Belong Chester

23/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Cheer for All to Hear! 🎄

Today we’ve been spreading festive joy far and wide, visiting our households and delivering a little Christmas magic along the way, Because really… is it even Christmas without a hamper full of delicious food and drink?

A huge thank you to our incredible teams and everyone supporting over the Christmas period. Your dedication, kindness, and hard work truly make this season special ✨

We hope all the teams and residents enjoy every single goodie and celebrate in the joyful, fun-filled way we know they can 🎉🎄

Wishing you all a Christmas full of laughter, love, and festive cheer 💫❤️

23/12/2025

Ending on a high note, the Sankofa Songsters have sang out the BBC's People Fixing the World with last year's performance at Westminster Abbey (full story: https://lnkd.in/eq7cAbPM) ⛪️🎶

Catch up with the radio show: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct6xyp

- with Live The Beat The Nursery in Belong Ready Generations

Earlier this year, BBC News World Service popped into our village, to capture a day in the life as part of their popular People Fixing the World 🌍 programme, featuring interviews with our customers, The Nursery in Belong children, and its operators, Ready Generations

📻 From 8am tomorrow, their team will be chatting through the 'best bits' from 2025 - fingers crossed we make the showcase! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6xyp

Missed it first time round? Catch up now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m6jqyq



📸 Screenshot image credit to BBC News World Service

22/12/2025

🎄✨ The Big Christmas Party ✨🎄

What a lovely time shared celebrating with friends, family, and loved ones at this year’s Christmas party

With music playing, singing, drinks flowing, and wonderful company all around, the true Christmas spirit was well and truly felt 🎶🥂

A big thank you to the amazing team at Belong for putting on such a wonderful party for everyone. So much love, laughter, and festive joy shared ❤️🎄

22/12/2025

Dreaming of a white Christmas ❄️✨

What a beautiful rendition of White Christmas from one of our lovely residents, Michael. His performance truly brought some festive magic to our day 🎶🤍

22/12/2025

Earlier this year, BBC News World Service popped into our village, to capture a day in the life as part of their popular People Fixing the World 🌍 programme, featuring interviews with our customers, The Nursery in Belong children, and its operators, Ready Generations

📻 From 8am tomorrow, their team will be chatting through the 'best bits' from 2025 - fingers crossed we make the showcase! - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6xyp

Missed it first time round? Catch up now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0m6jqyq



📸 Screenshot image credit to BBC News World Service

19/12/2025

Gingerbread houses, good friends, and Christmas songs playing 🎄🍪

Pre-made gingerbread, lots of icing, lots of sweets, plenty of laughs, and stories shared along the way.

Messy houses, cozy vibes, and memories made holiday joy at its sweetest ✨🤎

19/12/2025

“He’s behind you!”
“Oh no he isn’t!” 🎭✨

Nothing says Christmas like a good pantomime! We had a fantastic evening watching the North East production of Jack and the Beanstalk 🎄

As always, our amazing experience support worker Nikki got involved, stepping into the role of Daisy the Cow absolutely brilliant! 👏🐄

So much laughter, fun, and festive cheer shared by everyone 🎶🎉

16/12/2025

The Grinch Came to Visit! 💚🎄✨

What a GRINCH-tastic treat today! A little mischief, a little mess 😜… and lots of laughs!

We wrapped up the visit with a joyful Christmas singalong with our little friends 🎶🎅💫

So much festive fun all around! 🎄❤️

16/12/2025

The Jan/Feb 2026 issue of our What’s On guide is now available. ❄️🥂🎇

As always, it is packed with a wide range of news from the village and will bring you:
- details of events and activities taking place at the village
- regular promotions and offers from our bistro and salon
- other useful articles and much more.

We hope to see you in the village soon - everyone is welcome.

15/12/2025

🁫 Dominoes Tournament Day! 🁬

After weeks of practice and friendly competition throughout December, today was the big showdown to see who would take home the championship trophy 🏆

Huge congratulations to David, our Experience Day customer, for taking the win! 👏

Big well done to everyone who got involved and competed great games, great vibes all round.

A tipple or two helped us fully embrace the fun and celebratory spirit 🍻

What a fantastic way to wrap up the tournament!

15/12/2025

🎄 Mince Pie Tasters 🥧✨

We enjoyed a wonderful morning of mince pie tasting, sampling everything from classic buttery mince pies 🧈 to a warming Jamaican rum–flavoured treat 🍹. It was a lovely way to get our taste buds going with some festive flavours!

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, with the almond mince pie 🌰 taking the top spot as the overall winner 🏆😋

12/12/2025

As always, it has been a pleasure to welcome Ian from music in mind to the village!

The mood was high, and everyone enjoyed a wonderful sing-along and interactive music session.

Lots of smiles, laughter, and great energy all around!

Looking forward to the next visit! 🎤🎶✨