Activities at Winchester House Care Home

What a fantastic day we all had at Winchester House on Care Home Open Day. Residents, friends, loved ones and staff members came together for a lavish garden party in our community garden to celebrate the wonderful relationship that we have with our local community.

We were joined by special guest, Mayor Roger Dalton, Rev’d Mike Hayes, the local Over 60’s club and many of our wonderful volunteers! We were also joined by the children from Wouldham All Saints School, who last year helped create the community garden.

The Women’s Institute came along to present us with the twiddle mitts that they having been making for us recently.

Entertainment was provided by Peter B, who got everyone up singing and dancing.

The catering team pulled out all the stops with fabulous afternoon cream teas in vintage tea sets. Pimm’s and elderflower cordial were free flowing and all washed down with some well-received ice cream cones.

A truly wonderful afternoon was had by all!

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We celebrated Linda Donovan's 20th year here at Barchester. Congratulations, Linda!

We kicked off the first week of October with a virtual cruise around the world, transforming the home into the HMS Wouldham for one week only! We set sail for Italy on Monday with entertainment by the fantastic Joy Dey, who sang songs from around the world, and also gave a dazzling performance of O Mio Babbino Caro from Puccini's opera, Gianni Schicci. Later, we were treated to a delicious pasta carbonara and meatballs before a visit by the children from All Saints Primary School who came aboard to hand out beautiful hand-tied flower posies and sang songs whilst dancing with the residents - our first day of the cruise was truly spectacular!

On Tuesday, we arrived in France, where we played boules in the morning and learnt lots of interesting facts about the country. After a delicious lunch of beef bourguignon and crème brule, we had a visit from Ben Insall, who got us all singing songs with a French theme!

We were full steam ahead to arrive in Pakistan and then India on Wednesday, with arts and crafts in the morning and, after tucking into an Indian feast, we had a real treat in the afternoon when residents, their families and staff came together for a spectacular display of dancing by our friend, Dolly.

We crossed the Himalayas into China on Thursday and, in the morning, made Chinese lanterns before tucking into a buffet fit for an emperor! With bellies full, we spent the afternoon with Jack from the catering team, who wrote residents' names in Chinese calligraphy - everyone thanked Jack for a great afternoon.

On Friday, we landed safely back in the UK for a good ol' sing along with Trevor Osborne. We enjoyed fish and chips before spending the afternoon having cream tea and a quiz that tested our knowledge of all the countries we had visited during the week.

It really has been a special week; we are very lucky to have such a wonderful and culturally diverse team of people here at Winchester House, and this week would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of so many staff members. A special thank you goes to Fran Bannister and her fantastic catering team for providing such a lavish and delectable array of foods from around the world! Thanks also to Amarjeet Kaur and Ge Liu (Jack) for helping to make this virtual cruise a huge success.

We look forward to next year's virtual cruise to more incredible destinations!

Residents were recently invited to the world’s biggest coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, which helps families affected by cancer. All Saint’s Church in Wouldham hosted the event, where there was a tombola, bring and buy stalls and, let's not forget, cake! The event was well-attended and we subsequently raised lots of money for such a great cause which is close to so many of our hearts.