All 2022 Updates and News | Porthaven Blog

Porthaven Care Homes Recognised as a Top 20 Mid-size Care Home Group

Carehome.co.uk, which determines its ratings based on reviews from residents, service users and their family and friends, recently recognised Porthaven Care Homes as a top 20 rated mid-size care home group. With a group review score of 9.8 out of 10, this is the eighth year in a row that Porthaven have been presented with […]

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24th National Care Awards 2022: Porthaven’s Victory

Here at Porthaven we are thrilled to announce that we were awarded ‘Best Care Home Group over 10 settings’ at the 24th National Care Awards on Saturday 26th November. The National Care Awards honour the very best within the long-term care sector by recognising those who display unending dedication towards providing exceptional care. We competed […]

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Cuddly Cavies come to Savernake!

Last month we were visited by the wonderful Hannah from Cuddly Cavies, who brought her furry friends along to meet us. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to stroke, cuddle and brush these adorable guinea pigs, and even got to spoil them with some treats! Everybody here at Savernake View loved having Hannah and her […]

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Our Fantastic Volunteers

Recently our residents have been enjoying visits from Tamer and Alan, two local students who have been volunteering here at Avondale. Tamer and Alan have been running a variety of activities for our residents, from a ‘Guess the Song’ game to evening quizzes. Our fantastic resident June aced the most recent quizzes, and later shared […]

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Getting into the Festive Spirit

Recently some of our residents went on a trip to Bents Garden and Home Centre, which is an award-winning, family-run retail centre that was established in 1937. Our residents loved the opportunity to see the fantastic Christmas display Bents had created, as well as enjoy a delicious lunch and a nice browse of the indoor […]

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Visiting the Historic Tewkesbury Abbey

Recently our residents took a trip to Tewkesbury Abbey, where they spent time admiring the historic beauty of this local landmark. Our residents Thomas and Rivka mentioned how impressed they were by the complex architecture of the Abbey and took their time to explore the site. We then visited the Abbey Tea Rooms, where our […]

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A Stunning Setting for Worship

This November our residents went on a minibus trip to St. Alban’s Cathedral in Hertfordshire, which is an incredible site of historic significance. Our residents were intrigued to find out that the cathedral has the longest nave in England, measuring 85 metres long. The cathedral also boasts an 11th century Norman tower built using Roman […]

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A Visit from Author Muriel Freeborn

Our book club members were delighted to welcome local Bradford on Avon author Muriel Freeborn to Wiltshire Heights this month. In 2017 Muriel wrote her first book at the age of 91, titled ‘Ellie Hopeson 91’. Muriel began her journey as she reflected on the life of her friend who was a writer and had […]

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Staff Spotlight: Lee

This month we would like to introduce you to our new maintenance man, Lee. Lee is happily married with two brilliant daughters, and in his spare time he uses his maintenance skills to fix up old cars and motorbikes. You might also find Lee on the squash court on his weekends, and even sometimes after […]

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An Incredible Macmillan Coffee Morning

This November our residents and staff held a Macmillan Coffee Morning to raise funds for all of the vital work Macmillan does to support individuals living with cancer. Not only did we invite our residents’ families to join us, but we also welcomed members from our local church, St. Stephens, as well as community nurses […]

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Happy 100th Birthday Audrey

This November our lovely resident Audrey celebrated her 100th birthday. To mark the occasion we held a party in her honour and invited all of our Prestbury House residents and staff to come and enjoy Audrey’s special day with her. Audrey’s family organised live music from Graham Phillips, who performed an incredible Elvis tribute. Audrey […]

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Our Pudsey Bear Visitors

This month our friends from Town Nursery brought their Pudsey Bears to visit our residents for Children in Need. Together they discussed fun ways to fundraise for Children in Need and why this is important, as well as what we can do in our day to day lives to help those in need. Our residents […]

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Fantastic Festive Shopping

As the festive season nears, some of our residents took a trip to Millets Farm to pick out new holiday decorations for our home. From fresh Christmas trees to life-size Nutcrackers, our residents saw a variety of incredible Christmas items on display. After picking out a few of their favourite decorations, our residents and staff […]

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Fabulous Children in Need Fundraiser

