daredevil Liv

Like her father before her, daredevil Liv Button recently took the plunge to raise money for a charity very close to her heart. The 22-year-old dived out a plane from 10,000 feet as part of a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Society. Liv chose that particular charity because she works in the housek...

Our Four Legged Friends

Across our Dormy Care Communities, some of the most popular visitors we welcome into our homes have four legs and wagging tails. Today is National Dog Day and we wanted to say a huge thank you to our four-legged visitors who truly brighten the days of the ladies and gentlemen who live across our com...

Dormy Cruise Week Highlights

Casper came to visit

Staff and Family BBQ

Dog Show and Fete!

Dormy Cruise Week Highlights

Enjoying the Garden

Morning Walks

A Visit from Rosie

Dormy Cruise Week Highlights

Morning Ball Games

Summer Crafting

A Morning on the Trishaw

Maltese Baking

Cruise Week Highlights

Gardening Club

Out for a Pub Lunch

Elvis Day Prep

We’ve been getting prepared for Elvis Day, creating some wonderful ‘back-drops’ for our celebrations. We were joined by Christa’s daughter and grandson who helped with some of the arts and crafts including painting. The ladies really enjoyed having the help and we think we...

Music for the Mind

Dance Class

Making Bird Feeders

On Canada Place today we’ve been creating bird food to tempt our feathered friends into the garden – and we’re certain they’ll be delighted to visit us! Packed with seeds, nuts and a healthy dose of lard, they’ll definitely be appealing! We also made fat balls for th...

A Trip Out

Working in our Nature Garden

Crafting Bird Feeders

Pet Therapy

A bit of Gardening

A visit to the RNLI

Crafts with friends and family

Picking Veggies

Off We Go!

Arts and Crafts

Ball Games

Parachute Exercise

Cheese and Wine Day

Banjo Brian

Shuffle Board

Scarecrow Building

Bramshott Grange Chef bids for care home chef of the year title!

THE heat is on for Dormy Care Communities Chef Frank Fatura who has made it through to the regional finals of the Care Home Chef of the Year. The competition challenges chefs to not only come up with a two-course meal that tastes and looks delicious but one that is also nutritionally well balanced a...

In The Press: Portrait of the Year

A HEREFORDSHIRE care home recently hosted a ‘Portrait Artist of the Year” competition, a collaboration which brought together its residents and aspiring young artists from local colleges. The event, believed to be the first of its kind held by a care home in the UK, was hosted by Brockington Hou...

Garden Walks

Quoits!

Summer Garden Club

Pugsey and Gus

Foxhunters Festival

Forget Glastonbury or Isle of Wight, the best festival to be at this year was the Foxhunters Summer Festival! With stalls and music, a falconer visit and balloon sculptor, even the rain couldn’t dampen the fun! In true festival style, everyone embraced the damp weather and carried on regardle...

Ball Games

Ambling Club

Morning Stretching

A Morning in the Garden

Thankful Thursday Gardening

A Trip out on the Trishaw Bike!

A little trip to town today. We were invited to take a look at the new trishaw bike that will be visiting us weekly starting next Wednesday. The charity “cycling without age” is going to help us get out and about and explore the local area, so watch out for more about this in the coming ...

A Visit from the Guides

Alex the Memory Man

Mini Tennis

A Comment from one of our Volunteers

“Why do I volunteer? Mainly because I like sharing and luckily for me I’m time – rich.  I began at Foxhunters having been trained by a charity known to Monmouthshire Libraries called The Reader. I love books, I love reading, and I especially love reading aloud.  So when I was given ...

Volunteers Week

IT”s Volunteers Week, a wonderful opportunity to mark the fantastic and positive contribution volunteers make across the country.   At Dormy Care Communities, we particularly value to contribution of volunteers both from within our homes and from the local communities around them.   Many...

A Visit from Liphook Junior School

Arts & Crafts

Baking Rock Cakes

Pet Therapy

The Kings Cornonation

What a lovely weekend we have had celebrating the coronation. Yesterday we were all glued to the TV watching the ceremony and today it was time to party in style with our ladies and gentlemen and their families. Pam started things off with a toast, then it was great food, great entertainment (courte...

The Kings Coronation

Flower Arranging Class

Garden Club

Tyler James and Dancing

Making the most of the sun!

Expressing ourselves through Art

The Coronation

The Choir for Good

Crafting for our summer fete

Working hard in the garden

Enjoying the Sun

The Coronation and VE Day

To celebrate VE Day we watched a documentary hosted by Tony Robinson and then enjoyed a slice of this lovely coronation cake. Janet and Joyce are ready and Nora loves her little coronation themed planter and plant. Some of our ladies and gentlemen are watching the ceremony in their rooms and others ...

The Brockington Bakers

Banjo Brian getting us all dancing!

Planting ready for summer

Tending to our Garden

It’s Defintely A Marathon And Not A Sprint For Alan

AN ‘ultra’ marathon effort by our very own Alan Jordon has helped to raise money for a charity dedicated to supporting people living with dementia. Alan, who works as a gardener at Foxhunters, recently ran 42 miles in an incredible seven hours in his first-ever ultra-marathon. The 58-year-old co...

