Activities at Edingley Lodge Care Home

Housekeeping week is an annual event held every year during September. The week is dedicated to recognising the efforts of hard-working housekeeping staff around the world, 

To show our appreciation to our housekeeping team they were gifted with goody bags filled with treats to say thank you for all they do!

World First Aid Day is held every year on the second week of September, aiming to promote extra awareness about the importance of first aid in saving lives. It has different themes every year to focus on different concerns, factoring the current social and economic climate of the world at the time.

Here at Edingley Lodge our home trainer Valerie put on a First aid awareness course for residents, It was very interesting to hear how things have changed over the years, Residents had good go at wrapping bandages on one another.

Staff and residents celebrated Mexican Independence day in true Mexican Fiesta style! With Mariachi music, Mexican themed games such as, Piñata filled with residents favourite sweets, themed quiz, We all went on a virtual tour through Mexico, We  watched clips of the colourful Independence day parades that take place all across Mexico. Chef Siju cooked up a feast of delicious Mexican dishes for everyone to enjoy including nachos, quesadillas with salsa sauce! 

This national day, which takes place on the 9th September each year, honours the almost 2 million people including 250,000 first responders who tirelessly work and volunteer across the NHS, police, fire, ambulance, And rescue services, 

We wanted to show our appreciation and thank our local emergency services by handing out freshly baked sweet treats made by our fantastic chef Marta along with goody bags!

What an amazing experience for residents, staff & community.

the Tour of Britain passed through Edingley in Newark at 12:46pm. Staff and residents from Edingley Lodge were there to support and cheer on the cyclists. Our residents had made colourful posters especially for The tour of Britain which they waved while they shouted their support. Residents at Edingley Lodge said,

"It was so lovely to be able to go down and cheer the cyclists on, I remember watching them cycle through Newark when I was younger. It was still the same great atmosphere as the cyclists all whizzed by, I loved it. They go so fast! They take your breath away!” The whole community got involved in making this an even more special event,

Edingley Lodge welcomed a talented group of bell ringers this week to join the residents in an afternoon of music. The special group came together with a shared love of hand bell ringing and performed for residents who felt so fortunate to witness the group performance. As the residents gathered in the dining room the group of bell ringers named each individual song before performing so that all could get involved, They even played the tune of happy birthday for resident Anita & family member Hilary, Residents & family had a go at ringing the bells too.