On the 18th November we held a Children in Need bake sale in our café. Our talented residents Nancy and Jim had a great time producing some incredible Pudsey Bear cupcakes for this amazing charity. We all enjoyed these delicious cupcakes whilst wearing our Pudsey ears, and one of our fantastic team members even surprised […]

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World Kindness Day Celebration

This November we celebrated World Kindness Day by surprising our wonderful team member Kim with a bouquet of flowers. Kim has been a superstar whilst filling in as our receptionist, and we have been extremely grateful for her dedication and attentiveness. Here at Hartfield House we like to show individuals who treat our residents and […]

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A Smiley Surprise

This November at Haddon Hall we decided to take part in the ‘make a person smile’ random acts of kindness challenge that was created by the inventor of the smiley face, Harvey Ball. We chose to do this by taking pictures of our residents’ wonderful smiles and sending them to their families as a surprise. […]

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A Performance from Tidworth Military Wives Choir

To mark Remembrance Day this November we were visited by the Tidworth Military Wives choir. They put on a spectacular performance for our residents, which was a heart-warming tribute not only to those we have lost but also to those who have served in our Armed Forces. We also participated in the traditional two minute […]

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Name the Bearded Dragon Competition

Recently our wonderful housekeeper, Sharon, welcomed a new bearded dragon into her family. Sharon decided that it would be nice to invite our Deer Park residents to suggest names for her new pet, so we held a competition to find the best name. There were many fabulous suggestions, such as Celia, Maude, and even Happy, […]

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Preparing our Garden for Winter

Our residents here at Chiltern Grange took advantage of the sunny days this November and started clearing out our garden ready for the winter months. Everybody loved the opportunity to spend time in the garden and enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. Together our residents have made great progress and once the weeding of the raised […]

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Best Care Home Garden Winners

We are thrilled to announce that in November we won first place for ‘Best Care Home Garden’ in the annual Farnham Town Council ‘Secret Gardens’ competition, which is part of Farnham in Bloom. This competition has various categories, and its intention is to find the best secret gardens in Farnham. Anybody is free to enter, […]

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Porthaven Chefs Go Foraging with Mark Hix MBE

At Porthaven Care Homes, food has always been one of the pillars of quality we pride ourselves upon. Our chefs play a key part in the health and wellbeing of our residents and so we ensure they are trained well and have a constant source of inspiration to create exceptional dish after exceptional dish. Over […]

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Butterfly Release

Recently we had the honour of welcoming pupils from Ledbury Primary School to Deer Park for the release of butterflies that they had been raising. Many of the children read our residents the work they had done on the butterfly life cycle, as well as allowing us to hold the butterflies before they were released. […]

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Resident Spotlight: John

One of our residents John has recently started visiting the local pub on a weekly basis to play pool. John used to be in a pool league, and was rather talented, however he has not played for some time. He has decided he wants to get back into playing, and so has been practising in […]

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Arts in Care Homes Day

Every year the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) invites care homes across the country to get involved in Arts in Care Homes Day. This year’s theme was ‘international’, however NAPA also encouraged people to make a field of flowers. Our residents at Lincroft Meadow chose to combine the two themes and make a map of […]

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World Arthritis Day

Did you know that approximately 10 million people in the UK live with arthritis? On the 12th of October we spent World Arthritis Day discussing the condition with our Activities and Wellbeing Coordinator Audrey. She told our residents everything she knows about arthritis, and even brought in an x-ray of her hand to show everybody. […]

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A Visit from Tropical Discovery

This month at Savernake View we were visited by Kris Freeman from Tropical Discovery. Kris brought a variety of animals with him for us to see, including a bearded dragon, a corn snake, millipedes and even a tarantula. Kris was great at teaching us about each animal, and our residents were thrilled to be able […]

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Pom Poms Away!

