Activities at Trinity Manor Care Home

If you were out and about in Sherborne this afternoon, you may have spotted our minibus with residents and a rather large Santa in it, who were out spreading a little, festive Trinity Manor cheer in our community by delivering some yummy mince pies...

As a home we love to give back, especially to those who have supported us and worked with us, in a variety of different ways throughout the year, so this afternoon, Home Services Advisor, Rebekah and Activities Co-ordinator, Laura (AKA Santa), along with residents, Isabel, Doreen and Diana, all went off in a very festive mood to spread a little bit of Christmas cheer to our friends locally.

Singing some loud Christmas carols as they drove, they made stops at the Yeatman Hospital, Silverstars Care Ltd, The Gryphon School, The Grove Medical Centre, Sherborne Abbey and finally to Jules Bradburn’s family, who have all played a significant part of our community links in the past 12 months and to whom we are all very grateful.

Later on this month we will be out and about again doing the same again – So keep and eye out for a rather large Santa and let us know if you spot him!

We were thrilled to recently welcome some of the fantastic students from Sherborne Girls School to our home recently…

It was very easy for our lovely next-door neighbours to pop across to us for the afternoon, musical instruments in tow, and entertained some of our residents for a mini concert in our ground floor lounge, playing piano, cello and saxophone and also showcasing some of their beautiful singing voices too.

Thank you so much for this truly wonderful afternoon and for taking the time to chat to our residents afterwards.

You are always welcome here in our home and cannot thank you all enough for all of your lovely visits throughout the last term.

Everyone here at Trinity Manor would like to take this opportunity to wish all the staff & students of Sherborne Girls School a VERY merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Our most sincere thanks to our lovely friends from Leweston School...

Teacher & House Mistress, Lara, popped along to the home recently to deliver some extra special Christmas cards, all of them handmade by some of the students who board at the school.

Some contained wonderful messages explaining who they were and what their hobbies were, others, little drawings or words of festive cheer. Some even had sweeties stuck to them as a little extra gift.

Many were from their international students, from further afield.
One thing is certain though, our residents were not only surprised by their appearance, but felt truly grateful that they had been thought of by these fabulous, thoughtful individuals.

THANK YOU, LEWESTON AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

We have had a VERY busy few days here at Trinity Manor, with our kick-off to Christmas, recently which also incorporated Elf day...

We were delighted to welcome our favourite classical pianist, Alan Poulton, to the home to get us off and running the right festive direction by the way of some wonderful music, carols and Christmas songs.  Joining us for the occasion was also our lovely Mayor and Sherborne Town Councillor, Juliet Pentolfe, who sent some time chatting with the residents, before enjoying the Christmassy music - Thank you Juliet, it's such a pleasure to have you with us for the afternoon.

If you were visiting the home, you may have noticed that a few of Santa's helpers have lost their way from the North Pole and diverted here to the home - Yes, folks, it's the annual Alzheimier's Society's Elf Day, which has brought much joy and laughter to the home as the staff all looked extra daft for the day!

What a fabulously busy day our residents have recently, which has ended with some 30th birthday celebrations for Barchester Healthcare, held on (of course!) 30th of the month!

Trinity Manor marked this fantastic milestone for Barchester, with a specially made cake by Stuart our Chef and of course the obligatory glass of fizz.

Staff and residents said a few words, before the lovely Leweston School students joined us and got the party started with some Christmas songs on the piano!

Thank you to all for making this such a wonderful event and a good excuse for an old-fashioned Christmas sing along!

Ok, so they are not quite up for cartwheelling across the lounge just yet, but we are certain it won't be much longer before they attempt an occasional handstand or too, especially the way that Communifit's Craig is working them all...

Another fantastic session, very much enjoyed by our residents here at Trinity Manor recently, as Craig put them through their paces - Determined to keep our residents fitter & stronger for longer!

Thank you, Craig!  See you again for next week's class!