Our dear friend and colleague, Nick, recently celebrated a significant milestone: 20 years and Mary & Joseph House. Residents and staff came together to express their gratitude, sharing heartfelt stories of his memorable antics throughout the years in a touching tribute. Here’s to many more joyful years, Nick!
Daniel works in the woodwork room and the garden with our residents. They have recently been hard at work preparing our garden for spring. Over the past month they have refilled all the allotment beds in anticipation of planting, cleared the woodland area and are making everything look fantastic. Also, Ian prepared the greenhouses for spring, while snowdrops began to bloom along our woodland walk. 2 of our residents below, Garry and Nick, have been hard at work creating some amazing handcrafted items in our woodworking room. Recently, they constructed birdhouses for our woodland walk area, along with a bug hotel! We can’t wait to see how it looks in summer.
This week the Activity Co-Ordinator and the Catering Manager spent time in the Bistro with some residents baking soda bread. Residents enthusiastically participated in the baking process, creating a variety of flavours. In the end, all the residents and staff had the pleasure of taste-testing the results!
It is with deep sorrow and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of John Hubert Cox MBE who died peacefully at home on 21st December 2025 at the age of 95, John had a life well lived and was cherished by everyone, we will miss him dearly.
On 11th December we celebrated Christmas Jumper Day. All the residents, staff and family members were invited to put on a Christmas Jumper or T-shirt and take part in the competition. We had 2 family members that picked 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for the residents and they received a small prize. We love taking part in Christmas Festivities and had a lovely afternoon celebrating. Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners below!
Every year we get invited to Loreto College for a Christmas Dinner and celebrations. This is something we look forward to and appreciate so much. Our residents love it! Above are a few snapshots of the afternoon. We play games, dance and enjoy a lovely dinner.We already can’t wait for next year!
Every year we organise afternoon’s out at Blackpool. The residents enjoy the Christmas lights and food. We do multiple trips over the weeks it is on, so all our residents have the chance to go. This year there was a major Wallace & Gromit exhibition, “Wallace & Gromit: In A Case at the Museum”. It was held at The Harris in Preston from September 2025 to early January 2026. A group of our residents spent the afternoon out enjoying the exhibition.
On the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, we gathered to observe a two-minute silence in honour of the fallen soldiers of both World War’s. Our resident below, led the commemoration with a reading of ‘In Flanders Fields’. As veteran of the British Army on the Rhine, our resident below proudly shared his experiences serving. He was stationed in Heamer, Germany for 3 years. Followed by another 3 years in Woolwich and 6 years in Dortmund. During his service, he completed 2 tours in Northern Ireland, 1 in Belfast and the other in Armagh. He expressed that he enjoyed every moment of serving his country and would do it all over again.
During the month of October we prepared for Halloween by decorating and carving pumpkins. On the day we played different games with residents and staff. Below are some snapshots of different activities our residents did in and out of the home during October.They include craft groups decorating Halloween decorations, local walks and music with Gerry.
Some of our residents spent the afternoon out at the Manchester Science and Industry Museum. They enjoyed exploring the variety of vintage trains and cars. The Museum is very hands on and the residents enjoy being interactive.