Recently at Avondale our residents and staff volunteered to create pom poms for the local Aylesbury council. These will be used for their upcoming Christmas on the Cobbles event, where all of our pom poms will be filling the snowball arena! Our staff and residents have risen to the challenge and been crafting pom poms […]

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Happy 103rd Birthday Ethel

In October we celebrated our resident Ethel’s 103rd birthday. The Woodland Manor activities and wellbeing team invited Annie, a talented classical pianist from Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, to perform for Ethel on her birthday. Annie even brought Ethel a beautiful yellow rose as a gift! Our kitchen team honoured Ethel’s request for a lemon drizzle […]

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Hedgehog Conkers

We are extremely lucky here at Prestbury House to have a magnificent horse chestnut tree overlooking the front of our house. One of the main benefits of this tree is that during the autumn it drops conkers for us to collect. This has led to many discussions about the games we played with conkers as […]

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Garden Challenge Victory

It has only taken us five years to achieve a victory, but here at Lavender Oaks we are thrilled to announce that we won the Best Jubilee Garden award as part of the 8th annual Porthaven Garden and Hospitality Challenge. Our residents really enjoyed getting involved with a theme that was so close to their […]

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Staff Spotlight: Angela

We would like to introduce you to Angela, who is the newest member of our activities and wellbeing team. Angela has been happily married for 40 years and loves to travel around the world and visit new places with her husband. Angela is a keen runner and regularly takes part in half marathons, one of […]

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A Victory for our Head Chef

Everybody here at Hartfield House would like to congratulate our talented Head Chef Chris on winning the 8th annual Porthaven Garden and Hospitality Challenge chef’s cook-off. Chris took first place with his appetizing pan-fried supreme of haddock with a lemon and dill sauce accompanied by parmentier potatoes, red lentil ragu and gorgeous seasonal vegetables. Our […]

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Dance Exercise with Right Steps

This month has once again been full of new and exciting experiences for our residents, which we have all enjoyed together. One of the highlights was when we invited dance exercise company Right Steps to lead a class for us. The session involved using props to help our residents dance and exercise to music. The […]

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A Performance by Mandy Penny

For World Singing Day this month, our residents were thrilled to welcome back singer Mandy Penny. Mandy performed many of our residents’ favourite songs, as well as leading us in a group singalong. Everybody was full of enthusiasm and loved the opportunity to be able to engage with music in this way. We look forward […]

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A visit to the London RAF Museum

This month we were thrilled to be able to take our Chiltern Grange minibus to visit the Royal Airforce Museum, which is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome in London. Some of our residents had visited before but were amazed to see the recent improvements and new displays. We were lucky to arrive on a […]

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Tea with a Pony

Recently we took our Thirlestaine Park minibus to Cheltenham Racecourse for a ‘Tea with a Pony’ experience, which was organised by the Cotswold Riding for the Disabled Association. Our residents started the experience with a delicious afternoon tea and cakes whilst watching a horse riding lesson. They then had the chance to meet and interact […]

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Pumpkin Picking

With Halloween looming we decided to take a trip in our Wiltshire Heights minibus to our local farm shop so we could pick out some pumpkins. Our residents were amazed to see an enormous display of pumpkins of different shapes, colours and sizes, and had a hard time picking their favourites to take home. We […]

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Meet the ‘Tiny Tablet’

Last month at Haddon Hall we welcomed the ironically named ‘Tiny Tablet’ into our home. The ‘Tiny Tablet’ is a large interactive tablet that can be used to play a variety of games, puzzles and quizzes, as well as allowing residents to access sensory apps. These activities can be played at varying levels for people […]

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Roald Dahl Story Day

On Tuesday the 13th October our residents at Astbury Mere were visited by children from the local Havannah Primary School in Congleton. This day marked what would have been Roald Dahl’s 106th birthday, so it seemed fitting to celebrate the occasion by sharing some of his greatest books and poems. The children enjoyed the chance […]

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Angela Rippon Officially Opens Deer Park

On Friday 2nd September, Deer Park held its official Grand Opening after opening earlier this year. We welcomed members of the local Ledbury community, along with relatives of our residents to join us for a celebration in our beautiful garden. Angela Rippon, CBE, delighted everyone with an engaging talk and touched on her connection with […]

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Kathleen revisits her farming days

One of our residents Kathleen spent many enjoyable years on the farm in the heart of Cheshire as a farmer’s wife whilst bringing up her family. We took a trip with some of or residents and Kathleen to Bidlea Dairy farm to meet with the farm animals including, sheep, chickens, and cows. During the trip, […]

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Wild Science visits Avondale

Avondale was visited by Wild Science and their selection of wonderful critters both cute and creepy. Our residents got to meet snakes, rabbits, spiders, and lizards. Diane got to have a cuddle with the adorably soft rabbit. Even our staff members got the opportunity to hold a snake.

