Activities at Rothsay Grange Care Home

Residents and staff visited the Friends Of Ludgershall to present a cheque for £155 raised at the home’s Christmas Fayre, and to introduce themselves to the members of the group as they are our nominated charity for 2024. Linda, the Chair, her team and all the 50 members present gave us the warmest welcome and it a fun afternoon. Entertainer 'Little Joe', who we had organised along with cakes for tea, sang a great set of music that had everyone joining in and even dancing! The group  meets weekly at the Ludgershall Memorial Hall and supports local residents by organising a day that includes an exercise class in the morning, a hot lunch followed by some entertainment and tea as well as outings during the year. We are looking forward to getting to know the members and welcoming them to events at Rothsay during the year.

Residents celebrated the birthday of 'The King', Elvis Presley with their very own Elvis in the building to sing the afternoon away. By popular demand there were all the familiar and well- loved Elvis hits which everyone clapped and sang along to, and there was a great tea provided by the chef team made up of what we were reliably informed were the favourite nibbles of the man himself presented on suitably themed table settings . It was a great rocking and rolling afternoon!

Music is such an important part of life here at Rothsay and especially at Christmas as we enjoy carols and Christmas songs.  Over the past few weeks we played host to a fabulous variety of musical talent as residents have enjoyed visits from Vigo School, Ayers and Graces and Kathy's Choir who all performed carols and traditional songs.  We have also had Little Joe, Craig, The Festive Duo and Jayne Deer who gave us afternoons of more contemporary Christmas airs but, whatever the musical genre, they played to enthusiastic audiences who joined in, danced and thoroughly enjoyed the music of the season.

Residents, friends and family had a great time at Rothsay's Christmas Party where we were delighted to have the proceedings officially declared open by our very special guest The Worshipful the Mayor, Cllr Philip Lashbrook accompanied by The Mayoress, Linda Lashbrook - thank you both for spending the afternoon with us. There was music throughout courtesy of Craig, which had the dancers and singers in the room joining in, as well as lots of festive fayre on offer and of course plenty of fun and laughter to go round. Thank you to everyone who came and to the teams at the home who prepared everything.

The weather might have been wet and windy but all was bright and festive at our Christmas Fayre. Thanks to everyone who came along and joined in to make the afternoon such fun. Raffle prizes were gleefully claimed by lucky winners, the weight of the cake was guessed and our elf on the shelf found a name (Twinkle) and with it a forever home! There were chocolate goodies, Christmas greenery and lots of craft items which were snapped up and with a festive tea and songs from Jayne it made for a truly Christmassy afternoon which, as part of our 'Countdown to Christmas', brings us closer to the big day itself. Thank you to everyone who supported the event.

We love our animals here at Rothsay Grange and they always draw a big crowd and this month was no exception.  We started off with a visit from Cuddly Cavies and their team of adorable guinea pigs who did the rounds.  In their little nests they were perfectly lap shaped and very light so anyone who wanted to was able to get up close and personal and give them a little treat of greenery.  Another regular is Rag the PAT dog who is a firm favourite.  With his friendly character and wagging tail he brings a smile to everyone’s face and we look forward to his regular visits along with his human.