Tanglewood Care Home residents were delighted with a once rehearsed Pantomime performed by members of the Tanglewood Care Home staff on Friday 5th February.
Organised by Cherry, Tanglewood’s Activities Coordinator, the staff performed Cinderella to a full house of Residents, Friends and Family! As a team buiding exercise, staff were encouraged to take part, whether it be performing on [...]
Debra Carr, Activities Coordinator of Toray Pines has a challenge on her hands. Last August Debra announced her latest fund raising campaign. Debra plans to raise a whopping £2300.00 by August 2010. The funds raised will purchase a Sensory Kit and a Home Cinema for Toray Pines residents to enjoy.
To date, Debra and Toray Pines [...]
Cedar Falls staff Jenny Bowditch and Heather Walker plan to participate in the London Half Marathon ‘Moon Walk’ in aid of Breast Cancer. The 13 mile event takes place in May of this year. You will not see our enthusiastic ladies walking backwards (in the style of Michael Jackson) instead they will stride boldly through [...]
Cedar Falls Care Home enjoyed a morning of striking colour and singing in December when they were joined by the local contingency of the ‘Red Hatters’. The Red Hatters were formed around a poem, ‘When I am an Old Woman I shall wear Purple’, and they are a fantastic visual sight, dressed exclusively in Red and Purple, [...]
Joe Cohen has been a Resident at Tanglewood, Cedar Falls for nearly 14 years after coming to live at Cedar Falls in 1995.
Prior to residence at Tanglewood, Joe led both an eventful and an adventurous life. Joining the Air Training Corps at 15, he then volunteered at 17 and became an RAF Air Gunner seeing a [...]
Staff at Sandpiper Care Home have raised a magnificent £1,776.00 to buy a Summer House for the residents to enjoy.
Anna Denholm, Activities Co-ordinator has managed the fundraising through activities and donations from Residents families and visitors to the Home. The money raised was measured by a Barometer and displayed in the Reception area so that [...]
Dare Devil Mark Beecham, aged 17 and Kitchen Assistant at Cedar Falls raised over £100.00 for the Anthony Nolan Fund by abseiling down Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.
Mark who said he is ‘petrified’ of heights faced his fears on Sunday 26th April 2009 when he took part in the charity event. With his parents and sister supporting [...]
Joanne Toulson a Senior Carer at Toray Pines is participating in the Race for Life at RAF Waddington this Sunday, 17th May 2009. To date, Joanne has collected £120.00 in sponsorship money and is hoping to increase this to her target figure of £150.00.
Joanne has been involved in several sponsored events for [...]
Martin & Tracy Shelbourn, the Directors of Tanglewood Care Homes remember the anticipation they and the staff felt when they opened the doors to Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle on 15th April 1989. It was a perfectly sunny April day, over 500 local people visited the Care Home and many local children came along to [...]
Edith Callow, pictured with two of her sons, Harold and Basil, celebrated her 104th Birthday at Hunters Creek in March this year.
Edith, the eldest of five children, and originating from the Swine of Rampart farming community, has seen many changes and events over the years including; two World Wars, instant hot water [...]
