Sunshine walks

Milkwood House residents made the most of a sunny day and decided to take a stroll around Canoe Lake, before stopping off for a bite to eat and a coffee at the café.    

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Musicare

Musicare provide bespoke music shows that aim to involve and entertain all our residents. On April 25th The Mountains were treated to a range of musical renditions, all of which had our residents singing and clapping along.  

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Bramley fête

Our Applewood residents made a great job of their eye patches and skull and cross-bone adorned hats, ready for the Bramley fête.

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Castleford cooking

Castleford House residents, had great fun cooking chocolate cake with strawberries and chocolate fondant. The best part was getting to eat it… YUM!    

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Goodbye Joanne

Joanne came to Chatterwood from the Philippines as a carer, 7 years ago. She has left to work as a Health Care Assistant at Queen Alexander Hospital in Cosham, where she hopes to complete her nursing training. Everyone will miss Joanne as she was a very friendly, caring, warm hearted person and a very knowledgeable…

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Wedding anniversary celebrations

We recently celebrated two wedding anniversaries! The first one being Janet and Alan, who had a fantastic day, sharing it with family. The other was a real landmark anniversary for Freda and Ron… their diamond! We were all very excited when Freda and Ron received a card from Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, to…

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Cuddles with Harrison

Joe Jackson, a former carer at Chatterwood, came to visit us with her little baby grandson, Harrison. All the residents were pleased to meet him and May, who adores children, enjoyed a lovely cuddle with him. May said she would like to take him home with her as he was so lovely!

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Garden fun

The first Applewood garden party at of the summer was a glorious day. The sun shone all day! Residents enjoyed a delicious BBQ and were also joined by Mill Cottage farm.

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Showcasing 'The Lodge'

Our Group Manager, Michelle Newcombe, has been on a mission to showcase our new brain injury rehabilitation centre to the masses. On 26th April Milkwood Care took part in the ‘Brain Injury Social Work Group’ Spring Conference in Bristol. Loaded up with banners, handouts and Milky Way bars, Michelle headed off with two aims in mind; to intoduce our brand…

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Milkwood's monthly pub quiz

Our residents and their relatives at Milkwood House LOVE to test their general knowledge, so the monthly quiz has proven to be very popular.  

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