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Densham Court, Holsworthy celebrates 70 years of Abbeyfield with a BBQ and garden party.

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Densham Court, Holsworthy celebrates 70 years of Abbeyfield with a BBQ and garden party.

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Residents enjoyed music from a local ukelele band, followed by a BBQ and strawberries and cream

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70th birthday celebration garden party at Barnard Castle!

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70th birthday celebration garden party at Barnard Castle!

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Abbeyfield Barnard Castle held a 70th celebration of the Abbeyfield Society in its gardens last week. We welcomed all our residents and their families/friends and enjoyed a cream tea made and served by our fantastic staff. A raffle was held which raised over £200 for our 'residents trips fund'

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We had a fantastic weekend celebrating our 70th anniversary, first of all with live music, cheese and wine and an art exhibition on Friday evening followed by our Summer fair on Saturday. It was great fun and all who came along enjoyed themselves, particularly when our staff member Chris started doing magic tricks!

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A poem summing up the wonderful celebration at the 50th annivesary party of Abbeyfield. celebrated at the Grove Care Home in Gosforth

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Activities Coordinator Abbeyfield Northumbria 

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The First cut of the soil- Castle Farm Residential Home building plot 1982

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Actvitities coodinator Abbeyfield Northumbria 

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Speedwells Community Lunch Club - Still Going Strong

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Speedwells Community Lunch Club - Still Going Strong

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With this plus our other community focused initiatives aimed at those living with Dementia and their carers - is still going strong and supporting the local area. Feedback from one regular attendee being we offer "Support that's needed in a world that's changed".

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This week Abbeyfield Barnard Castle residents enjoyed a wellness morning complete with complimentary products from the Temple Spa company. Everyone felt truly pampered and relaxed by lunchtime! We are over the half way mark now for 70 events for our residents marking 70 years of Abbeyfield!

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Abbeyfield Barnard Castle 70 events to mark 70 years!

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Abbeyfield Barnard Castle are aiming to organise 70 events for our residents to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Abbeyfield Society! This week we had a talk from the lovely manager of the Newcastle Building Society regarding telephone and online scams and how to stay safe with personal information. It was enjoyed by us all and thanks again to Newcastle Building Society for making the time to visit us.

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Meet Abbey the Bear — a cute little scamp helping Speedwell Court celebrate Abbeyfield’s 70th year!

Abbey is our holiday-ready teddy, always packed and prepared to spread a little Abbeyfield cheer.

Where will she go?

What will she see?

How many different places can she visit this year?

She’s already off to a flying start with a cheeky weekend break in Germany - early March - then jetting off to New York City mid March!

Follow Abbey’s adventures as she shares smiles, stories, and snapshots from around the world. Who knows where she’ll pop up next

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Second-Hand Charity Clothing Market - Mar

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Second-Hand Charity Clothing Market - Mar

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Continuing with the Community Theme - Speedwell Court held a Second-Hand Charity Clothing Market in conjunction with a local care agency and rotary club - raising over £550. Proceeds were split between 2 local charities as well as our Abbeyfield charity in line with our 70th birthday celebrations.

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With community being a big deal & knowing it is the 70th celebratory year - Speedwell Court entered in as the Speedy Flippers for a local community Pancake Flipping race - in aid of air ambulance - AND WON - yay

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A great way for us to kick off the 70th birthday celebrations with a Speedwell celebration

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We are privileged to have such a lot of talented artists in Devon. We approached a local art group to see if they would be interested in donating a piece of their artwork to update the pictures on our walls. The response has been overwhelming! We are so grateful that we are going to hold a mini art exhibition in the summer along with live music and cheese and wine to thank them and celebrate our 70th anniversary in style.

"If you don't ask, you don't get" has never meant more!

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We had two pygmy goats coming to join us for our coffee morning here at Drake Lodge in Tavistock. Our residents were delighted and wasted no time in petting them. It is such a joy to have animals here as they are known to significantly boost mental health by reducing stress, anxiety and depression. The interaction lowers cortisol (stress hormone) and increases oxytocin and dopamine, fostering a sense of calm and improved mood.

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Secondary school students entertained residents and staff in Manchester for their Citizenship Day

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A volunteer delivers a class for residents in Kettering

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A letter from a schoolgirl to one of our first residents, from May 1956

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Schoolgirl letter to resident spring 1956

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Press clipping from Abbeyfield's early days showing the growing popularity of Richard Carr-Gomm's model for older people's housing

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Showing how Abbeyfield grew in its early days

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Newspaper report from the Manchester Guardian about the setting up of the first Abbeyfield house in Bermondsey, from April 1956

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Manchester Guardian clipping about first house spring 1956

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From the archive - A housekeeper from Crowborough, East Sussex, explains what it takes to do her job, aiming to inspire others to also work for Abbeyfield

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The cover of our regular The Abbeyfielder publication from 40 years ago