Activities at Tixover House Care Home

The Chater Lodge and Tixover House care homes in Ketton and Tixover recently presented the Evergreen Care Trust with a cheque for £420.

The grant is to support their Dementia Friendly Tea which is run by volunteers and is held on the last Tuesday of the month, between 2pm- 4pm at the Free Church in Kesteven road, Stamford. The service is free for participants to attend. Evergreen are creating a safe space for those living with Dementia and their companions to come along, meet people, have a drink and a cake and the opportunity to have access to Dementia specific activities.

The grant had been awarded by Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, a charity that helps older people and adults with a disability or mental health problems across England, Scotland and Wales by offering grants to help people connect or re-connect with others in their local community.

Ed Bailey. Volunteer Service Manager at Evergreen Care said “thank you so much to the Barchester Charitable Foundation for their support and generous donation which will make a huge positive difference to our Dementia Friendly Tea in Stamford”

Our Senior Maintenance Manager and Laundry Assistant at the Tixover House Care Home, in Tixover has received a prestigious 10 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 10 years.

Tony Bond and Sally Hill started at Barchester in 2013 and have worked with our residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Adele Keenan, Employee Services Director at Barchester said: “I’m always pleased to hear stories about the long service of Barchester staff and am delighted Tony and Sally have achieved this milestone. It is dedication like this that ensures our residents are provided with a happy place to live.”

Ive Alexander, General Manager of Tixover House said: “We’re delighted to be celebrating 10 years of loyal service with Sally and Tony. They have demonstrated their dedication and loyalty to this home and its residents year after year. I speak for all of us here at Tixover when I say that I’m looking forward to many more years of working with Sally and Tony!”

At Tixover House we love sharing our entertainment with family, friends and neighbours and this time we all enjoyed listening to the smooth sound of the saxophone; singing, dancing and laughing along to the wonderful tunes.

This was all accompanied by a collection of delicious freshly baked scones and jam, washed down with a glass of wine, courtesy of our brilliant team in the kitchen. it really was a team effort. 

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at the Chater Lodge and Tixover House Care Homes to enjoy a days long open event which  was held at the home between Tuesday 10th October and Saturday 14th October. 

Chater Lodge and Tixover House Care Homes hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including welcoming Michael Crowe, Vice Chair of the Stamford U3A who was hand to cut the ribbon and welcome guests and family members into our home at Chater Lodge, our homes featured live musical entertainment and our kitchen teams were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all by putting on a spread of cream tea, cakes and sandwiches which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.– it really was a team effort!

Our residents and visiting family members enjoyed a fantastic visit from 'Stonestreet Sounds' for a morning extravaganza filled with reminiscing, with photographs from our local area from yesteryear, accompanied by music from across the decades. Lots of memories shared, songs sung and toes tapping as well as a dance or two!

Everyone had a fabulous time and we look forward to welcoming back 'Stonestreet Sounds' in the near future.

our residents and colleagues came together as we all enjoyed some delicious home-made cakes prepared by our talented Head Chef Tony, and several cups of tea and coffee in the beautiful ambience of our newly refurbished coffee lounge, and all in aid of a great cause - Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning!

The money raised at our Coffee Afternoon will help many living with cancer to live life as fully as they can, it will help fund the amazing Macmillan nurses, answer calls on the vital Support Line, give financial support, and so much more.