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13 Nov 2025

Afternoon Tea Dance in Leyland for Mawdesley

What a wonderful afternoon we had taking our residents to the Afternoon Tea Dance in Leyland! The whole community came together to enjoy delicious food, a good old sing-song, and plenty of dancing. As always, our fantastic WISH Activity Team kept everyone laughing and smiling from start to finish – there were giggles all around! […]

12 Nov 2025

Remembrance Day at Ormskirk

We Will Remember Them. On the week of Remembrance Day, our ladies, gents, staff and visitors, all stood and honoured all those who died in conflict, in respectful silence. Our residents (and staff!) were busy all week and have been making wonderful poppies, crucifixes, and wreaths for the special day. Everyone worked really hard to […]

12 Nov 2025

Burscough’s Winter Garden Prep

One Thursday, WISH Activity Team Lead Colette and some of our ladies did some gardening together. Sheila and Margaret planted some spring bulbs in to pots which are now in the green house safe and sound. Sheila and Colette then went to the garden to have a look around. Sheila gave her expert opinion on […]

12 Nov 2025

Bonfire Night Bonanza at ASH

There were sparklers and smiles all around earlier this month at ASH, our residents had a blast making chocolate apples to sell at our Bonfire Night bonanza! It was wonderful to see so many of our families and staff joining in on the fun and festivities. We ate our delicious apples, toasted marshmallows and stood […]

10 Nov 2025

Remembrance Day at Burscough

We had a lovely afternoon this month with our ladies and gents, getting ready for Remembrance Day. WISH Activity Team members Colette and Cara took our lovely ladies Patsy and Ann over to the activity cabin to do some poppy arts and crafts. Together they created a wreath to hang up in the main entrance […]

03 Nov 2025

Halloween Fun Together at Homecare

Our fabulous Home Carers were certainly raising the Halloween spirit with fun face painting and wicked witches! Caelan and Kelby were having fun with our ladies and gents getting all spooky with face paint, and Louise shared Winnie the witch whilst on her rounds too! A frighteningly fun day all round.

03 Nov 2025

Skelmersdale’s Spooktacular Halloween Party

What a spooktacular day we had for Halloween! Our staff went above and beyond to make our residents day that extra special. From our WISH Activity Team planning, preparing, playing games and decorating the home, to our Kitchen Team cooking up frightening feast of ghoulish goodies for all to enjoy and all our other staff […]

31 Oct 2025

Halloween Celebrations at Burscough

What a wonderfully spooky day we had for Halloween this year. Our staff went above and beyond for our ladies and gents by getting all dressed up in the Halloween spirit, to making every part of their day special, including the special spooky menu. We had a ‘Trick or Treat’ box for our residents to […]

30 Oct 2025

Ormskirk’s Halloween Party

We had a great afternoon this month celebrating Halloween. Brenda said, “We had games galore; spider kerplunk, poke the cup with lovely sweet treat inside, hit the balloons with the beanbags, word searches… there was lots of fun! Of course, us being Ormskirk, the music went on and we danced to the monster mash, thriller […]

30 Oct 2025

Carving Up the Fun at ASH

In this spooky month of October at Andrew Smith House, our ladies and gents got creative and competitive with a pumpkin carving competition together – look how fantastic they turned out. From scooping out all the seeds, to designing and carving out frightful faces. we had a lovely afternoon together. We can’t wait to put […]

29 Oct 2025

Skelmersdale’s Pumpkin Carving

With Halloween being celebrated at the end of the month, our ladies, gents, staff and family members have been busy this last week carving pumpkins together! We had a wonderful turn out of families and staff wanting to help our residents with their frightening pumpkins. We would like to thank the amazing Farmer Ada’s Pumpkin […]

28 Oct 2025

Mawdesley’s Pumpkin Carving

This October, we have been preparing for Halloween with pumpkins, laughter, and a whole lot of creativity! Our ladies and gents had a blast turning pumpkins into masterpieces – from spooky faces to silly grins and even spiders… just frightening! We gathered in one of our lounges, armed with tools and our creative licenses to […]

24 Oct 2025

A Trip to Area 51 coffee at Homecare

Our fabulous Home Carers Wendy and Brenda took our lovely Peter to Area 51 Coffee this month for a social trip out together. With the weather not being so great, it was nice and cosy inside with a warm brew. Peter loved his visit and listening to the old music in there too, and we […]

20 Oct 2025

St Helens’ Trip to Otterspool

One Thursday this month, our ladies and gents, David, Lee and Maureen, along with WISH Activity Team members Lisa and Lauren, and Minibus Driver Ste, had a lovely walk along the see front. We also did a bit of bird spitting and a winter pick nick. For lunch out we had a hearty tomato soup […]

15 Oct 2025

Burscough’s Musical Moments Session!

One Monday at Stocks Hall Burscough, Hannah from Musical Moments came to entertain our ladies and gents on our Red Admiral unit. The Musical Moments team bring interactive musical sessions for care homes and community groups and we were lucky enough to have them in our home too! Using a variety of props and singing […]