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Let’s hear it for the girls! We had such an amazing day last Friday for National Women’s Day. The residents had their best dresses laid out for them and hats at the ready. We talked about great women and celebrated with a raised glass of prosecco and posh crisps! We even had some singing entertainment.

All Change! It’s been such a busy start to the year, and what an exciting positive time we are having! We welcomed our new manager, Carol, to Summercourt in February and she is finding her way around beautifully. Carol comes to us with loads of experience including working with Devon County Council, CQC and managing […]

Happy New Year! We had a lovely Christmas at Summercourt, lots of things going on and a bustling festive atmosphere. But now, it’s January and time for new plans and resolutions to burst in to life! New plans don’t mean that we can’t welcome back old friends though, so last week we invited Simon from […]

Eight ladies singing! For the last couple of weeks myself and Shane have been joined by Victoria from Teignmouth Community School; she is doing her bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. So, we decided to put her to excellent use and join our Christmas Choir, even better as she plays the harp! We have been practising […]

Finding the right words Last week we started a new thing, a scrabble group! It was such good fun and we weren’t short of volunteers to join in. Eileen was very competitive and had some fantastic 2 lettered words but she was beaten by a whisker by Iris- well done Iris! We are going to […]

Collecting a few pounds and lbs Oh hooray for Macmillan cake day! It’s such a lovely atmosphere here, lots of visitors and fun and most importantly cake. We managed to raise £132 for the charity and this was from cake sales and the competitions that we played. The ladies that won very kindly donated their […]

Moving and learning Last week we updated our training certificates for manual handling trainers. This was a brilliant day; we learnt new ways to move our residents safely as well as lots of laughing in between! It’s lovely to go over to Pottles Court, which is our sister home in Exminster. Its always good to […]

Blooming lovely Your Community Isn’t this weather beautiful? It’s always nice to have the sun out in Teignmouth but we need to be so careful to make sure everyone is hydrated and cool. We have managed to do this at the same time as short bursts outside to enjoy the garden, and yesterday we welcoming […]

Winners and losers all at once! OK, so we may not have won Teignmouth Carnival’s ‘It’s a Knockout’… we lost! BUT, we did have a brilliant time and displayed excellent team work, and that’s the important bit! I am so proud of our brilliant staff, they work so hard and always have a smile, even […]

A quick update The results are in and didn’t we do well! In the best newcomer category, we came second, and we also grabbed a second in the best retirement home. it was also so nice to get a ‘very highly commended’ in the floral display based on the celebration theme. So, we are very […]