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Al Fresco Dining!

Thanks to the beautiful weather this summer, our residents have been able to enjoy mealtimes in the sunshine! Our comfortable outdoor furniture is popular amongst our residents who enjoy the warmer days and we like to make the most of our patio space, as well as the greenery. Pictured here is the very glamorous Rosemary […]

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Queen Elizabeth II tree planting

Over the past weeks we have spent much of our time supporting our residents following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We have been holding rmininscence sessions and encouraging our residents about the Queen. We have planted a tree for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee earlier this year and our residents have loved having […]

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A Visit to Bucklebury Farm

Last month, our residents here at Falkland Grange, Newbury, requested to go on a trip to Bucklebury Farm in Berkshire. It was a lovely day out and we spent some time with the animals and even took our minibus around the deer safari! After lunch, we walked around the grounds and spotted some of the […]

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Family Support Group Launch

Here at Hartfield House and across all our Porthaven Care Homes, we understand the importance of caring not only for our residents, but their family members too. Led by our Home Trainer, Dominque Byfleet, we are providing our family members with the same level of training given to our staff members when it comes to […]

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Celebrating Friendships at Lavender Oaks

Here at Lavender Oaks, we are always thrilled to hear of the relationships made at Lavender Oaks. We welcomed Sheila and Jenifer this year and they instantly hit it off and after spending time together, Shelia said: “It is very important to build trust and friendship in a care home and Jenifer and I love […]

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Visit to Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Some of our veteran residents took a trip to the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, which is a military museum in the town of Woodstock. Our resident John was able to go into the trenches and test out some of the equipment he used whilst serving as a tank operator in the army. We also saw […]

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Meet Our New Home Manager

Meet Penhurst Garden’s new Home Manager, Theresa Whitford. Theresa has been working in the care sector since 1987, where she began as a carer before planning to start college. She enjoyed the role so much that she decided against going to going to college to pursue a career where she felt she would be making […]

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Our residents and Her Majesty The Queen

Our resident Captain David L Smith was very fortunate to meet both The Queen and the then Prince Charles when they visited the Shell Centre in London during the mid-1990s. Captain Smith was a Shell tanker captain and worked for Shell for his whole working life from 1955 when he started as an officer apprentice. […]

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Mini Crufts

To mark International Dogs Day here at Savernake View, Marlborough, we held our very own Mini Crufts event. We welcomed family members and friends of our home, along with their dogs, for our residents to judge on appearance and tricks! We had a fantastic time greeting the very well-behaved pups, judging their best tricks in […]

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Chicks Come to Visit

Here at Thirlestaine Park Care Home, we value our local community links in the Cheltenham area. Jamie, a member of the local Providence Baptist Church, visits us regularly to provide a service and he contacted us recently to inform us of some chicks that have hatched. We were thrilled to hear the news and could […]

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Hollywood comes to Tonbridge House!

Last month here at Tonbridge House Care Home, we held a ‘Hollywood Glam’ party for our residents, relatives, and friends to enjoy! Our fantastic team organised an award ceremony and our talented residents won ‘Oscars’ for their impressive performances. Everyone in attendance got glammed up for the occasion and we all enjoyed a champagne tower […]

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Sharing a Legacy

In this issue of Porthaven Life, we are thrilled to announce the release of our Upton Mill book project: The Story of my Life. The idea behind the project was to provide our residents with an opportunity to share stories from their past in a safe and respectful setting. The project began with interviews that […]

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Macmillan Coffee Morning

Last month here at Wiltshire Heights Care Home, we took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in connection with Macmillan to raise awareness and important funds. Our fantastic kitchen team coordinated with local caterer, Sarah Cousins, Simply Delicious Catering, who very kindly agreed to judge the sweet treats. Our residents and relatives were spoilt […]

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Happy and Glorious

With the recent passing of Her Majesty the Queen, our resident Marjorie has been reflecting on when she and her son David met Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace in 2013. David was invited to meet the Queen after he won her ‘Award for Enterprise’, which he received for his work with international trade. The rules […]

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Angela Rippon Officially Opens Deer Park

On Friday 2nd September, Deer Park held its official Grand Opening after opening earlier this year. We welcomed members of the local Ledbury community, along with relatives of our residents to join us for a celebration in our beautiful garden. Angela Rippon, CBE, delighted everyone with an engaging talk and touched on her connection with […]

