Activities at Bryn Ivor Lodge Care Home

On 12th of December Staff and Residents of Bryn Ivor Lodge dressed up in their festive outfits to celebrate Christmas Jumper Day. The cause: Raising money and awareness for Save The Children Charity. Each Staff member, as well as some of the Residents and their Family members paid £1 towards the cause. Save The Children is a charity supporting children in over 100 countries worldwide,  it helps with education, mental health, support& safe space.  We were very proud to support such an important cause and in total we have raised nearly £50!

Beautiful little ballerinas from En Pointe Theatre Arts School came to visit Bryn Ivor Lodge residents and perform their dance show. All girls, dressed in blue tutus for their winter-themed dance performance came with their parents to look around the home, dance and afterwards enjoy crafts with the residents.

Resident Jill Miles said “The girls were a joy to look at, so skilled at such young age!”. At the end of their visit each girl was gifted a Christmas bag filled with goodies as a thank you and well-done for their wonderful ballet skills.

Remembrance day and Remembrance Sunday in Bryn Ivor Lodge is being taken very seriously. Many of our Residents remember the events of II World War. On the 11th of November at 11am we held a service to commemorate all fallen soldiers during WW1, WW2 and all conflicts since. Our Residents gathered in Bistro area around a display made by Angela, one of our Residents, they read poems and held 2 minutes silence. On Remembrance Sunday we welcomed D-Day Dollies Duo who performed all war-time favourites, with many residents joining in a sing-a-long. Residents of Bryn Ivor Lodge were very content that such important occasion was commemorated by themselves and all staff.

Bryn Ivor Lodge took part in local competition organised by Marshfield and Castleton Community Council for the best scarecrow. Our Residents made two scarecrows which they named Bryn and Iris. We are very proud to announce that we won in the ‘Friendliest Scarecrow’ category! Well done everyone!

A lovely visit from local nursery children to cheer up our Residents. Marshfield Monkeys Nursery children visited us to sing songs, play games and make some crafts. Everyone enjoy a good chat and lots of laughs.

The Ajuda Foundation, lucky winners of Barchester Charity visited us to talk about their charity and what services they provide. A very interesting talk was given followed by a lovely lunch and a presentation of a cheque for £1,000. Congratulations and thank you for a fantastic job you do for your community!