Meet Frances Hancock

Frances Hancock is one of a select group of people who truly deserve to be referred to as a ‘Pioneer’. In fact, that was the name given to her and the 14 other women who were the first women to be ordained priest in Hereford almost 30 years ago. Frances, who is aged 88 and now living in Brocking...

Wioletta and Cookie deserve a round of ‘a-paws’ for charity walk

A DOG is a man’s best friend certainly does not apply to Wioletta Guzy and her beloved dog Cookie and between them they recently raised £670 for a charity very close to her heart. Wioletta and Australian Labradoodle Cookie walked 100 kilometres during March as part of Dementia UK’s Walking Chal...

A trip out in the Sun

This Years Vegetable Patch!

An Easter Craft Session

Easter Baking

Afternoon games

Art Session

10 Pin Bowling

Garden Club

Craft Session

Easter at Brockington

Duck Pond!

Easter Bakers

Magic Table Games

Potting at Brockington

Cheering on Alan

Amblers Club

Easter games

Memory rainbow and reading

The importance of Nutrition and Hydration

Good nutrition and hydration are vital to everybody’s health and well-being, but as we continue to age, this is not always as easy to maintain. It is believed that 25% of elderly people experience mild chronic dehydration and 10% are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Older people are more l...

Activities for people who walk with purpose

Many of the ladies and gentlemen who live in our homes will have had pets at sometime during their lives, whether that’s a cat, dog, or even a goldfish. There’s a reason we call dogs man’s best friend and why studies have shown that cats can lower stress and anxiety. Our furry friends have a p...

The Puuurfect Companions in our Homes

Many of the ladies and gentlemen who live in our homes will have had pets at sometime during their lives, whether that’s a cat, dog, or even a goldfish. There’s a reason we call dogs man’s best friend and why studies have shown that cats can lower stress and anxiety. Our furry friends have a p...

Brockington House in Luxury Care Home Guide

A HEREFORD care home has been named as one of the top 100 luxury care homes in the UK for the third consecutive year. Brockington House, which is situated on Hafod Road, is featured in the Knight Frank 2023 Luxury Care Home Guide. The 70-bedroom home is owned by Dormy Care Communities, a company whi...

Foxhunters in Luxury Care Home Guide

DORMY CARE COMMUNITIES FEATURED IN LUXURY CARE HOME GUIDE A LUXURY care home group has had two of its homes included in a prestigious national guide recognizing the finest residential care settings in the UK. Foxhunters in Abergavenny, Wales, and Brockington House in Hereford, both feature in the Kn...

A Trip Out

Arts and Crafts

our 5th birthday

baking delicious shortbread

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day saw us celebrating the women we admire most. We spoke about women who had left a mark on history, with a photo quiz including famous women in politics , science and other professions . We also chatted about family members who we admired; Eileen spoke about both gra...

Felting Workshop

St David’s Day

World Book Day

Music from Craig Balien

Snow Day

St David’s Day

An Afternoon of Music

World Book Day

International Women’s Day

Animal Therapy

Animal or pet therapy has long been proven to have both positive physical and mental benefits on people and this why it has become an integral part of the activities programmes at Dormy’s four homes. It’s particularly beneficial for people living with dementia because it’s a way of unlocking h...

Our Magic Tables

At Dormy Care Communities, improving the quality of life for people living in our homes is one of our key goals and we are continually investing in new technology to enable us to realise this goal. An example is the introduction of a Magic Table in two of our care homes – Brockington House and Fox...

Our Gala Dinner!

Yellow Brick Theatre Company

Flower Arranging

An Afternoon of games

A Valentines Pampering

Enjoying the Dorset Sun

Rosie the PAT dog!

Spring Sunshine

Dancing feet!

A Trip to the Garden Centre

Samantha Hockey Art Lesson

A Valentines Meal

Queen of Hearts Tea Party

Shrove Tuesday

Valentines Day

Mindful Colouring

Pancake Race

An afternoon of music

Paper Thistle Flowers

Chinese New Year

Quoits!

Chinese New Year Art

Puzzling

Burns Night Celebration

Painting to Music

This afternoon we enjoyed a painting to music session. We took our inspiration from pieces we already had in the home and listened to classical music then put our interpretation of that on to paper. A lovely calming sensory activity and we really liked the end result as everyone’s picture...

Holli Singing for us

A Garden Walk in the Fresh Air

Game of Quoits

Darts in the Bar

Bramshott Bakers

An Art Class with Llanfoist Primary School

Book Club

This morning Lis continued to host our book club. We read more of her book “I couldn’t even boil an egg” which has been very interesting. Lis told us of some of the crafts they used to sell in Isfahan and we are now hoping to try and recreate some of the items she saw. Lis also sha...

An Art Session with Samantha Hockey

Making Bird Feeders

National Winnie the Pooh

Chinese New Year Crafts

Scrabble Club

Chinese New Year Crafts

Relaxing Tai Chi

An Afternoon of Games

Christmas Collage

New Year Book Club

Queens’ Jubilee Reminiscence Box

New Year New Knitting Challenge

Practicing Piano

A visit from some creatures!