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Roald Dahl Day

What better way to celebrate Roald Dahl’s birthday than with a ‘Wonka Bar’? Across the home we asked all of our residents which Roald Dahl story is their favourite… it was almost unanimously Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, although Matilda ran a close second. The Wonka Bars were a big hit with the residents as […]

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Beaulieu Car Show

Some of our residents here at Falkland Grange took a trip to the Beaulieu Car Show to see all things, Mercedes Benz! Our residents had the chance to spend the day looking at the wide selection of cars from the beautiful classic Mercedes to the sleek modern cars. Our residents really enjoyed the impressive German […]

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Summer Bank Holiday

Here at Hartfield House, Leatherhead, our residents thoroughly enjoy spending time in our beautiful garden. To mark the summer bank holiday, we thoroughly enjoyed spending time in the last of the summer sunshine. Whilst we were prepared for rain, we were lucky with the forecast and only needed the umbrella for shade!

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Ice cream van

During the heat wave we had a visit from the ice cream van. Our residents felt like little kids again as they heard the music playing from down the street, we all rushed out to get our delicious ice creams. Nancy enjoyed ordering her 99 flake and talked about how it reminded her of her […]

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Introducing Tonbridge House Choir Group

During our last resident meeting here at Tonbridge House Care Home, our residents asked for a regular choir group to be set up. We are thrilled to announce, that with the help of our local entertainer, Paul Fay, we will be hosting a choir group every other Friday. With Paul leading, we will be learning […]

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Cheltenham Music Festival

The highlight or us this month at Tonbridge House, was celebrating the Cheltenham Music Festival. Throughout the week, our Activities and Wellbeing Team organised for us to enjoy a range of musical performances. We welcomed classically trained Harry Kersley, music therapist Lisa Pickering, and Paul Fay with his golden oldies!

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When Life Gives You Lemons!

Here at Lavender Oaks, Carshalton, we have been thoroughly enjoying the beautiful sunshine and have been spending lots of time in our garden. Two of our residents, June and Nancy, had the wonderful idea of making lemonade for everyone to enjoy and we even spread seeds, optimistic for a lemon tree to grow!

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Supporting Our Local Hospice

At Porthaven Care Homes, we value and appreciate the incredible work that our local hospices do to support not only our homes but everyone in the local community too. On Sunday, our Client Services Manager here at Hartfield House, Jon, and Home Manager, Hannah, assisted the Princess Alice Hospice in their annual summer fete. We […]

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Goodwood Festival of Speed at Falkland Grange

As part of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, here at Falkland Grange in Newbury, we welcomed Pioneer Automobiles as they delighted our residents with a surprise visit. We have many keen car fans here and pictured above is our lovely resident, Mary, with a very impressive looking Austin Seven Tourer!

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Porthaven Garden and Hospitality Challenge

In preparation for the annual Porthaven Garden and Hospitality Challenge, our residents here at Lavender Oaks in Carshalton, have been getting their green fingers dirty in our garden! Pictured here is Sheila plating some white and purple-themed flowers in the spirit of the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations. God luck to every participating – may the […]

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Platinum Jubilee Party

The highlight of June for all of us here at Tonbridge House was our party to celebrate the Queen’s 70-year long reign! Over the course of the year, we have spent time designing a jubilee garden and it was wonderful to showcase this to everyone in attendance. We welcomed relatives, friends and members of our […]

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Resident Art Week Challenge

In June, our residents here at Falkland Grange in Newbury took part in our Resident Art Week Challenge. This is a project run across all of our Porthaven care homes and it involves a variety of different artistic and creative activities. Our residents got their paint brushes ready and with the help of Anna from […]

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Porthaven Care Homes partner with Mark Hix MBE

Celebrated chef, restaurateur and food writer, Mark Hix MBE, has partnered with the award-winning Porthaven care home group as their latest Ambassador. In his many years in food and hospitality, Mark has established himself as one of this country’s leading chefs and food writers, known for his original take on British gastronomy. He is the […]

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Puppies visit Tonbridge House

Here at Tonbridge House, Tonbridge, we always enjoy welcoming furry friends into our home! Our residents were thrilled to welcome a litter of puppies, very kindly brought in by a family member. We had a wonderful afternoon in the garden playing with them whilst enjoying tea, coffee and cake in between.

