July 2014
ASHMERE TALK
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he Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were cheered by crowds during a visit to the Derbyshire Dales, including staff and residents from Valley Lodge. They arrived shortly after 10:00am by train at Matlock Station and then went to a knitwear company in Lea Mills, before moving on to Chatsworth House. Crowds including local schoolchildren greeted the royal party at all the venues and they were presented with flowers and gifts. The Queen previously visited Matlock in 1992, 1985 and 1968.
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CODNOR PARK NEWS
Residents Birthdays 26th July Alan Swayne 7th August Pauline 21st August Ronnie 29th August Frank
Staff Birthdays 31st July Lymee 3rd August Joanne 6th August Carole 17th August Charlotte 25th August Liz Entertainment Monday 21st July Frankie Fortune will be singing and telling jokes with his puppet friends. Wednesday 23rd 2pm Razzle Dazzle, singing and dancing once more. Friday 15th August ‘Beach Party’ themed day with games, raffle and entertainment in the afternoon from Kevin & Marie.
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We have a diary of open coffee mornings coming up. 10am-11am everyone is welcome, it’s £1 for coffee and cake (all proceeds go to the residents fund) Friday 25th July Friday 22nd August Friday 26th September Friday 24th October Friday 28th November Gayle Fowkes a long standing ashmere employee of 15 years will be leaving us on 15th August to relocate in Manchester. What the love of a good man can do! Good luck Gayle. We’ve also been busy painting and creating lovely scenes to brighten up or home, as well as enjoying the garden and being pampered. We had great fun with jokes and singing when the north east produces came to perform ”What the window cleaner saw!” Everyone enjoyed it and we can’t wait till they are back to perform the pantomime at Christmas.
THE FIRS NEWS
CONTENTS 2. Codnor Park 3. The Firs 4. Ashmere News 5. King William 6. Smalley Hall 7. Valley Lodge 8. West Hallam 9. Puzzle Corner 10. Photos 11. Photos
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ASHMERE NEWS
Win £100 of Vouchers Employee of the Month Award In recognition of the hard work Ashmere staff do. We are pleased to announce an ‘Employee of the Month’ award starting TODAY. The winner will receive £100 of vouchers to spend at HMV, HALFORDS, BOOTS, DEBENHAMS, ARGOS, BHS and many more... Staff will need to be nominated by either their manager, colleague, or resident, explaining what the person has done that is above and beyond what is expected and how this has had a positive impact on the residents. To nominate a staff member please fill in the form (available from the home manager). Nominations must be handed in by the 25th of each month.
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KING WILLIAM NEWS
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he residents at King William have been turning their hands to vegetable growing this month. We planted plants that were donated; this includes green beans, cucumbers and sunflowers. They’re already growing well and we’re excited to try the produce once it’s ready. We all celebrated the World Cup this month and had a great time being patriotic.
We have also been making leaf art at the home, the residents really liked the different colours and textures that the leafs had. Upcoming events: We would like to invite everyone to our Summer Fayre, which will take place on 25th July. We will see the return of singer Roy Kelly and hope to see plenty of people dancing and singing along. The Touring Local Cinema will be visiting King William on 1st August; the film showing will be Calamity Jane. Birthdays: Phyllis Gibson 21st July, Many happy returns, we hope that you have a wonderful day. A big welcome to the King William team: Kerri Temby, Rosie Radford, Jessica Parlett and Elizabeth Parlett.
We cheered England on with our homemade flags and enjoyed the decoration that was put up around the home. It was Sarah Hills’ Birthday this month, we had entertainment by Grievous Angel and we all enjoyed the songs that they played. Some residents contributed by playing the tambourine or maracas, and many sang along to the songs.
