Our cafe goers enjoyed a pre-lunch workout from one of our OT students who ran a chair based exercise session with a Strictly Come Dancing theme 💃🪩🕺🩰 Butternut squash soup, warm crusty rolls, chocolate sponge and custard followed 😋

Our Happy Mondays group have made a fabulous flock of birds this week 🦅🦜🐦

Today at the cafe our placement students ran a really useful discussion session with our service users, finding out in which areas they might benefit from extra support and clarifying the role of an occupational therapist 📝

We had a busy morning at the cafe creating peacock feather paintings with watercolours 🦚 Our Occupational Therapy placement students also introduced themselves to the service users and discussed their possible plans for the coming weeks 😊

Happy Mondays have created some dramatic ‘shattered glass’ pictures on canvas and then used the canvas design to print on paper 👏 All with a blue green theme but all unique 🎨
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ℹ️ Cheshire and Warrington Carers Trust is holding an event for International Older People's Day, taking place at Northwich Memorial Court from 1pm to 3pm on Wednesday 1 October ⬇️

These fabulous stick people were created by our Happy Mondays group this week 😍 Some look as though they’re ready for a football match while others may be on their way to or from a party 😃 ⚽️ 🥳

Today our Keep Connected group met for lunch at The Coachman Hartford as an end of summer treat. We had the lovely conservatory area to ourselves and the food was delicious 😋
Next week we’re taking a break before returning to The Mews in Whitegate on 9th September.

The cafe was full of emotional surprises this week with a visit from one of our wonderful volunteers who we’ve missed so much while he’s been recovering from surgery and a presentation of gorgeous gifts from service users to thank Mandi (Ken accepted on her behalf) and Nicki for their hard work ❤️

Butterflies and woodland scenes created with painted leaves at Happy Mondays this week 🦋🌲

We are extremely grateful to Hope Farm Methodist Church in Ellesmere Port who have presented us with a generous donation having chosen us as the charity they wished to support this year 🙏 Donations are always appreciated and enable us to maintain and enhance the services we offer for older people.

Thank you Jeanette for sharing your volunteering story 🙏 If anyone reading this would like to help, please do get in touch for more information 😊

Mandi’s cottage pie was very well received at the cafe today with some asking for seconds and even thirds👩‍🍳 For dessert, one of our lovely service users donated rhubarb from her garden, served stewed with a choice of clotted cream or custard and a shortbread biscuit 😋

Happy Mondays have created some beautiful hanging basket flower arrangements today, very bright and colourful 🌸🌼🌺 Excellent work everyone 👏

We had a heart-warming morning at the cafe yesterday sharing memories of one of our wonderful service users whose daughters came along to guide us in a flower arranging session in memory of their lovely mum ❤️ They also baked us some delicious cakes for our afternoon tea 🍰 All very much appreciated ☺️

Happy Mondays have done some lovely collage work this week, creating a whole flock of chickens with a creative background 🐓

These fabulous cacti plants in pots are perfect for the dry summer ☀️ No water required as they’re made from pebbles, all painted and decorated by our Happy Mondays group 🌵

Casserole, cake and Q-Bitz at the cafe today 😊 What better than sausages, veg and dumplings & Victoria sponge with strawberries to provide perfect fuel for our brains when tackling the 3D shape puzzles 🔵⬜️🔷📐🤨

Time for another shout out to one of our amazing volunteers 🙌 Read what she has to say and please spread the word 😊

We had a lovely morning at the cafe being entertained by year 5 and 6 pupils from Whitegate Primary school singing a selection of their favourite songs 🎶🎵Afterwards, lunch was fish, chips and mushy peas followed by pavlova for dessert 😋

Happy Mondays made watermelon fans today - perfect for the warm weather and both practical and pretty 🍉🪭 ‘Cool’ job everyone 😉

Anyone for tennis? We had a Wimbledon themed lunch at the cafe today including a selection of sandwiches and savouries, strawberrries and cream and a special treat of Pimms (of the non-alcoholic variety!)🍹We also had a brief game of balloon tennis 🎾

Happy Mondays have been honing their floristry skills creating summer flower and herb arrangements which we’re sure you’ll agree look very fetching on the side of a hat or in a top pocket 💐