Activities at Marriott House and Lodge Care Home

On Friday 21st October, residents, visitors and staff at Marriott House and Lodge Care Home took part in the UK’s biggest, brightest and pinkest fundraiser - Wear it Pink! 

Breast Cancer Now’s Wear it Pink is now in its 15th year and this year was bigger and better than ever! The event was held in homes, schools and workplaces across the UK on Friday 21st October with fundraisers raising money for Breast Cancer Now’s lifesaving breast cancer research.

Marriott House and Lodge residents, visitors and staff dressed in pink and held a special Pink raffle. The afternoon included our monthly Birthday Tea Party for also those celebrating their birthdays during October. The party had an ‘All things Pink’ them and included entertainment and ‘pink’ refreshments!! The home raised over £50 for the charity which goes to Breast Cancers Now’s lifesaving research.

Folks at Marriott House & Lodge have been busy writing poetry in preparation for Halloween. Please click here to read it.

Marriott House and Lodge got involved in British Food Fortnight during September.

British Food Fortnight is held in the autumn at the same time as the Harvest Festival, and is the biggest annual national celebration of British food and drink.

The kitchen cooked traditional British food at meal times.The home was decorated and a range of themed activities were planned throughout the week, which included quizzes, discussions, themed cookery sessions and much more to celebrate the week.

The home was a bard’s paradise on Thursday 6th October, as everyone enjoyed National Poetry Day.

Staff, residents and guests got in to the spirit of things with an afternoon of poetry writing. Residents were helped by Amy Hayler, Team Leader of Activities, to write a poem entitled ‘Rainy Day’, which you can read below.

On the second Friday of every month we hold a Fruity Friday event. Staff and residents dress in bright clothing and a fruit0themed activity is organised.

This month’s event took place on Friday 14th October, with a morning of smoothie making and fruit tasting, which was enjoyed by residents, staff and visitors alike. The residents at the home took the lead and decided what went in the smoothies before everyone tasted them. The whole morning provoked lots of discussion about different fruits and vegetables. Amy, our Activities Team Leader, got everyone thinking of different fruits and vegetables for each letter of the alphabet.

Residents, staff and visitors at Marriott House and Lodge Care Home held a charity coffee morning on Friday 23rd September to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Our coffee morning was a big success – we managed to raise over £90.00 and, most importantly, everyone had a lot of fun doing it!

The British charity provides financial aid, specialist healthcare services, and all different kinds of support to those living with cancer. The purpose of the coffee morning is to sit down with your friends and family and catch up with a nice cuppa for a good cause. The money raised will help Macmillan make sure no one has to face cancer alone.