Deal or No Deal

New Year Dominoes Challenge

Our Christmas Ballet

Christmas Poetry

Yellow Brick Theatre Co

Christmas Crafts

The Bluebird Storyteller

Love to Sing Choir

Some Christmas Carols

Christmas Singer

Christmas Party

Mini Golf

Our Christmas Fete!

A Christmas Surprise

A visit from Llanfoist Primary

Celebrating 105 years!

A Christmas Party

Brockington Bakers at Christmas

A Christmas Craft Session

Making Wreaths

Christmas Jumper Day

Christmas Card Designs

When generations come together

Doreen’s book club

Ballet Prep

Prepping our Christmas Cake!

A trip to the Garden Centre

Flower Arranging

Singing and Dancing Entertainment

A Visit from Molly

Cocktail session

Christmas is coming!

A Visit from Animals Interactive

A Trip to the Butterfly Zoo!

What a wonderful day! This morning we enjoyed a visit to the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo Such an amazing experience and lovely to see so many beautiful butterflies. We then popped over to the Old Court Hotel for some refreshments! Some of our ladies and gentlemen who couldn’t attend today̵...

Garden Dash!

Music from Craig

It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas

A Christmas Trip

A Christmas Bake

Remembrance Service

Pebble Poppies

Friday Jazz

Scrabble Challenge

Art Class

A Comical Murder Mystery

Entertainment from Eddie

Llanfoist Fawr Primary School Visit

Knit and Natter!

Remembrance Day

A visit from Herefordshire FA

A Trip out to Town

Remembrance Service

Mindful Colouring

Our Christmas Project

Autumnal Art

Tin Can Alley

A visit from a furry friend

Water colour painting

Tover Table Fun

Halloween arts and crafts

Pen Pals

This morning we had our letters delivered from Llanfoist Fawr Primary School PTFA We took turns in reading the letters and discussed the questions the children asked us. We had such a lovely visit from them last week and it was so nice to be able to put faces to the names of those writing to us...

The Christmas card competition has begun!

An afternoon of BINGO

Llanfoist Fawr Primary School Come to learn

Generations came together today as we welcomed Llanfoist Fawr Primary School PTFA to our home. We had a fantastic afternoon with the teachers and children. We talked about work they’re doing at the moment and reminisced about some items our ladies and gentlemen used and remembered their par...

A visit from Mossy

Autumnal Art Session

Indoor Putting

A Morning of Scrabble

A Morning Art Session

Art Class

Book Club

Did you know we have a shop?

Planting on our Balcony

Our New Art Project

Knitter Natter

A Bird Display!

Some Interesting Mail

Pumpkin Decorating

Water Colour Painting

An Autumn Drive

A Visit from Louis

Trick or Treat!

Some Spooky Arts and Crafts

A Trip to: Thailand

A Trip to: New Zealand

Today we visited New Zealand! We had a quiz and enjoyed some homemade New Zealand Anzac biscuits, they went down a treat. The boys learnt the Haka for us and visited everyone to show it off! We also watched a travel documentary all about the nature & culture of the island! ...

A Trip to: Hawaii

Today we embarked on a trip to Hawaii! Our home was decorated and themed in all the communal areas! We played games, ate delicious exotic summer food and all tried hula dancing! Everyone loves our themed days and there is always plenty of laughs! Keep an eye out for where we go next! ...

A Day of Creativity

Arts & Crafts

This morning we had a painting master class, we looked at some very well-known paintings and tried to recreate some of our favourites. We focused on Andy Warhol and decided to use the Mona Lisa as our canvas! We then painted her in the style of Marilyn Monroe’s pop art painting. Lots an...

Homegrown is Almost Best!

Art with Samantha Hockey

Making a Collage

An Afternoon of Crafts

Poetry Group

The Bramshott Bakers

Summer Holiday Garden Games

Flower Arranging

Afternoon Arts and Crafts

Sandcastle Building

Roald Dahl Day!

A Day of Pampering

Our Dormy Rose

Colouring Therapy

Our Wildlife Board

Creative Writing Session

This afternoon we enjoyed another creative writing session hosted by Dody and a knitter natter session hosted by Betty! Working on our new project, we have started making scarfs again for our local church to give out during the winter months. We all enjoyed working on our first few paragrap...

Baking Club

Winners of Best Vegetable Garden 2022

Sue and her HUGE sunflower!

Visiting our Personal Trainer

Courtyard Golf

Skittles in the Sun

Floral Therapy!

Best Residents Garden 2022

Home Grown is Best!

Water Colour Art Session

The Ice Cream Van Arrives

Building Sand Castles

The Bramshott Bakers are Back!

We’re All Going on a Summer Holiday

Afternoon Cream Teas!

Glastonbury Themed Festival

Colette Mooney Visit and Talk

Today we enjoyed a visit from Colette Mooney. She gave a very inspiring talk on wildlife and how we can protect it in our garden. We took a walk around outside and looked for all kinds of bugs and discussed our thoughts on what we could do. We then made our own origami butterflies Colette ...

