Activities at Fairview House Care Home

Staff and residents at Fairview House Care Home in Aberdeen have taken part in a Sponsored Bake sale to raise money for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on March 17th.

Staff and residents at the home donned their red noses and got stuck in to help raise funds for this very important cause. Many of our residents came together for the whole of Thursday to create a variety of bakes to sell on the Friday. Everyone had an amazing time and worked so well with one another to be able to have a huge variety of bakes on offer for our fundraising.

Comic Relief spends the money raised by Red Nose Day to help people living tough lives across the UK and internationally. Since its launch in 1988, Red Nose Day has become a British institution when people across the country get together to raise money at their home, school and work, accompanied by an exciting night of TV on the BBC, full of comedy and entertainment to inspire the nation to give generously.

Across our services, our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session.  Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!

We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.

Across our services we had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.

Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.

The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.

The staff and residents at Fairview House care home in Aberdeen have been flipping and turning pancakes all morning in preparation for their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day celebrations.

Fairview House has marked this year’s Pancake Day with making their very own pancakes from scratch and using our mini pancake makers to cook them, followed by adding as many delicious toppings as we want! Artur, head chef at the home, flipped more than 100 pancakes, serving them up with sweet and savoury fillings for all the eager staff and residents.

Artur said: “My secret to the best pancakes is all in the whipping. Give it some elbow grease when mixing the batter and you’ll get perfect pancakes every time. I like experimenting with the fillings – the residents’ favourites are Chocolate spread, whipped cream, strawberries and chocolate buttons.

This morning we created some delicious chocolate slabs, it was really simple but so enjoyable at the same time! We highly recommend making them.

We just melted some chocolate poured it out on parchment paper and then decorated the top with loads of different treats.

These then got put in the fridge to set and where brought out for our afternoon tea later on in the day. They turned out amazing and everyone said they were just as tasty!

Our Valentine's Afternoon Tea had another fantastic turn out and it was so lovely seeing everyone from all units coming together, alongside family members joining us as well. We already can't wait for the next one!

This afternoon we had a lovely visit from Diana Peers who got us all together to sing, dance and play some musical instruments.

It was so amazing seeing everyone getting involved and enjoying themselves so much. It was smiles all round and we can definitely say we will be sleeping well tonight after all that movement!

A huge well done to everyone involved and making this afternoon so enjoyable.