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Easter here at Lavender Oaks

To celebrate Easter here at Lavender Oaks in Carshalton, we spent the weekend decorating Easter bonnets. Using a range of different materials, we gathered in the activities and wellbeing room for the arts and crafts activity whilst of course enjoying a range of chocolate treats! After making our creations, we wore them and then displayed […]

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Ducklings hatch at Hartfield House!

Throughout the month of April, our residents here at Hartfield House in Leatherhead, watched in anticipation as our duckling eggs hatched. It has been wonderful to watch them grow into their beaks over the course of the month and we have all noticed their unique personalities starting to develop! They have received plenty of cuddles […]

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Cheese and wine tasting

As part of our cheese and wine evening, we tried a range of different cheese accompanied by Berry Bros. & Rudd wine. Whilst enjoying the delicious spread, we listened to pianist, Rich, who played throughout the evening. Our residents commented that the cheese board was delicious and they can’t wait for our next themed evening!

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Upton Mill wins Best Interior Design award!

Porthaven’s newly-opened care home, Upton Mill in Tetbury has recently received its first impressive plaudit after winning the ‘Best Interior Design’ award at the prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Awards. After entering the awards for the first time in 2020 and scooping the ‘Best Specialist Dementia Design’ award for Falkland Grange Care Home in Newbury, we are […]

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Valentine’s Day

We have had a month full of exciting activities at Thirlestaine Park, but the highlight for us was our Valentine’s lunch. Our residents enjoyed High Tea at our home in Cheltenham, with lots of sweet treats. Our chefs did a wonderful job and love was definitely in the air throughout the whole home!

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Chinese New Year

On the 1st February, Lavender Oaks Care Home in Carshalton celebrated Chinese New Year with some of our residents. Everyone enjoyed sampling some Chinese dishes and different Chinese teas, prepared by our chef. Our residents also enjoyed opening fortune cookies and sharing their fortune with the room. Following dinner, we hosted a Chinese-themed quiz and […]

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100 years young!

One of our residents at Hartfield House Care Home, Leatherhead, Christine, turned a fabulous 100 years young on Monday. Christine has been living at Hartfield House for the last three years. We celebrated her special event with a buffet made by our chef and a delicious, homemade ‘100’ cake. Barry Stevens, a favourite singer of Christine, […]

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British Heart Foundation

To raise awareness and much needed funds for the British Heart Foundation, our residents from Falkland Grange Care Home in Newbury, took part in a two mile sponsored walk on Greenham Common. We decorated our café area for the day and held an afternoon tea event, with cakes baked by our wonderful chef. We have […]

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Recent CQC Report: ‘Outstanding’ Score for Upton Mill Care Home

Upton Mill Care Home in Tetbury, Gloucestershire were delighted to receive an overall rating of ‘Good’ in their recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with an ‘Outstanding’ for responsive. The health and social care regulator visited the home at the end of 2021 and spent time speaking to residents, relatives and observing staff […]

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Corefield’s Christmas Cake Competition Victory

Over Christmas, our amazing kitchen team here at Tonbridge House in Kent won first prize in the Corefield Christmas cake competition! Our residents put together an amazing winter wonderland in our home and the cake took centre stage. Congratulations and well done to everyone who worked so hard to win the competition – it tasted […]

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A new year at Lavender Oaks!

To celebrate a new year here at Lavender Oaks in Carshalton, we all wrote down our resolutions and predictions for 2022. We then made a time capsule which was beautifully decorated by Margaret Fox and Ian Connor. This has been buried in the grounds at Lavender Oaks and we will dig it up on the […]

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New Year’s Resolutions

Here at Hartfield House Care Home in Leatherhead, we celebrated the New Year by coming together to write and discuss our new year’s resolutions. After writing them down, we shredded them to and turned them into pulp as part of World Climate Day to ensure that nothing went to waste. Using the recycled paper, we […]

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A New Year at Falkland Grange

We celebrated the New Year in style here at Falkland Grange in Newbury. Our residents dressed to impress to enjoy some delicious canapés made by our talented kitchen team. We enjoyed drinking champagne and dancing to the live folk music whilst sharing stories and reminiscing on 2021. Some of us declared our new year’s resolutions […]

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