On Easter Day our residents were all given a chocolate egg and a raffle ticket to win a soft and cuddly bunny! Many joined in the online Easter Sunday service with other Keychange Communities, followed by a delicious Sunday lunch. Henry looked very smart for the occasion! We enjoyed making insect feeders which are now […]
Keychange News
Fair Havens News – Pandemic Innovations
The bubble on our forecourt is for people to wait in and have their Lateral Flow Tests, but we also sanitise it and they can have a visit in the bubble. This is for the benefit of some of the visitors who have a lack of mobility and have issues with distance walking and also […]
Rose Lawn News – Luxton Lounge, and Birthday
In tribute to a very special lady, we would like to introduce you all to our fantastic new visitation area, the Luxton Lounge. With a wall-to-wall partition, and microphone plus speakers, this lounge is able to facilitate safe visits, in comfort. We would also like to wish June a very Happy Birthday! June celebrated […]
Erith House News – Christingle Service
On 25th January, together with other Keychange Communities we took part in an online Praise, Prayer and Togetherness Service which on that occasion took the form of a Christingle Service. Despite some technological issues in getting it set up, we managed to join in and didn’t miss too much! Claire made some lovely Christingle cupcakes […]
Alexander House News – Recent and Future Activities
There’s nothing better than getting stuck in a good book. The people who live here love to read and at our book club they share their opinions and stories. They love keeping the brain active with a daily word search and a twice weekly quiz. It was Oscars all round when the ladies and gents […]
Rose Lawn News – Happy 100th Birthday!
We were thrilled to be able to celebrate Hilda’s 100th birthday. Thank you to Mary our chef, for the amazing cake.
Romans News – Milestone Birthday
The photos are of our lovely lady Peggy, who celebrated her 100th birthday on 24th January. Family and friends were able to visit her at the window.
Alexander House News – Christmas 2020
We had so much planned for December that we wondered if we would be able to fit everything in! Here are some of the highlights. Festive music accompanied us while we put up the decorations and the carol singing never stopped. Enid couldn’t wait to get started on the decorations. The Keychange Centenary Awards were […]
Rose Lawn News – Christmas Highlights
These highlights are taken from our Christmas Newsletter. Our annual Christmas Party was a little different this year, but no less magical and festive. We had plenty of fun dressing up in festive mood, playing pin the nose on the reindeer. pass the parcel, sing-along with Georgie, and of course a Christmas Raffle. We had […]
Romans News – Handmade Christmas Cards
This year we received personalised Christmas cards from our local Nursery School. The nursery children have obviously not been allowed to visit our community for a long time and they have been missing the visits to see the residents. They call the people living with us their Nannies & Grandads. The children’s handmade cards brought […]
Erith House News – Cinderella Pantomime
Erith House staff treated the residents to a ‘masked’ Cinderella Pantomime on 19th December – Covid-friendly of course! Nancy who lives at Erith House, was invited to be the narrator and she did a great job. She was also the prompt which was very useful. A good time was had by all – participants and […]
