a lunch for all our volunteers....

...to thank them for all they do for the residents at mount ephraim house.  we had a lovely lunch at royal wells hotel today for everyone to get together.

sunny start to the week....

stop press...

lovely photo of the walkers (including Vivienne) plus Sheila (with her fund raising bucket!!) and Ken (last resident standing, or should that be sitting) on the rocks, tunbridge wells common on saturday 21st april.

money still coming in for sponsored walk, not too late to contribute!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVE

here is Olive's birthday cake, and Olive having happy birthday sung to her by the residents!

anyone for collage?

inspired by David Hockney patty and phyl started on a collage project today and were later joined by Mary S..

SPONSORED WALK 2012

A Sponsored walk organized by head office greensleeves for all the homes in the group took place on   21^st april 2012 at 10.30.  The Mount Ephraim contingent set off in bright sunshine around the Tunbridge Wells Common.

The residents were assisted by walkers from chartwell lodgeand between them have raised almost £200 so far.

Afterwards the volunteer/friends went back to chartwell lodge for coffee and mount Ephraim staff and residents had a welcome warm drink back at meh

MP pays a visit - MEH Question Time

Rt Hon Greg Clark MP faced some tough questions from residents today - everything from Afghanistan to the 'granny tax' - but i think he enjoyed the challenge!

congratulations to Hilary

...tea party in the lounge to celebrate Hilary's appointment to Deputy Manager, music courtesy of jon mcdevitt and cakes from sheila and di....

when the rain stopped...

start of a new week at meh

scrabble club this week with ann (ken looks aghast at his selection of letters!) susan, eric, marie and sheila played in the library while ken, patty and ann battled it out  in the games room...

joyce, marie and ken enjoyed a walk across the common to the pantiles in the morning

elizabeth and joan (our volunteers) spent a lovely morning with a group of residents reading poetry...

happy birthday doreen!

it was doreen's birthday friday 13th april and as well a lovely cake prepared by amanda, she enjoyed an impromtu tea dance in the games room, joined by peggy, derek, helen, ken, jenny and caroline on piano...

getting in a tangle!!

luckily for grace, win and susan were on hand to untangle her wool!

HAPPY EASTER 2012

happy birthday ann

marco the magician made Ann a birthday hat and easter bunny from balloons, sang happy birthday to her with the help of the residents, and new cook Amanda made her a delicious birthday cake for tea...

happy good friday

walk on the common with ken, marie and joyce, first bluebells, easter scrabble in the library with eric, christine and mary (easter chocolate bunnies!) marco the magician puts on a show in the afternoon - doreen looks good in a top hat and win loved looking after the white rabbit - doreen practises her spinning plate skills and ann celebrates her birthday...

the ice cream man visits...

....for the first time this year!  here is jean with her cornet (hollie is trying to hide behind her!), ken and sylvia queue for their turn, and helen looks quite at home with her ice cream sitting in the sunshine.  roll on summer...

FRIDAY MARCH 30TH

making the most of the sunshine...

happy birthday girls! thursday march 29th

hope you both had a lovely day, Heidi and Hilary- taken the photo's off girls, you will be pleased to know!

a morning constitutional

lovely march morning; becky and olivia took jean and joan for a walk around the grounds

easter preparations......

ann helped with the easter decorating today - we had some eggs for embellishing with feathers, glitter and stickers...

outdoor bingo in march!

such a lovely sunny day - perfect for bingo and quiz - hope the chocolate didn't melt!

trip to burswood thursday 22nd march

thanks to vivienne and joan from chartwell lodge, we arranged a trip to burswood this afternoon to see the daffodils in full glory, and have tea and cake on the terrace. pictured: helen, christine, eric, marie, hester, joyce, lucille together with hollie, olivia,  and john the driver

thursday art and craft

joan and pat enjoying a few quiet moments helping with the easter collage which we started last week.

Greensleeves Accolades to celebrate achievements in 2011...

.... tues 20th march 2012 at the Kia Oval in London, representatives from MEH were invited to the prize giving.

mount ephraim house were shortlisted for home of the year, gardens and grounds & activity provision, Christiane for volunteer of the year, Linda for carer of the year and marilyn for 'other category' award.

Although we did not win first prizes, we were very pleased to have been recognized and Linda received a special certificate for her achievement.

happy st patrick's day

 we are celebrating st patrick's day today at meh - jonathan is coming to play guitar and sing and karen has bought a supply of champagne and guiness for a 'black velvet' treat later on today!

end of another week...

 easter card making, john checking out maria callas on you tube, bingo with christiane, new hair do's, christine checking her emails and grace's knitting just keeps on growing!

tuesday activity at meh

 a full house at keep fit today, scrabble in the dining room, out of africa on dvd in the lounge and easter card making in the games room we had a busy day;  visitors for lunch and coffee and tea, walks in the grounds and a visit from the priest...!

great day to be outdoors...

christine and hester came and sat in the sunshine for a natter, while patty worked away in the studio!

a trip to hobbycraft ....

...........for inspiration and goodies for the residents art and craft sessions

marian taking a stroll in the grounds 8/3/12

the fortuna trio come to play at meh