Castleford House

Last night, on July 2nd, we finally made Josie’s dream come true of seeing George Ezra live!With a whisky in hand, shades on and her sign ready, Josie had an amazing night watching her favourite artist!Josie sang and danced the night away and enjoyed every single moment! Josie told us today: “I still can’t believe…

We have the honour of caring for George Ezra’s biggest fan! And Josie’s story and devotion for George has not gone unnoticed!Today, Josie was made to feel like a true a-lister celebrity when she was interviewed by the fantastic team from BBC Gloucestershire! Josie and Head of Lifestyles, Amelia Pace, spoke about the amazing experience…

We have loved spending some wonderful summer days and evenings in our beautiful Castleford garden, complete with a sensory section, some gorgeous plants and of course our very own hot tub! Colleen suggested designing something for our late friend, Mike, who we dearly miss. We hand drew on one of the concentrate slabs, so that…

As summer is finally here, hot-tub season has begun for us at Castleford! Warmer nights, good music and the best company is our idea of a good time – and it’s even better when it’s spent in the hot-tub! Kate and Louise wished to go in the hot-tub since we started putting up late last…

At Castleford we strive to provide meaningful activities for people living here, to enhance their wellbeing! Whether that is one-to-one interactions, a visit from Ernie, Billie and Ginny coming out, or our therapy dolls, people’s happiness is our priority and by using a range of different therapies we see a lot of happy, smiling faces!…

What better way to spend bank holiday Monday than a BBQ and afternoon in the sunshine!? Even though the sun didn’t truly come up until later in the day, it didn’t stop us enjoying flame grilled burgers and a gin and juice! Everyone enjoyed a buffet, cocktails and of course, burgers and hotdogs! We finished…

Best Outstanding Contribution First Quarter 2023 and April Outstanding Contributions 🎉In May we celebrated the winner of our “Best Outstanding Contribution First Quarter 2023” award.This is a reward scheme we launched in 2022, which saw night care assistant Rosie Bethell crowned our first ever “Best Outstanding Contribution of the Year” in 2022.We take the best…

We would like to introduce everyone to our new baby Guinea Pig, Peaches! Louise and Monica joined us to collect Peaches and initiated her to Castleford Life by taking her for a trip to Barry Island, as this was her hometown! We had an obligatory Mr. Whippy at Marcos and showed Peaches the idyllic views!After…

What better way to beat miserable weather on a Sunday, than at the local shopping mall!At Josie’s request, she and Louise headed to Cribbs Causeway. They became quickly aquatinted and spent a lovely day together!Both ladies enjoyed a Starbucks and looking around some the shops and exhibitions the Mall has to offer. Before heading home,…

Monday is hairdressing day at Castleford and our lovely Paula provides the hairdressing service for people here! From cuts, sets, blow-dries and even fashion advice today, Paula has provided it all! Our lovely Louise picked out a new outfit to go with her new hair to really achieve the “feel good factor” on this gloomy…