Tover Table Session

Italian Themed Cookery Class

A Day Trip to the Garden Centre

Word Games

Giant Connect Four

National Cup Cake Day!

Continuing our Art Project

A Little Morning Trip

Spending Time in the Garden

The Bramshott Bakers are Back!

Our Finished Fairy Garden!

A Garden Tournament

A Garden Quiz

Abstract Art Project

Skittles in the Sunshine

Our 3rd Birthday

Arts and Crafts

Mindful Colouring

Mindful colouring followed by an art appreciation session. We learnt about Vincent Van Gogh. We had a discussion about his legacy and what inspiration he gives to others. Frances liked his rustic style and Sue liked the fact he painted in a style that must have seemed unimaginable at that time ...

Music from Marcus

Shopping for some New Flowers

Enjoying Some Welsh Dancing

Art Class with Fresh Flowers

Picking Flowers in our Beautiful Garden

Coffee, Cake and a Quiz!

Creative Arts Session

Discovering our Ancestry

A Morning Workout

A Trip to the Seaside

Putting Practice

Parachute Fun in the Sun

A Lovely Trip Out

Dog Therapy

Afternoon Tea for Family and Friends

Arts and Crafts for the Garden

Beautiful Weather at Bramshott

Sunshine and Casper the PAT Dog!

An Afternoon Art Class

Remembering James

A Coffee Morning with Cake!

Knitter Natter and Puzzles!

An Artistic Morning

A Trip to Keepers Pond

Enjoying the Sunshine

Cheese And Wine Afternoon

A Game of Pictionary

Crafting Paper Flowers

Banjo Brian!

Hedgehog House

Picking Our Own Flower Arranging

Growing Our Own Veg!

Nothing nicer than #growyourown fruit and vegetables and we have been working lots on our garden lately. Today we picked a crop of lettuce for the kitchen to use. Some of the ladies and gentlemen also assisted with the weeding and tending to our flower beds. You can still enjoy the things you l...

Courtyard Archery

A Visit From an MP

Quoits in the Sun

Art Class: Monet

Vintage Cars!

Celebrating the 4th July

A Little Water Colour

Home Grown Always Tastes Best!

A Trip to the Garden Centre

Quick trip to the local garden centre to pick up some plants then home to work on our garden project. We picked up some wonderful things. We are excited for the Dormy Care garden competition and are working hard on making our grounds look fabulous #dormyinbloom #gardeninglife #project #plantsp...

The Fruits of our Labour! Or Veg!

Some Musical Entertainment

Enjoying the Sun!

A Visit from a MP

A Really Wild Afternoon!

Painting some Pots!

An Ice Cream Visitor!

Learning to Knit!

Some Morning Pampering

Fudge made by the Brockington Bakers!

A Beautiful Day in the Garden

Wimbledon Themed Hats!

Play Your Cards Right

A Few Morning Games

A New Word Challenge

Pétanque in the Sun

An Afternoon Art Session

Garden Games

A Day of Gardening

Bowls in the Sun

An Afternoons of Entertainment

Freshman Great Pond

Jubilee Collage

Ping Pong in the Sun

Friday Fizz and Entertainment

Working in the Garden in the Sun

Ambling Club in the Sun

Sunny Entertainment

Art Class!

Garden Games

Shortbread Baking

Table Tennis

Flying A Kite

Jubilee Flower Arranging

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

Queens Green Canopy

Jubilee Time Capsule

Trooping the Colour

Play Your Cards Right

Jubilee Fun and Games

Jubilee Street Party

Jubilee Flower Arranging

Jubilee Decorations!

Jubilee Bingo

Baking Celebration Cakes

Jubilee Celebrations

Trooping the Colour

Jubilee Cake and Games

Planting our Jubilee Tree

A Very Royal Visitor

Our Platinum Jubilee Corgi!

A Jubilee Scarecrow!

The Queens Jubilee

Fantastic Jubilee Spread

A Very British Falconry Display

Planting our Jubilee Time Capsule

Trooping the Colour

Flower Decorations

Courtyard Boules

Jubilee Art

A Day of Gardening

A Visit from Rosie

Musical Entertainment!

Jubilee Arts and Crafts

A Little bit of Gardening

World Tea Day

Jubilee Fountain

Pictionary

Gardening and Ambling Club

Robert’s Gym Dedication

Jubilee Collaboration!

A big thank you to Alun the Morrisons Abergavenny Community Champion who visited us today with seeds and messages of hope for the jubilee. We are going to write our message and decorate the paper chains they gave us which will be hung up in our local Morrisons shop over the jubilee celebrations. ...

A Puzzling Afternoon!

Jubilee Time Capsule

An Afternoon’s Pamper

A Trip to the River

Continuing Our Jubilee Project

A Visit from Ruby and Floyd

A Trip to Buy Plants!

Jasper Came to Visit

Enjoying the Sunshine

Sunny Day in the Garden

Jubilee Preparation

Weekly Word Challenge

Relax and Pamper!

