We visit Parkview Care Home once a month, and this time we embraced the spirit of Halloween doing some frightfully fun pumpkin carving with the residents!

No tricks, this was a real treat, and so lovely to have everyone getting involved.

For many of us, it was our first attempt at pumpkin art and we think the results are rather spook-tacular! 🎃

We loved spending time with the residents and the care home team, and we'll be back again at the end of November.

Today was National Fitness Day! We certainly contributed to it by walking/running to the task tonight! Our job was to clean the mini bus inside and out! We all got on with the job helped by two of the residents , David and Ken who were a delight! Team member Amy got us all we needed to make the bus sparkling clean! We can't wait for our next visit!

What a lovely afternoon helping at Parkview Care Home's Summer Party!

It was down to work as soon as we arrived!

Johnny was put on bunting duty, while Cat, Sarah and Martin were in charge of balloons to complete the decorations.

Then it was Pimms o'clock, mixing jugs of the cocktail and serving it - along with beer and soft drinks - to the residents and guests.

After that we helped with the raffle, before lending a hand to those who needed it at the buffet table.

The grand finale was handing round portions of that amazing cake, making sure no-one was forgotten.

After a spot of tidying up we said our goodbyes and headed home, happy that we'd helped the party go with a swing.

I made a long awaited return to GoodGym duties along with Susan, Martin and Cami who was participating in her debut GG task ✨️ - welcome Cami.

We were due to be washing the minibus at Parkview Care Home 🧽💦🪣. However, the evening became somewhat confused when, arriving at the care home, no minibus was in view 🤔.

With the absence of sponges and minibus, the task was aborted. We were offered weeding 🌿, but given the excellent work undertaken by GG Bexley on previous visits, there was a lack of weeds.

So, it was suggested to come indoors and engage with the residents in some games and quizzes.

Susan and Martin played pairs with a number of residents, to match pictures of well-known celebrities such as Morecambe and Wise; Johnny and Sarah were missing from this list.

Cami run a quiz session involving capital cities, while I had a challenge from Catherine, the resident Scrabble champion. A very competitive 40 minutes were spent with Catherine coming out on top.

An enjoyable evening for all concerned and we'll be back to share other activities!

It was a hot run 🥵 from the Crook Log Leisure Centre tonight, but we arrived to cups of water awaiting us with team member Amanda! We also had the pleasure of meeting the resident ginger cat relaxing in the cool office!

We decided to help in the courtyard garden area by weeding the raised flowerbed, sweeping the paths and watering the plants and lawn 💦.

Resident Joe joined us in cutting back the mint 🍃 and Pamela with cutting the lavender to make fragrant bouquets.

Time went so quickly and the heat subsided into a lovely evening.

We are already looking forward to our next visit!

Just two of us at Parkview Care Home task this evening but we had a lovely time chatting with some of the residents, and staff members Annette and Andy.

• Favourite foods - Devon pasties, steamed puddings, spaghetti🍝 , steak, and definitely not charred bbq offerings.
• Custard or ice cream?
• Hobbies - knitting soft toys and jumpers, tap dancing.
• Childhood and family pets - cats 🐈, dogs 🐕, a goldfish 🐟 and even a parrot 🦜.
• Favourite holiday destinations - Cornwall a firm favourite.
• Sports played at school -netball 🏀 and rounders ⚾️.
• Footie teams - Manchester United, Chelsea.

And we met the care home cat, Ginger, who seems to have a very comfortable life!

Next month we'll be washing the minibus and planting flowers, so come along and join us.