Castleford Lodge

The lovely thing about Lodge life is that everyone likes to get involve with everyday activities, such as baking.

There is always something new going on at the Lodge. This is Melanie instructing our clients to use both sides of the body with the aid of balls! The mind boggles!

First, we had Kaye MacNamara, who came to us in 2016 and is a senior carer at the Lodge. Then, we employed the lovely Nikki Williams who works 10 hours a week as our housekeeper. Then, we got the amazing Josh, who works outside the Lodge, keeping it spick and span!!Thank heavens for family dynasties…

Today we took full advantage of our air-conditioned minibus and headed out on an adventure! We headed towards Tintern and admired the beautiful views the Abbey has to offer! Our resident’s enjoyed the views and one said: “it’s absolutely beautiful here!”.We then headed down to Monmouth, where we visited Green and Jenks and we had…

This beautiful lady celebrated a big milestone – 50 years old! Surrounded by family and friends, and of course her Lodge family, Penny celebrated in style!! Her beautiful cake was made by Lyndsey Eden.

The less we say about almost winning this football tournament, the better!! Well done to Gareth Southgate and his team for giving us something else to talk aboutother than COVID-19!

Everyone loves cakes, especially when they are made by Lyndsey. Here’s a peek at just some of the beautiful celebration cakes that she’s made for clients at the Lodge.

Often, it’s nice to switch on the iPad and look at photographs of clients, past and present, and take a moment to appreciate that they are always smiling! Despite all that life has thrown their way, the Lodge clients have the biggest smiles. The staff have pretty wide smiles too!

It’s a strange and odd feeling greeting you all, a year after the date when the pandemic began! It would be nice to say life is fully normal, but I don’t think it ever will be totally normal. The Lodge, to date, is able to report a 100% clean sheet on COVID cases – all…

We feel very lucky as over the last few weeks and months, we have received lots of lovely presents and kind donations. It makes us feel very grateful to know that friends, family and the local community are thinking of us. Thank you to everyone!