Castleford House

It’s been a busy week at Castleford, packed full of activities and fun! We kicked off the week our weekly visit from Paula, who created some wonderful transformations! Ken visited Paula for the first time and was over the moon with his new look! He admired himself in the mirror and said: “I look rather…

At this year’s Care Show in Birmingham on Wednesday 11th October they are showcasing the “Thirty Under 30”, a brand new initiative dedicated to fostering young talent in the care sector today, celebrating tomorrow’s leaders and their successes – choosing the best thirty people working in social care under the age of 30. Amazingly, Castleford…

Today was a Saturday well spent with Monica and Joyce over at Cribbs Causeway! The ladies enjoyed browsing the shops, and a Kentucky lunch on Joyce’s recommendations, as she worked there many years ago! Joyce and Monica admired the water feature in the mall, as well as the building itself, which Monica thought it was…

What better way to spend this sunny afternoon than at the beach front for lunch! We went to Barry Island, where we had a chippy lunch followed by the most gorgeous gelato ice-creams for dessert! We all enjoyed the sunshine and admiring the beach views that Barry Island has to offer

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who attended and worked and volunteered at our incredible summer fete today. From the bouncy castle to the ballerinas, Shetland ponies, various stalls and a banging barbecue, everyone had a fantastic time . It was brilliant to see so many new and familiar faces…

Earlier this week we facilitated a much-desired shopping trip to The Mall, Cribbs Causeway , John browsed the shops and bought himself a beautiful watch and finished the afternoon with a ChopStix, where he enjoyed some sweet chilli prawns, even if he didn’t manage to use the chop sticks! John thoroughly enjoyed himself and we…

We thought we would make the most of the beautiful weather today and head down to one of our favourite places – Barry Island! Kath, Ray and Sheila explored the souvenir shops and purchased some brilliant hats to wear, before going to Boofys for their legendary chips!We finished the day with fresh donuts and being…

At Castleford we strive to provide outstanding levels of social stimulation for everyone! We do this by building connections through new friendships! Recently, we had variety of trips, including shopping, lunch outings and coffee dates! We have seen some wonderful new friendships form and a positive increase in people’s well-being

Today we started some prep for our summer fete by tie-dying some clothes with some very special guests! We welcomed Rosie Grubb, Danielle Parry and Tracy Grubb down to Castleford – they are the Activity Coordinators at Mynyddoedd Mountains, which is one of our sister homes in Milkwood CareWe had a wonderful day being creative…

This week we had our monthly visit from Nicola Bullivant to deliver our home communion Home communion is something that a lot of people enjoy, as well as animal therapy, so we combined the two and this months communion was led by Nicki and Ginny!We sang, read prayers, received communion, fussed over Ginny and enjoyed…