Castleford House

We embraced the spooky season today with some pumpkin carving and traditional Halloween dancing with the team! Two of our ladies have spent some time helping us carve pumpkins to display in our home! We tried to recreate ‘Jack’ from The Nightmare Before Christmas and one resident wanted to create a scary-looking pumpkin and we…

Today, for the first time, we opened our own Casino! We decorated our Severn Lounge to get the real feel of a Vegas Casino and brought a little bit of Vegas to Castleford this afternoon! We listened to 70’s pop music, enjoyed some tapas-style food and, of course, drank champagne to create the perfect atmosphere…

This week we haven’t let the miserable weather get in the way of having some fun! Last night we had a Indian takeaway and today we created our own chocolate and participated in seasonal Tovertafel activities! A couple of our residents indulged on a Indian takeaway last night, at their request. We have had selection…

Nurse Karen looked at our memorial garden and felt that it didn’t do justice to remember the people who have passed away. So she decided to do something about it.Her husband had booked for her to do a tandem skydive, which was on her bucket list, and she used this to help her raise funds…

Today, we opened up our own ‘Castleford Boutique’ for some of the ladies to enjoy a shopping experience in their own home! We have had a selection of ladies underwear, nightwear and clothing kindly donated by Margaux Lambert. We have also had a wonderful selection of handmade children’s clothes from Sylvia Pugh. One of our…

On Friday we were able to grant our resident her Wishing Tree wish, which was to visit Slimbridge Wetland Centre.Our visit to Slimbridge was wonderful – when we arrived we were greeted by ducks and geese, who were eager to have some of the seed that we purchased for them. She thoroughly enjoyed letting the…

Back by popular demand, we have held a cheese tasting afternoon! We bought all of the cheese from Hanley Farm Shop. One of our residents came along to help us choose. We bought five different cheeses and, to accompany them, we got Applefressco, which is sparkling cider made from local apples. One resident kindly helped…

One of our residents mentioned that she used to enjoy going to the Garden Centre, so today we surprised her and made it happen by going to Chepstow Garden Centre! We invited our resident’s old friend to come along with us. We enjoyed browsing the shop and popping into the cafe for a hot drink…

Today we enjoyed doing some baking. We decided to make muffins, as this was the most popular request! People who joined in took turns to combine all the ingredients by whisking it together. We also had a selection of fresh fruit, chocolate and treats for people to choose what went into their muffins! Our most…