Activities at Emily Jackson House Care Home

The residents had a lovely morning meeting some new furry friends and a new little person on the 19th July.

We were visited by baby Scarlett, Grayson, Biscoff and Wally from White Rocks Farm.

The positive interactions with an animal lead to benefits in the mind and body, such as reduced stress and an overall more balanced mental state and of course, happiness.

We look forward to seeing them all again and more cuddles.

We are so lucky to have St Luke’s church on our doorstep where we can enjoy music on a Wednesday lunchtime. There is always a great variety of music and other acts on offer organised by John from The Listening Room Music Agency.

Today we were entertained by the very talented Jazz guitarist, Dave Warren.

Resident Barb said “Thank you very much. That was wonderful!”

We were also helped today by Soraya Matouk from Bennett Memorial Diocesan School who has joined this week got work experience.

We had a wonderful trip out at the beginning of July to the Riverhill Himalayan Gardens.

The sun was shining and we were able to admire the wildflowers, Rose garden and the walled Garden. There was such a fantastic array of colours.

The walled garden has sculptural grass terraces that lead down to a central water feature, with gently bubbling fountains & centre piece by renowned British sculptor, Julian Wild. We were happy to sit here for a while, enjoying the sun on our skin and the fresh air.

Riverhill is renowned for its beautiful and historic gardens, expansive views across the Weald of Kent.

Such a simple activity but it gave such pleasure and a sense of achievement.

A group of ladies gathered to arrange flowers in the vases for the dining room tables. We sat and surveyed our work, ate home-made cake, sipped tea and marvelled at the beauty of flowers, noting all the different colours and shapes.

Beverley, Joan's daughter joined us and remembered a flowerbed at her Mother’s home bursting with Roses and Alstromerias. They enjoyed this shared memory together.

Yesterday we hosted ‘June B’ (The Listening Room Music Agency ) singing as part of the Sevenoaks Festival.

Luckily the sun was shining and we were able to enjoy the music in the garden. We were pleased to be joined by family, friends and members of the community.

What we now know as The Sevenoaks Festival began in 1970 by the headmaster at Sevenoaks School upgraded its previously internal “Paean” a series of musical events inaugurated in 1968 to celebrate the end of exams. The school hoped that it would be the “start of an annual event which would benefit the whole local community.”

What a fabulous afternoon we had at our Garden Party!

The sun was shining and the music was great. Kieran put on a wonderful performance and had us all singing along.

Thanks to all the families that came and made the day extra special and fun.

A lovely time had by all.