Activities at Spen Court Care Home

Bob Ellis was proud to celebrate his 80th birthday in style.

He had his friend visit him where they enjoyed a Birthday Quiz and a little tipple as it was a special birthday.

Bob was  PE teacher at Batley Grammar School for many years. He enjoys Quizzes, exercise sessions, most sports and reading his newspaper.

Bob received plenty of cards and several birthday cakes, which he did offer to share with everybody.

We have a fantastic housekeeping team and we would be in such a mess without them. (Hope you like what I did there) The team were treated to a bag of delicious chocolates with a little note of thanks.

It’s always a good feeling to be appreciated within the work place, and this gesture is to thank the team for all the work they do within the home.

The team are Sue – Head housekeeper, Jody, Jessica both Domestic assistants and Saf & Megan are both Laundry assistants.

Ted from Spen Court care home, in Heckmondwike and wife Val have celebrated 60 years of marriage.

Ted and Val married in August 1963. They have 3 sons and 2 daughters, 1 grandson and 4 grandaughters. Despite Ted and Val enjoying many trips away, travelling as far as Antartica and Australia, Ted says his favourite place is “Wherever Val is”.

Both Ted and Val attended evening classes to learn German to help with having German exchange friends stay with them.

The couple have been regular attendees at St Mary’s Church, Mirfield. They were churchwarden’s assistants for over 20 years and used to make teas and coffees after the service for many years.

Ted and Val celebrated their special day by receiving a blessing from Hugh, their vicar and spent the weekend celebrating with family and friends at Healds Hall in Liversedge.

Spen Court are happy to say they raised funds for both charities of Pets as Therapy and Dementia UK.

Spen Court held their Summer Fair where there was a Bake Sale, Carnival Games, Tombola, Raffle and lots more.

Family and friends joined in with the fun, all funds raised were donated to the above charities as they are very close to our hearts.

Resident Jean Gilgrass said “It’s lovely to get together and see everybody enjoying themselves.”

Deputy Manager Kirsty Bamford at Spen Court said “What a lovely afternoon we all had, it was good hectic fun.”

Celebrations have been in full swing at Spen Court Care Home, as one of its residents reaches her 101st birthday in style.

Edith was joined by staff, relatives, friends and other residents as we sang Happy Birthday to Edith. A champagne reception was held at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made by the home’s chef Nick

Edith was brought up with 5 brothers and lived in Batley before coming to Spen Court, where she is enjoying a new chapter of her life.

The birthday girl celebrated with a family outing to Healds Hall in Liversedge. General Manager of Spen Court Care Home, Barchester added: “We’re delighted to be celebrating a truly remarkable woman as she reaches this amazing milestone. Edith is such a popular resident who always has an interesting tale to tell, and we look forward to hearing many more as she breaks into her 101st year.”

You better beer-lieve that residents at Spen Court care home in Heckmondwike, were more than hoppy to raise a glass, and sample some top craft ales, bitters and lagers, in celebration of International Beer Day.

The activities team at Spen Court set up a pub trolly experience and brought in a range of brew-tiful British and International ales for residents to sample.  Residents and their visitors enjoyed a beer tasting in the garden/virtual tour of a local brewery/learning about the history of beer/a beer-based quiz whilst they sampled the different craft ales, bitters and lagers.

Barry Rochelle, a resident at Spen Court care home, commented: “I didn’t realise we had so many lovely local ales, it was fantastic to be able to enjoy a cold beer with my friends – you can’t really beat that now can you?”