School Garden Launch Sows Seeds of Friendship for Care Home Residents
Residents of a Dorset care home have cultivated community links with the opening of a garden at a nearby school. Children and staff at Talbot…
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Schools
Southend-on-Sea School Students Lend a Helping Hand at Local Physical Rehabilitation Centre
A specialist physical rehabilitation and reablement centre in Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, has recently welcomed kind-hearted students from a local school to volunteer and spend time with…
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Beccles Care Home Collaborates With Local Primary School to Promote Intergenerational Friendships
A family-owned Beccles care home has collaborated with a local primary school to promote intergenerational friendships and boost the wellbeing of residents. Wellbeing Care’s St…
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Jubilee Court Care Home and Holgate Primary School Create a Pen Pal Club
Residents at Jubilee Court are thrilled to have started a pen pal club with a selection of children from local primary school, Holgate Primary. Residents…
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Perthshire Pupils Work in Harmony with Local Care Home Residents
Pupils from three Perthshire primary schools have written songs inspired by local care home residents as part of the Horsecross Arts Harmony Project. 43 P2…
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Care Home Uses Gardening Club to Promote Intergenerational Relationships Ahead of National Children’s Gardening Week 2022
A Hertfordshire care home is using its beloved Gardening Club to reconnect residents with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren through some green-fingered fun to mark National…
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Care Residents and Schoolchildren Engage in Inter-Generational Project at Rathmore House
A group of Camden-based schoolboys have entertained and supported care residents as part of Central and Cecil’s (C&C) inter-generational project, bringing young and elderly members…
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Hallmark Play Garden to Unite and Delight
Children will be begging their parents to visit older relatives this autumn thanks to a pioneering partnership between Hallmark Care Homes Foundation and London Play….
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Signature at Wandsworth Common launches ‘tea and tech’ partnership with Emmanuel School to connect two generations and boost resident wellbeing
Retired teacher and Signature at Wandsworth Common care home resident, Francis Johnson is no stranger to the younger generation and has used her links to…
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Easter Cheer for Vida Healthcare Residents
Vida Healthcare has partnered with a local Harrogate-based school to bring Easter cheer to its staff and residents. The partnership saw students at Rossett Acre…
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Residents at Local Care Home Lend their Ears to Live Music Performance
Residents and staff members at Chorleywood Beaumont care home in Chorleywood enjoyed an afternoon of grins with a fabulous performance that took place at the…
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New Intergenerational Project to Make Schools Care Home Friends!
Schools across England are being encouraged to become Care Home Friends in a new scheme to bring together children and older people living in care…
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Local Schoolchildren Help to Name Rooms for New Care Home
Eve Belle care home in Wickford, Essex, is set to open its doors in spring, and the team are hard at work establishing meaningful community…
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Pupils Rehearse School Play for Bolton Care Home Residents
PRIMARY school pupils treated elderly residents to an early viewing of their play after rehearsing at their care home in Bolton. Year 4 children from…
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