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...
Brand-new, state of the art residential care home, Crofton Springs in Cheltenham, is opening its doors for the first time on Saturday 19th October for members of the community to come and take a look around. Guests will be able to explore the facilities, learn more...
Crofton Springs, which will be the first Ideal Carehomes home operated by HC-One, is named after landscape painter Frances Emilia Crofton, who resided in the town during the 19th century, and the town’s mineral springs which were discovered in 1716. Maria Taylor, the Head of New...
Ashworth Grange care home in Dewsbury have raised £1,200 for national mental health charity, Mind, and Dewsbury Fire Station through their annual Summer Fayre. This year, the community joined residents in the care home for a beach-themed party, where staff members were dressed to the nines...
Brand-new luxury care home, Crofton Springs in Cheltenham has launched a Community Art Contest in partnership with Cheltenham Art Club ahead of the home’s eagerly awaited opening in October this year. Crofton Springs is named in tribute to Frances Emilia Crofton, an accomplished landscape painter who...
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...
Staff from Lydgate Lodge care home paid a visit to students at Hilltop Primary Academy to tell them all about working in social care and answer their questions about what care homes are like. Kelly Dawson and Nicola Sutton, Front of House Managers at Lydgate Lodge,...
Brand-new luxury care home, Crofton Springs in Cheltenham, is recruiting for up to 65 team members ahead of its eagerly awaited launch in September this year. Crofton Springs is named in tribute to Frances Emilia Crofton, an accomplished landscape painter who spent her late years living...
Residents at Greenacres care home in Meltham welcomed The Yorkshire Vet filming crew to their home when Dante the shire horse came for a visit. Dante’s first appearance at Greenacres was in October 2022 as a pony and he visited again the year after. Residents in...