WINDLESHAM MANOR NEWS

National Tea Day We have had a fantastic regal month at Windlesham Manor,celebrating the Queens Birthday and National Tea Day! Our Residents enjoyed a fun and delicious Tea Tasting sessionfor National Tea Day. Our activities coordinator Sarah selected 6 different teas...

Mother's Day What better Mother’s Day gift this year, than being able to welcome a designated visitor for many of our Mums in our dedicated visiting room. It really feels like a positive step in the right direction and we are delighted to have the facilities to...

Activity Advent Calendar It may be a slightly different Christmas this year for everyone,but at Windlesham Manor we are determined to ensure each and everyone of our Residents has the best Christmas! To keep spirits high and get everyone in the festive spirit we...

International Men’s Day This month it was International Men’s day and we seized the opportunity to celebrate our male Residents. Many of our male Residents enjoy visiting the pub, as this is not possible at the moment, we brought the pub to them! Our activities...

Five Star Food A well deserved congratulations to Chef Martin and the whole kitchen team, who once again on our surprise ‘food standard energy inspection’ achieved an outstanding 5 Stars Food Hygiene Rating. We have maintained this top, excellent rating for 6 years...

Virtual Bake Off In support of Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning we held our very own virtual Bake Off! We are proud to have baked, decorated and donated £150 to Macmillan. Relatives & staff made some superb cakes, then sent us the photos for our residents to...

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party At Windlesham we aim to join in with many national events to ensure our Residents feel part of the wider community. In August it was British Afternoon Tea Week. With our sweet tooth at Windlesham Manor, we were of course going tocelebrate this!...

Henley Royal Regatta This month we brought the banks of ‘The River Thames’ to Windlesham and celebrated The Henley Royal Regatta. HRR put together a virtual ‘Henley At Home Weekend’ in place of the normal Regatta, which we were pleased to join! We of course needed a...

Windlesham In Bloom We are very proud of the grounds at Windlesham Manor and work hard to create a beautiful garden that can be enjoyed by our Residents throughout every season, but it really does look exquisite in summer! Many of our Residents are keen gardeners and...

Mother’s Day Celebrations - In these unusual circumstances all the stops were pulledout to ensure our Residents had an extra special day. Ourhands on staff spent a lovely afternoon celebrating ourlovely ladies. Head Chef Martin made the most amazingafternoon tea,...

360 Birthday Party - Four of our lovely ladies have turned 90, and we held a joint, ‘360’ birthday party to mark the special occasion. The ladies choose a 1950s tea dance theme. As a treat we hired a specialist vintage hairdresser to pamper our ladies and make them...

Happy New Year - We thought we would start the new year by providing you with a little ‘behind the scenes’ information about our ongoing training, development and improvements. At Windlesham we pride ourselves on our person centred approach, and have invested in...

Christmas Party - We certainly ate, drank and were merry at our Christmasparty. Sarah, Kim and the team decked the halls beautifully. The tables adorned the fabulous floral displays made by our residents and the personalised place settings made by Sarah all added to...

Our Amazing Animal World - Our Residents love their monthly visit from, ‘Our Amazing Animal World.’ This month we met Mika the Meerkat, Beryl the bald and beautiful Rat & cute and cuddly Bridgette the Rabbit. We are proud to invite Our Amazing Animal World to...

Our annual Summer Garden Party was held on Saturday the 3rd of August from 12 - a beautiful warm summer day, where everyone could take advantage of spending time in the stunning gardens at Windlesham Manor! Younger visitors enjoyed the bouncy castle, while others...

Meaningful activities in care homes is proven to be beneficial for seniors for many reasons including combating depression, improving mental health, tackling loneliness, providing fun and purpose, as well as promoting physical health. Windlesham Manor Activities...

Residents greatly enjoyed a visit by the some fascinating owls from Owls about Town ( www.owlsabouttown.co.uk ) on the 14th May. Owls about Town was founded to educate and inform both children and adults about our birds, they aim to increase the awareness of these...

Residents were entertained by a special St Georges Day panto on Friday 26th April at 3 pm organised and performed by The Uplifters and titled “By George”, it featured performances by many famous "Georges" including "George Formby" and "George Harrison"! St George’s...