Lumley Court , Willington Care Village

17/04/2026

This week on Lumley Court...

Earlier in the week, we celebrated Kathleen's birthday and what a lovely day she had! Happy Birthday Kathleen 🥳

On Tuesday, we had the fabulous Kev The Care Home Singer in to sing for us and as always, he put on a great show for us all, which we all really enjoyed! There was lots of singing, dancing and fun.. thank you Kev!

On Wednesday, we had table top games which included Jenga, Dominoes and Jigsaws ☺️

We also had our weekly Bingo session which again, as always, gets very competitive.. the stakes are high when there's chocolates to win! 😜

This morning, we held our 'Friendship Friday' coffee morning which we held on Lumley Court this week. We invite residents from all units here at Willington Care Village to encourage that social interaction and to meet new friends. We offered various refreshments and sweet treats which always go down well with a good natter 🥰

Finally, this afternoon, we had Elvis.. Wayne Vegas in to sing for us along on Brancepeth Court where a lot of us went along for a good time.. and we had just that! Lots of singing, dancing, fun, silliness from the staff and laughter.. a great afternoon and a great finish to the week ❤️

10/04/2026

This lady absolutely loves being out she never stops laughing clapping and shouting the whole time. We went into Bishop Auckland having a look around the shops. We looked at all the flowers, garden items and then went into the cafe for a drink and snack. Hopefully the weather will continue to be nice and we can get more outings.. especially to the seaside.

10/04/2026

Today we had another trip out, this time to Bishop Auckland. This lovely couple wanted to do a spot of shopping and no shopping trip is complete without a trip to the cafe for a coffee and piece of cake!

This afternoon, we held our 'Friendship Friday' coffee afternoon which was along the corridor at Brancepeth Court this week. This is a great opportunity to socialize and meet new people from different units. There were lots of refreshments and sweet treats on offer along with some music and some reminiscing! A great afternoon 🥰

09/04/2026

Today we visited Lanchester garden centre. This lady loves going out for lunch and really enjoys the garden centres. We looked around the shop looking at all the lovely items to put in the garden she particularly liked the plaques flowers and lights, she was taking about how she’d been in the garden most of the day yesterday as the weather was lovely. We looked around the fish tanks looking at all the different types of fish and tortoises she was laughing at how funny some of them looked. After this we went into the restaurant for food she chose fish chips and peas and she said they were lovely. When we got back she thanked me for taking her out and asked if next week she can go bowling again another thing she really enjoys.
Sorry I cannot show you the smiles and laughter but she really did enjoy.

09/04/2026

This lady always loves a trip to the garden centre so today, that's what we did! We had a look around the center at the different items on sale, chatted about the memorabilia they had there and then headed into the restaurant for some lunch, where she chose to have the cheese and broccoli soup - which she said was lovely! We then headed back to Lumley Court and got ready for our weekly Bingo session!

Everyone really enjoyed the bingo today and it was lovely to see residents from other units join us 🥰 We had several winners today who all chose what prize they wanted.. mostly either Wool or Easter Eggs... I know what I would pick! 🍫

08/04/2026

Today we spent some time in the sunshine 🌞 How lovely it was to sit out in the warm, with some music on having refreshments! 2 of our ladies also had a trip around the street which was thoroughly enjoyed 🥰

07/04/2026

Today we had our belated Easter fun day.. Just look at the smiles.. Who doesn't love a chocolate egg! 🥰

03/04/2026

02/04/2026

A little photo dump from today. Over 38,000 steps.. all to raise money for our wonderful residents. Thank you so much to everyone who has sponsored us, it really means the world to us and means we can put on those special events which are loved by everyone 🥰 Once we have collected all sponsor money in, we will count it up and update you all. Thanks again ❤️ ###

02/04/2026

🥳🥳🥳🥳 We did it! This was tough.. our legs are in pain but we made it! Just a little more to walk and we'll be finished ❤️

02/04/2026

Having a well earned break in Staindrop ❤️

02/04/2026

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