Residents at Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are calling for all knitters and crocheters to join them in creating a Remembrance Day poppy display. The home’s Knitwits club have already started handmaking red, purple and white poppies for the display, which will arch over the...
92-year-old Rita Hinchcliffe from Hepworth House care home has been sharing her abundant knowledge on bird breeding after spending time with the care home’s pet budgies. In 1965 Rita’s husband, Ronald, discovered a deep passion for breeding canaries. Rita soon fell in love with the taking...
78-year-old Brian Wilding, a former Royal Engineers Sargeant and resident at Hepworth House care home in Wakefield, raised £100 for the Help for Heroes charity at the home’s Spring Fest Fair by selling his collectable Guinness memorabilia. Brian has been an avid supporter of Help for...
Care Assistant Paula Foster from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield raised over £600 with her Leeds Half Marathon challenge for the Alzheimer’s Society, in honour of the residents she cares for in the home. Paula joined the Hepworth House team in January 2023. Having been...
Residents from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield have launched a weekly crafts and coffee morning group, the Knitwits. Every Tuesday at 10:30 from 5th March, all are welcome to bring along any crafting project they’re working on, have a hot drink and a cake, and...
Residents from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are looking forward to inviting local children to their Half Term Family Funday on Sunday 11th February from 10:00. All are welcome to a family friendly film showing in the home’s luxury cinema room, complete with fresh popcorn...
In celebration of National Hobby Month, residents at Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are sharing their talents and interests with others. Writing down their chosen hobbies, participating residents are chosen at random to lead an activities session for other residents and their loved ones. So far,...
Jean Gregson, 96, from Hepworth House care home is sharing her memories of Christmases past as part of Ideal Carehomes’ ‘Merry Memories’ campaign. Growing up, Jean’s father made her Christmases magical with one very special tradition. Jean said, ‘My dad used to ask me to write a...
Residents from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are looking forward to welcoming the community to their Victorian-themed Christmas Market on Friday 1st December. From 14:00 until 16:00, all are welcome to browse handmade gift stalls and a table top sale, enjoy deliciously festive refreshments in...
71-year-old Catherine Harley from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield has been sharing her knowledge of sewing with a member of staff, teaching her how to make a plush pumpkin for Halloween. Helen Brady, an Activities Coordinator at Hepworth House, had always admired Catherine’s sewing skills....