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SMALLEY HALL NEWS
August birthdays Joan Maher Alec Arme Smalley Hall & Valley Lodge are sharing our trips every friday. We are covering all of Derbyshire over the next few months. This month we have visited Chatsworth, Baslow, Hathersage and Eyam the plaque village. Then up to the 3 dams Howden,
Smalley Church had their annual flower show and some of the residents went to see it, the flower displays were amazing. Our favourite was the rainbow. We had a lovely afternoon with tea and cakes, and can’t wait for next years. It is coming up to our summer fair, and we are very busy preparing for it. It would be really great to see you all there, supporting us on the 2nd August, between 2-4pm. We had a flautist come and play for us, she is the daughter of one of our residents. She has agreed to come and play for our summer fair too. So a big thank you to Linda for that.
Upper Derwent, and finally Ladybower Dam, where they filmed The Dambusters. We enjoyed a lovely picnic, with the ducks and a homemade ice cream in the park. Everyone enjoyed the outings and were glad to make new friends. Four of the residents have decided to be pen friends, so they are now waiting eagerly for the postman to bring them their letters. 6
VALLEY LODGE NEWS
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s promised our new Rabbit Penelope which Nigel our resident named, she has really settled in well and growing so quickly.
We have being really busy making necklaces and braclets to sell at our Summer Fete to raise funds for our residents funds, photos attached. We had a very exciting time on the 10th July
the Queen came to visit Matlock, and we arranged all the bunting to go up for when her majesty and Prince Philip drove past, all the residents and all staff
came out to watch them drive by and the prosession slowed down as we held a banner up asking them to slow down past Valley Lodge. We all waved our flags and cheered, all the residents
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were so happy and the sun shone on us all day. The Queen and Prince Philip did wave to us all as they drove past. We have now arranged to go out with Smalley every Friday so residents can meet new people and make new friends, they have arranged to be pen pals also, Sadie has made good friends with Barbra from Smalley.
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WEST HALLAM NEWS
Staff Birthdays
8th July sally Smith 20th July Sharon Blackmore 21st July Karl Williams 31st July Dawn Turton Residents Birthdays
5th July Lillias Simpson 13th July les George 21st July Hetty Toner Upcoming events: 1st August the residents are going on a boat trip with Trent River cruises. 6th August is our Italian themed bistro night 8th August the staff are doing a 9 mile sponsored walk
What we have been doing We had our oriental themed Bistro night and lucky 13 which all residents and family thoroughly enjoyed. Collin Jackson came to perform some old time classics the residents enjoyed singing along and having a dance.
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11th August Kevin and Marie are coming to perform their best of British show 16th August is our summer fete from 2pm to 4pm Saturday 16th August from 2pm to 4pm. There will be a BBQ, Tombola, cake stall, guess the weight of the cake, face painting, bottle games and much more with all money raised going into our residents fund.
PUZZLE CORNER
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The Queen Visits Derbyshire 10th July 2014
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CONTACT INFORMATION Codnor Park - 88 Glass House Hill, Codnor, DE5 9QT - Tel: 01773 741111 The Firs - 90 Glass House Hill, Codnor, DE5 9QT - Tel: 01773 743810 Kidsley Grange - 160 Heanor Road, Smalley, DE7 6DX - Tel: 01773 710760 King William - Lowes Hill, Ripley, DE5 3DW - Tel: 01773 748841 Smalley Hall - Main Road, Smalley, DE7 6DS - Tel: 01332 882848 Valley Lodge - Bakewell Road, Matlock, DE4 3BN - Tel: 01629 583447 West Hallam - 8 Newdigate Street, West Hallam, DE7 6GZ - Tel: 0115 944 0329
Ashmere have been caring in Derbyshire for over 25 years. The business has been family owned and run across three generations. We aim to provide the very best care for residents, providing a range of care from residential, nursing and to Dementia care in our extra care units. In addition to long term care, we also provide respite care and day care to assist those who are still able to live at home. If you would like any additional information about the company or services on offer, please Tel: 0845 602 2059 or visit our website www.ashmere.co.uk
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