An Afternoon in the Garden

A Trip to Frensham Great Pond

Arts and Crafts Session

Enjoying the Sun

Word Games in the Sun

Flower Arranging

A Little Party

Jubilee Art Project

A Little Pampering

Jubilee Art Project

Ambling Group

A Trip to Linda Vista Gardens

Indoor Golf!

Catching Exercise

Arts and Crafts: Stencilling

A Tour of Our Pretty Villages

Continuing Our Secret Project

An Afternoon Planting Vegetables

Arts and Crafts

Our Secret Jubilee Project

A Drive in the Sun

A Lovely Trip Out

A Jubilee Craft Project

Super Hero Day!

National Pet Month

An Afternoon in the Sun

Bake Sale

Pet Therapy

A Little Pampering

Tovertafe Games!

A Beautiful Walk

Our Easter Weekend

Getting Ready for Spring

Making Easter Bunnies

Easter Arts and Crafts

Flower Arranging

Em’s Friendly Farm

Our Easter Weekend

Making Easter Bonnets

Easter Arts and Crafts

Easter Baking!

A Trip To The Garden Centre

An Easter Arts Session

Easter at Foxhunters

A Trip Out!

Baking Club

A Bit Of Morning Gardening

A Day At The Races

Easter at Brockington House

National Scrabble Day

Easter Baking

Drawing Class

Sunflower Planting

Some Arts and Crafts

Colour Therapy

We enjoyed some colour therapy. Colour therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is a form of therapy that uses colour and light to treat certain mental and physical health conditions. We can trace this form of therapy back to the ancient Egyptians. They made use of sun-filled rooms with coloured gla...

Making Easter Decorations

A Visit from Lynne Allbutt

Easter Arts and Crafts

Planting For Spring

An Active Morning in the Sun

Watercolour Painting

Enjoying Time in our Garden

A Little Trip Out

Getting Crafty This Afternoon

Indoor Skittles

A lovely spring day in our gardens

Outdoor Arts and Crafts

A Little Bit of Gardening

Outdoor Book Club

A sssssssslithery visitor!

A visit from Rosie

Creating Bird Feeders

Flower arranging in the sun

Support for Ukraine

A bit of indoor golf

A Little Visitor

Cruise Week

A trip to the garden centre

Nutrition and Hydration Week

It’s Nutrition and Hydration Week and the opportunity for us to share more about the food we enjoy in our homes and the benefits to those who live there. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We offer a varied menu to our ladies and gentlemen enabling them to enjoy choice as well as ...

Em’s Friendly Farm

A trip out

Cruise Week!

Gardening in the sunshine!

A lovely trip out and about!

Sunny afternoon entertainment

A bit of morning baking

Nose and Spoon Race!

Pet Therapy

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

Nutrition and Hydration Week

It’s Nutrition and Hydration Week “Tasty Tuesday” with a focus on snacks. Not everyone wants a big meal and we offer a variety of nutritious and tasty snacks for everyone to enjoy. Particularly beneficial for those who prefer to graze throughout the day. #nhweek #carehomefood Dormy Care ...

An afternoon of knitting

St Patrick’s Day preperation

Cruise week at Foxhunters

A visitor on International Day of Happiness

Watercolour Painting

The Brockington Bakers are back!

St Patrick’s Day!

A Spring Quiz Outdoors!

Nutrition and Hydration Week

Plant a flower day

Some Irish arts and crafts

A Surprise for John!

International Womens Day!

Cruise Week!

Fizz and a Sing Along

A Trip to the Garden Centre

The Bramshott Bakers!

Clay Flower Making

Parachute Exercise

Carpet Bowls

A Suprise Baby Shower!

A Morning Art Session

A Colourful Workout

Spring Art Session!

Egyptian art!

Crafting Blossoms

Random Acts of Kindness!

Creative Art!

Neuro Graphical Art

Celebrating Love

A Knitting Challenge

Flag Making

Tea Party

Celebrating Love!

Enjoying our gardens

Celebrating Robert Burns

Competitive Chess

Parachute fun!

An Art Session

A Shopping Trip!

Shortbread and some music

Celebrating Robert Burns

Celebrating Robert Burns the renowned Scottish poet. Helen and Joan read the Selkirk Grace before we addressed the haggis and enjoyed our lunch! Some hae meat and canna eat And some wad eat that want it: But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. But some hate meat and girn ...

Thistles for Burns Night!

Parachute Exercise

Scrabble Club

A Special Visit from Honey

The Big Bird Watch

Creating leaves for our Dignitree

A bit of pet therapy!

Up The Ladder Challenge

International Flower Day

Individual Exercise Sessions

A Weekend Quiz

Over the weekend, the ladies & gentlemen took part in a quiz! All were asked individually the same 10 questions and the winner with the highest would win a prize. When we presented Doris with her prize, she was very excited and couldn’t wait to tell her grandchildren when she next spoke to the...

