As part of national care home open day Magdalen Park held a pet show. Residents family, friends and staff brought in their pets for the show. We had a wide range of pets which included, rabbits, dogs, guinea pigs and even a frog! Our panel of Judges consisted of Sarah Greenwood, a local animal lover and Radio…
We have had a very busy couple of months, from tea parties to sky diving, we've kept our resident’s busy here at Beverley Parklands. February kick started with a visit to Hull Collegiate School, who’s Year 4’s hosted a fabulous afternoon tea dance for our residents. The School are currently working on the United Learning…
On Sunday 25th March, Lindsey Hall did their Easter raffle draw with 45 prizes which had kindly been donated. The day was a great success, and including the knitted items sold before the day we made a first count total of £450. The residents all enjoyed knitting the items to sell! Thank you to all…
Everyone at Magdalen Park has enjoyed a fun filled Easter. Activities included, a special Easter themed playgroup, hot cross bun tasting and an Easter bonnet competition judged by Hedon mayor. We had some help preparing for our Easter bonnets and where joined by Hedon kids club. On Easter Saturday we held an Easter family fun afternoon…
On Sunday 11th March we had a Mother’s Day afternoon tea in the street scene at Lindsey Hall. Some people booked tables to have the afternoon tea with their Mum’s, other residents all came together and reminisced, even those without children and the men enjoyed it. We used China teacups and saucers as seen in…
It's been a busy month over at Westfield and we still have the Easter weekend to look forward too! We have been enjoying plenty of fantastic activities and entertainment over the last few weeks, these included a beer tasting session in our Westfield Arms bar to celebrate St Patricks Day. Resident's got into the Irish spirit,…
On the 9th March we had a visit from 'Zeus and Buddies' who came to the home with some of their exotic animals. Residents had the chance to meet and interact with animals such as; meerkats, skunks, tarantulas, snakes and even an armadillo. Zeus and Buddies Animal Encounters were able to give the resident's an up close, amazing and…
Teams from across all four Yorkare Homes recently took part in the annual Yorkare Homes Games, this year hosted by Lindsey Hall on 22nd March. Westfield Park , Magdalen Park and Beverley Parklands all met up at the Cleethorpes home, where they tucked into a picnic dinner before a short practice was had by the teams. Each…
At Lindsey Hall we have recently started a ‘knit and knatter’ group with our residents, they started by making knitted chicks to hold a crème egg. They then got a bit more complex by making cotton wool stuffed rabbits. These are all to sell on an Easter stall – residents have assisted activity staff to…
On the 10th February we had a visit from The Grimsby and Cleethorpes Model Boat Club, who kindly brought along their model boat display for our residents to see. Both men and women enjoyed looking at the display and learning about the history of the boats and what each type would have been used for. Some residents reminisced…
