The Homestead Day Care Centre

08/12/2025

🎄✨ Festive Fun at The Homestead! ✨🎄

Our wonderful clients have been getting into the Christmas spirit this week with a very special activity — decorating their own Christmas cakes! 🍰🎨

Everyone put so much love and creativity into their designs, and the finished cakes looked absolutely beautiful. After decorating, each cake was carefully wrapped as a gift, ready to bring joy to someone special this holiday season. 🎁❤️

We were also delighted to welcome the local primary school choir, who filled the centre with the sound of Christmas hymns. Their beautiful singing brought smiles, memories, and a lovely sense of togetherness. 🎶✨

It was a heart-warming day full of festive cheer, shared stories, and community spirit. We’re so proud of our amazing group!

Wishing all our families and friends a warm and happy festive season from all of us here at The Homestead Day Centre. 🌟

08/12/2025

🎄A Busy November & December at The Homestead! 🎄

What a wonderful few weeks we've had here at our day centre in Rugeley — filled with laughter, creativity, and festive spirit!

✨ International Men’s Day
We celebrated the amazing men in our lives by sharing our favourite inspirational male figures and enjoying a delicious afternoon tea together. A lovely day of stories, smiles, and good company.

🎭 A Trip to the Theatre
Our visit to Rugeley Theatre to watch Robin Hood was a huge hit! Lots of laughs, lots of cheers, and a great day out for everyone.

💌 Special Birthday Cards
We proudly created handmade cards for a local gentleman in Rugeley who is turning 100! Our clients put so much care into every message — a beautiful moment of community kindness.

🍪 Festive Treats & Baking Fun
The Christmas spirit is in full swing as we rolled up our sleeves to make peppermint creams, Christmas biscuits, and mince pies. The centre has never smelled so delicious!

🌸 Christmas Floral Arrangements
Our clients also enjoyed getting creative with beautiful Christmas floral arrangements — a wonderful way to bring colour and joy into the centre.

🎄 Decorating Ornaments
Nothing says Christmas like ornaments! We had a lovely time decorating our own festive creations to brighten the centre and take home.

❤️ We love creating special moments for our clients, and we can’t wait to share even more festive joy as Christmas approaches.

13/11/2025

13/11/2025

✨ A Magical Day at The Homestead! ✨

We had the pleasure of welcoming magician Ed Sumner to The Homestead today, and what an incredible experience it was! Our clients were completely captivated — from the amazing sleight-of-hand to the warm laughter Ed brought into the room.

Thank you, Ed, for filling our afternoon with wonder, smiles, and pure magic. 🪄💖

Here’s to more unforgettable moments together at The Homestead!

10/11/2025

🚐 We’re Hiring: Minibus Driver (Job Share) 🧡

The Homestead Day Centre is looking for a reliable and caring Minibus Driver to join our team in a job share role with our current driver.

Hours:

One week on / One week off

Monday to Friday

9:00am to 11:00am and 3:00pm to 4:30/5:00pm

You’ll be helping our lovely clients travel to and from the day centre, so a warm and supportive attitude is essential. A DBS check will be required if successful.

If you'd like to apply or would like more details, please email:
📧 emily.dayservices@gmail.com

10/11/2025

🎨 Competition Time at The Homestead! 🌺

We’re getting into the creative spirit this week! Our lovely clients are taking part in a Poppy Decoration Competition to mark the season of remembrance. Each person has been given a poppy picture to decorate in their own unique style — paint, collage, glitter, or anything that makes it their creation.

🧺 What’s up for grabs?
A beautiful gift basket full of treats and goodies!

📅 Deadline: Monday 17th November
After that, our team will take a look at all the wonderful artwork and choose a winner.

We can’t wait to see the colours, creativity, and meaningful designs our clients come up with. Let the crafting begin! ❤️🌺

03/11/2025

🎉 We’re delighted to share some wonderful news! 🎉

Today, The Homestead Day Centre received a Food Hygiene Rating of 5 – Very Good! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Our team works hard every day to make sure our meals are nutritious, delicious, and prepared in the cleanest and safest environment possible. This top rating from the Food Standards Agency is a lovely recognition of that effort!

A big thank you to Debbie our cook and everyone who helps make The Homestead a warm, welcoming, and safe place for our elderly community 💚

30/10/2025

🎄✨ Festive Fun at the Garden Centre! ✨🎄

Our lovely Homestead family enjoyed a wonderful trip out today to the local garden centre — and it’s safe to say the Christmas spirit has officially arrived! 🎅💫

Everyone loved wandering through the beautiful displays of twinkling lights, sparkling decorations, and festive flowers. There were plenty of smiles and lots of excited chatter about our own Christmas plans back at The Homestead! ❤️

Outings like this are what make our days so special — sharing laughter, friendship, and a touch of holiday magic together.

🌟 Here’s to many more festive adventures this season! 🌟

30/10/2025

🌟 November at The Homestead! 🌟

There’s so much going on this month — and we’d love for you to come and join in the fun! 💛

From creative crafts and baking days to “Around the World” themed adventures 🌎, we’ve planned a month full of laughter, friendship, and fantastic activities for everyone to enjoy.

What’s on this month?

💅 Hair & Beauty pamper sessions
🍁 Autumn baking & salt dough crafts
🍰 “Make & Bake” days — sausage rolls, gingerbread, and doughnuts!
🌍 Explore America, Spain & China on our Around the World days
💃 “Mooving & Grooving” exercise fun
💐 Flower arranging
☕ Gentlemen’s Afternoon Tea for International Men’s Day
🎶 Seaside sing-alongs & so much more!

And don’t miss what’s coming soon…
✨ The Great Gatsby Christmas Party ✨ — plus plenty more surprises!

If you or someone you love would enjoy friendly company, delicious food, and activities that make every day special, The Homestead is the perfect place to be. 🏡💖

📞 Give us a call or pop in for a visit — we’d love to show you around!

30/10/2025

Thank you to Jushz Furnishings for the amazing box of goodies sent all the way from Cornwall!!
If anyone has any items suitable for prizes please get in touch and we can arrange collection.

16/10/2025

🍁 Autumn Fun at The Homestead! 🍂

It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at The Homestead, and we’ve loved every minute of it! Our clients have been getting creative and enjoying the season with:

🎨 Beautiful autumn wreath making
🌿 Trips out to the garden centre
🍰 Scone baking (and plenty of tasting!)
🍪 Delicious shortbread making
🎃 Halloween decorating to get us in the spooky spirit
🧡 Crafting with colourful clay
🍫 And even making our own chocolate truffles!

It’s been wonderful seeing everyone laughing, chatting, and creating together. A huge thank you to our amazing staff for helping make it all happen. ❤️