Resistance Band Classes

What a Beautiful Morning

Indoor Gardening

Arts and Crafts

Mandala Art Project

New Years Knitting

A Performance by Beryl

Starting the Year with some Arts and Crafts

A Relaxing Start to the Year

Christmas at Bramshott Grange

Christmas at Brockington House

A Festive Christmas at Foxhunters

A Christmas Art Session

Festive Poetry

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Pet Therapy

Baking Christmas Cakes

Christmas Card Making

Festive Poems

Tree Decorating

Dancing Feet!

Pet Therapy

Christmas Fruit Cakes

Christmas Arts and Crafts

Learning Macramé

The Smell of Christmas Baking

Baking Shortbread

Scrabble Decorations

Cheeky Elves!

Making Christmas Decorations!

Christmas Baking

A Day of Hobbies

Salt Dough Decorations

Elf Day!

Festive Baking

A Winter Wonderland

Chocolate Bingo!

There seems to be a naughty elf in Foxhunters

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…!

Party time!

A relaxing pamper!

A beautiful suprise!

Remembrance Day at Pine Martin Grange

Halloween at Pine Martin Grange

This weekend to kick off our Halloween celebrations we had a pumpkin carving session! Our ladies and gentlemen made some very spooky designs and loved reminiscing about doing this as a child and with their children! We had some special visitors today at Pine Martin Grange. It was lovely to have some...

What a lovely day trip

Christmas Card Competition

Entertainment and Fizz

Bonfire Bingo!

Halloween at Bramshott Grange

Remembrance Day at Brockington

Last week we held our Remembrance day service in our beautiful gardens. We had a net of hundreds of poppies and everyone came out to the service. Our ladies and gentlemen had been making poppies for a few weeks in various arts and crafts groups and they were all on display today around Brockingto...

World Science Day!

Yesterday afternoon we celebrated world science day by having a mad scientist experiment afternoon! We tested out the floating egg experiment. One jar had salt added to the water and this is the result, popping a balloon with the use of an orange peel and kitchen paper with water & food colourin...

A great singing session

Yoga but with a twist!

The Brockington Bakers bake again!

Halloween at Brockington House!

To celebrate Halloween we had a mummy wrapping contest! 2 teams had to wrap one of our lovely carers up as fast as they could! The mummy that was the best wrapped after the time limit won! Pumpkin judging took place this week! The staff had carved pumpkins, no names were attached and our ladies and...

Remembrance Day

Birthday Celebrations!

An arts and crafts session

A Monday sing along

Halloween at Foxhunters!

Knitter Knatter

Remembrance Day Crafts

We are starting a new project for Remembrance this year, making hearts just as soldiers did when they were in rehabilitation following injury during the war. They made pin cushion hearts to send back to their loved ones. We are making some which we will use in wreaths for our home and give to two lo...

Friday Fizz and Music!

Dancing the afternoon away!

Autumnal Crafts

Christmas card competition!

Today we started designing our Christmas cards for the annual Foxhunters Christmas card competition! We used images from other cards to give us a little inspiration and our friends were more than happy to chip in with their advice for what makes a good Christmas card! We will keep you posted on...

Put those thinking caps on!

A mindful morning

A little bit of art therapy

There’s a party going on!

Halloween is fast approaching!

Looking after our gardens!

A drive in the country

A relaxing moment!

Parachute Exercise!

In the mood for baking!

National Poetry Day!

Tea parties, baking and some great entertainment!

We hosted our Macmillan Coffee Morning. There was a fantastic selection of cakes and everyone enjoyed them with tea and coffee. Great job team! ‘Simply Jen’ to entertain us with a mixture of songs from the 40s to 70s along with Fizz this weekend! Yesterday we were back in the kitchen, ba...

A day of dancing and a week of games!

We have been blessed by the late September weather and had a wonderful party in the garden. No special reason, just because we love to dance! We had a great game of dominoes with some of our ladies. Very competitive Our ladies deep in conversation today in our weekly knitter knitter group! It’s a...

Scrabble Club, Book Club and some entertainment!

This weekend we had a musical duo that performed for our ladies & gentlemen. Corrine & Stephen ‘Upside Down’. They played many different songs, from opera, musical hits and well-known pieces, even a few pieces freehand with no sheet music. Some ladies sat outside their rooms and in the g...

Raising money for MacMillan, painting and lots of exercise!

We had our Macmillan Coffee Morning! We managed to raise £107 so far with donations still coming in!! Well done team Foxhunters Plenty of laughs today with our flower painting session, great creative work followed by a nice cup of tea and biscuits! Tai Chi and daily mindfulness session was full to...

Art, Poetry and Petanque!

A game of Petanque before dinner and enjoying a little September sun. The winning team today we’re the yellow team five games to four! Poetry in the cafe with the delights of Pam Ayers, T.S. Elliott and Blake were recited and discussed. Taking some inspiration from a beautiful September day fo...

Lots of baking and quizzes!

We spent some time in one of our kitchens making and baking bread along the theme of the harvest festival! It tasted delicious! We sat down for game of scrabble. Its great fun and always very competitive! The classic games are always the best ones! This morning we had a quiz, our ladies and gentleme...

A week full of exercise!

