Oct

Halloween Paper Plate Competition

21 Oct

To get in to the Halloween mood, the staff arranged a Halloween Paper Plate competition for all the residents. They spent the morning and afternoon designing their plates, a few residents designed more than 1! During the craft groups, Gerry a member of the activity team, walked around with his guitar taking song requests. The residents and staff sang along whilst painting. Staff also enjoyed getting involved with the Halloween activities just for a bit of fun!

Sep

Group Walks

15 Sep

Throughout the year, our residents enjoy going on outdoor walks. Our Activity Team organise daily walks around the local area, or longer walks around parks. Along the way, they sometimes like to have lunch, snack or a coffee in a local café or coffee shop. Especially when it is nice and sunny! Even though summer is ending and it is starting to get colder, we don’t let that stop us. Our men still like to enjoy the outdoors!

Aug

Activities throughout August

31 Aug

During the month of August, our residents have been able to get involved with a number of out-of-house activities. The weather this month has been great which has been great when being outdoors. Above, the Activity Team put together another trip to Knowsley Safari Park in August as it was requested over Activity Week but they weren’t able to fit it in. The residents loved driving around and then being able to walk around the zoo afterwards. Also at Knowsley Safari Park, there was a Sealion Cove. The residents enjoyed watching the show put on for the visitors. Jodrell Bank is a world-famous radio astronomy observatory in Cheshire, England, owned and managed by the University of Manchester. Some of our residents spent the afternoon here and watched one of the exhibition’s in the dome. Our resident’s spent an afternoon at the Manchester Museum.

Jul

M&J Garden Party

11 Jul

On the 11th of July M&J opened up our doors to families and friends of the residents and staff for a Garden Party. On the day we had entertainment from the house band, an arts & crafts table, wild science, large garden games and a BBQ. Above, our residents enjoying holding one of the snakes from Wild Science. Above, Andy & the house band performing some classics for everyone. Thank you to everyone who came, it makes us proud that residents and staff want their families and friends to visit our home. We hope to do this again next year!

Jun

Celebrating Earl – 20 years of service!

24 Jun

In June we celebrated Earl and his 20 years of service at Mary & Joseph House. Earl came to M&J as a night care worker and has worked his way up to being one of our Assistant Managers. Our residents and staff got together to celebrate this milestone with him and shared heartfelt stories of his memorable antics throughout the years. Here’s to many more joyful years, Earl!

Jun

ACTIVITIES WEEK 2026

15 Jun

Every year we organise an Activity Week for all the residents. Even though we organise out of house activities throughout the year, Activity Week is a full week of activities that is paid for by the home. BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH – We did this on Monday & Tuesday as so many residents wanted to attend. We also enjoyed some time at the beach at the end of day 2. LIVERPOOL DOCKS & MUSEUM – Wednesday Trip. A nice afternoon boat ride, a look around the museum and a picnic lunch. MANCHESTER UNITED STADIUM TOUR – Wednesday trip with a small group. 2 residents that are Manchester United Fans had a more intimate day out with lunch in the Manchester United Café. EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY AND MUSEUM – Thursday’s trip. A nice ride on the East Lancashire Railways and look around the museum. BIRDS OF PREY & TATTON PARK – Thursday’s trip. A group of men got to get close to multiple different types of birds, followed by an afternoon stroll at Tatton Park. BLACKPOOL PROMENADE – Friday’s trip, a group of our residents wanted to take a stroll around Blackpool and enjoy Fish & Chips.

May

Manchester City FC parade

25 May

Our home is located opposite the Manchester City Etihad Stadium, which means the parade passed right past the home. We have a few residents who are City fans and really wanted to see the players as they went by, so we made this happen for them!

May

Portland Basin Museum

13 May

Our residents explored the Portland Basin Museum in May. This was a social history exhibition and it featured a life-size model house and a traditional fish & chip shop. The museum also has a 1920s street where there are lots of room sets.Some you can go in and touch things. Some have models of people in them. It truly felt like taking a step back in time

Apr

Celebrating St George’s Day

23 Apr

We celebrated St George’s Day in the sunshine this year whilst enjoying games and music. This years tournament was ‘It’s a Knockout’ Andy, Dan and Cheryl, who are all part of our Activity Team, dressed up for the occasion. The house Band and Gerry our Therapeutic Music Tutor also performed for everyone in sun. The residents enjoyed the day of activities and loved celebrating St George’s Day. The day ended on a high with everyone enjoying cream cakes!

Apr

Art Exhibitions & Craft Groups

15 Apr

This month a groups of our residents visited a number of different art exhibitions. These included; Picasso pieces, The Great Wave and Bob Dylan. We started off with the Picasso Exhibition and whilst there unexpectedly discovered an art exhibition for our residents long-time idol, Bob Dylan. On another outing we visited the ‘Beneath the Great Wave’ Exhibition, exploring the art of Hokusai and Hiroshige, two visionary artists whose images have shaped how we see nature, landscape and everyday life. In the home we have regular craft groups in the communal areas for all residents to get involved in. We recently celebrated Mardi Gras by creating some fabulous carnival masks. It was wonderful to see so many of our residents getting involved. Additionally we honoured International Women’s Day by crafting mixed media portraits of inspirational women.