Celebrating life at Barchester

At Ritson Lodge we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends. We hold regular activities that help or residents use cognitive and motor skills to provide holistic benefits that enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of residents.

Our Activities Team are dedicated to to ensuring that the Residents at Ritson Lodge are kept engaged through group activities. This week they were word puzzle , armchair disco and yahtzee club.

Residents from Burwood Grange recently enjoyed a superb lunch outing at The Ivy Cobham Grange, and the experience was nothing short of delightful. Surrounded by elegant decor and warm hospitality, they indulged in delicious food and shared laughter over coffee and conversation. 

We have forged a magnificent reputation for working closely with the local community in recent years. The interest from the community with participation in our workshops, such as our grief workshop, organised recently, has proved diversity is the key to inspiring and supporting visitors from the local area.

The workshop, eloquently provided by Nadine Searle, offers a useful insight into coping strategies which help a wide range of people and residents alike. The response from the local community has been overwhelming, with countless individuals attending and participating in the workshop event, highlighting the need for more groups to cover this topic by way of support.

In the first part of the session, the audience detailed why they had attended and what they wanted from the workshop experience. The second part of the session was filled with Nadine addressing the issues people wanted guidance with, providing coping strategies and demonstrating soothing practices from her trusted Calmer Self Method. This process helped enormously, when individuals’ emotions get involved during the time of grief.

Following the success of this workshop, proposals are progressing with future workshops, facilitated  by Nadine Searle,  planned throughout 2026, covering a wide range of subject matter, reflecting the needs of local people and residents of Mortain Place alike. Currently visitors from the local community can visit Nadine, at Mortain Place, Eastbourne, every third Tuesday from 6pm until 8pm where she will be holding a grief café open to all.