We had a great turnout for our Oomph Wellness ramblers this week! The weather was beautiful and our ladies and gentlemen got some great exercise in! Everyone gets involved in our Oomph Wellness exercise group and sing along! Dianna took charge and showed us some dance moves! We enjoyed a relaxing ta...

Crafts, Volleyball and the Hope Gospel Country Band!

This week we had an energetic game of indoor volleyball. Even the spectators were getting involved on occasions! The ladies continued with our community patch-work crafts. John was more than happy to supervise us all, the patch-works are looking fantastic! And we had the Hope Gospel Country Band pla...

Knitter Knatter, Crafts and Some Pampering

Music and art were a hit with the ladies and gentlemen this week. Creating mountains, gardens and all sorts, using mixed media. Our knitter natter group has become very popular and the ladies now meet a few times a week! We looked through some knitting patterns for inspiration for our next project! ...

Books, Quizzes and Teddy Bears!

It was ‘Literacy Day’ this week, we reminisced about the ages that we started to read, which were between 4-9 years old and the books that impressed us. Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare comics like the Beano and Dan Dare. Children classics like Black Beauty and the Chalet Schoo...

Crafts and Choir!

We had such an uplifting session with our team members and ladies and gentlemen at our first choir practice for a long time! It’s great to hear everyone singing again, it sounded wonderful. We like to encourage outdoor activity at Pine Martin Grange. One of our gentlemen Philip is a home champ...

Puzzles, Poetry and some Delicious Baking!

This morning we all read and discussed some poetry, we love to keep our minds engaged with literature! We did some group baking, it is Sourdough September so we made some delicious sourdough bread and butter pudding! We settled down for some fun puzzles and games. A very competitive game of Scrabble...

Crafts and Crosswords

Our quiz and crossword group gathered in our café. We love challenging each other on our general knowledge and seeing how much of today’s crossword we can complete by putting our heads together. We all did some arts and crafts with glue, glitter and paint, accompanied by a nice cup of tea. ...

Getting Busy in the Garden!

Here at Brockington House, we are based in a wonderful location with a huge garden and spectacular views. Our ladies and gentlemen love the peace and quiet and enjoy taking in the local landscape of Hereford. We were out in the garden all this week, John was helping by watering the tomatoes and pick...

Arts and crafts and picking our own veg!

This week we have been very creative with lots of arts and crafts. We have also been in the garden picking our own veg! Arts and crafts! One of our lovely hosts requested some flower decorations for the dining room tables. Our ladies and gentlemen were more than happy to help and create these beauti...

Boxing, ballet and some delicious treats

This week we have been getting super active! Round One! We did some sitting exercise with a boxing lesson, it was great fun and a fantastic workout! Lots of cakes and refreshments for our ladies and gentlemen to enjoy! Wonderfully modelled by our new team member and activities coordinator Matt It�...

Pampering, Darts and Some Special Requests!

This week at Brockington House: Ann who lives here at Brockington House wanted to be involved and has become a home ambassador helping us with our library books! Today she visited other ladies and gentlemen in their rooms! Florence used to be a nurse and wished to help our team today, so she put on ...

Activity art appreciation

Picking our own veg!

Pétanque!

Expressive Art Therapy

A little pampering

Oomph Basket Ball

Table Tennis

Picking Our Home Grown Veg

An afternoon of games

Gymnastic silhouette

Sponge Painting

Whiskers the robotic cat

Our themed garden

Tea tasting

Baking Club

Quoits

Picking our home grown veg!

Olympic Baking!

Gymnastics week

World Elephant Day

Knitter Knatter!

Potting!

Gardening Club

Pressing flowers

Oomph gymnastics

Summer painting

Olympic Pictionary!

An afternoon of quizzes and prizes!

Oomph Olympics

Boules, pétanque!

Yesterday we enjoyed a game of the french version of boules, pétanque. In pétanque the objective is to score points by having boules closer to the target than the opponent after all boules have been thrown. This is achieved by throwing or rolling boules closer to the small target ball, or by hi...

Beer tasting and bottle painting

Puuurrrrfect pictures!

An afternoon of puzzles and games

Oomph Olympics opening ceremony

One to one Ballet

Puzzles on a rainy afternoon

Brain Training

Dotty Dog Therapy!

Gents Club at Brockington House

BBQ and Ice creams

The start of the Oomph Olympics

The start of the Oomph Olympics

Brockington House Turns 2!

A rainy afternoon of games

Friday Fizz

Enjoying some Cliff Richard

Oomph Olympics

Foxhunters Summer Holiday: St Davids

A Sea Shanty Performance

Fish and Chips

An afternoon of Bingo!

Seaside Treats!

Indoor Beach Games

Mermaids

Beach Volleyball

Holiday Fun!

Postcards for friends

Sandcastle Building

Foxhunters Summer Holiday: Spain!

Sea Shell Art

Bramshott Grange’s Summer Holiday Day Two!

Brockington House’s Summer Holiday Day Two!

We are visiting Barry Island today! The garden is full of laughter as we enjoy lots of sea side activities #dormyvacation #dormysummertime Our Dormy Care holiday wouldn’t be complete without a Punch and Judy show, visit to the fortune teller and of course a quick surfing lesson! ...

Pine Martin Grange’s Summer Holiday Day Two!

Summer Holiday Fish and Chips!

Foxhunter’s Summer Holiday: Day Two Barry Island!

Bramshott Grange’s Summer Holiday Day One!

Brockington House’s Summer Holiday Day One!

First day of our Dormy Care holiday and we are busy sand sculpting! #dormycarevacation This afternoon we went to our cinema after a morning in the sunshine! We enjoyed the folklore of Cornwall by the institute of Cornwall Studies We heard about the tales of the mermaids , literacy o...

Pine Martin Grange’s Summer Holiday Day One!

Foxhunter’s Summer Holiday: Day One Margate!

Getting creative

A morning of flower arranging

Flower arranging this morning followed by an informal worship service celebrating creation. Everyone received a card with a photograph of one of our entries from the spring Arts competition with the lyrics of “all things bright and beautiful” on the reverse. Many of those who attended the s...

Gardening in the sun

Meeting our new guest

Foxhunters Ambling Group

A bit of a word game

The book club meet again

Making some bunting

Growing our own veg!

Maintaining our hanging baskets

Making some bunting

Crafting for our next adventure

Fresh Lemonade

Quiz and fizz

Its hot in Hereford!

Animal bingo!

A virtual Japan visit

Taking on a few riddles

An afternoon of watercolours

Bastille day baking

Ice cream in the garden

An afternoon of art projects

Our first gentleman’s club

This weeks Knit and Natter!

A flower art session

A beautiful summers day

Luxury in the garden!

Preparing our garden for summer

A game of Beetle Drive!

Learning Dye Cutting

Come on England!

Pom Pom Spiders

Glad to Care Week

Feel good Friday for Glad to Care Week!

Feel good Friday!

Feel good Friday!

An afternoon of art projects

A creative art session

Darts practice

Poetry group

Poetry session

World chocolate day

Carpet bowls

Our Garden Project

4th of July Crafts!

This weeks book club

A great art session

Rollie comes to visit

Rollie came to visit! Pet therapy helps boost the well-being of our ladies and gentlemen. Having a pet can help to alleviate loneliness, isolation, and depression. Produce a calming effect, slightly reducing blood pressure and heart rates! We loved meeting this gorgeous animal today! ...

An afternoon cooking demonstration!

Pine Martin Grange Garden Party

Exercise and treats!

Crafting cement planters

John is trying his hand at photography

Terrariums for our home

A sunny morning

Enjoying an afternoon tea

Flowers from our garden

A trip to the salon

A pampering session

Our veg patch progress!

An Oomph live stream!

Art and flower arranging

Learning a new craft

Day 1 of Wimbledon

Our new garden project

Welcoming back our shared reading group

A morning in the garden

We love being creative

Keeping our minds sharp!

A morning gym session

Holy communion

Shaking our Pom Poms!

A celebration of Picasso

A morning in the garden

Virtual art gallery tour

Pine Martin Grange Gym

A creative afternoon

A few fun and games

Creative drawning session

Today’s creative drawing session. Our ladies and gentlemen enjoy the classes, a chance to be expressive and enjoy a new skill. Creating something through arts and crafts can give you a sense of competence and greater self-esteem. Our brains age, but creative abilities do not necessarily d...

A trip to Skenfrith Castle

Bramshott Grange Street Party

Brockington House Street Party

Picking some flowers

Oomph exercise!

Making beautiful table decorations

Shared reading group

Scrabble Club

Foxhunters Street Party

Scrabble challenge

Releasing our Butterflies

An afternoon of baking

Fathers Day in Foxhunters

Songs in the garden

Yvonne’s wish

We granted a wish today! Yvonne shared a story with our activities team about her dancing days as a tiller girl. She had mentioned how she would love a new photo album to store all her cherished photos and dancing certificates in and so the team headed out to find the perfect one. She was...

Working hard in the gym

Hydration station!

Live Oomph sessions

A bit of tea tasting

Progress with our garden project

Bramshott Baking!

A delicious afternoon tea

A healthy start to the day at Foxhunters

Water balloon throwing!

Cake decorating lesson

Guess the drink!

Growing our own!

Letters from Hanford School Dorset

Animal Bingo!

It’s Nutrition and Hydration week at Bramshott Grange!

It’s Nutrition and Hydration week, an annual event to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration. It’s important to stay hydrated, particularly during the warmer weather and we have a selection of refreshing drinks available. Reinforce, Foc...

A day at the races in Brockington House!

Nutrition and Hydration Week at Foxhunters

It’s Nutrition and Hydration week, an annual event to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration. Reinforce, Focus and Energise. Starting the day with delicious smoothies and delicious snacks that are always available. #nutritionandhydratio...

Puzzle time in the sunshine

Wandering our wild garden!

A bit of sing song!

A glorious Welsh summer day!

Preperation for Ascot Races!

HRH Birthday!

Our garden project begins

A visit from an Ice Cream Van!

National Donald Duck Day!

Keeping fit with Oomph

A bit of needle felting

Who doesn’t love Ice Cream!