Author Archives: exetergateway

This week saw several members finally finishing their clock creations, with ideas resulting in an amazing selection of timepieces. The finished articles included a police car, dogs plus favourite pop stars! After some incredible fund-raising efforts led by Ros (one … Continue reading →

As mentioned in a previous post, it was decided to hold a week of exercise activities to raise money for Comic Relief. This took the form of aerobics/chairobics, dancing, air-hockey, exercise-biking and walking in and around the centre. In total, … Continue reading →

Over the past few weeks, members have been designing and making casings for a small battery operated clock. This has proved very popular with an array of ideas being planned and created. Jamie brought in one of his Eddie Stobart … Continue reading →

As it was Shrove Tuesday during this week, it was decided that pancakes would be on the menu on all three days! Over the course of the week, Debbie, one of the support workers, expertly flipped in excess of 60 … Continue reading →

This week we celebrated yet another birthday-this time, one of the more ‘mature’ members, Brian. He was treated to a triple layer chocolate cake, made by our Jamie (not Oliver!) and his assistants Cathie, Anita and Tracy. Their hard work … Continue reading →

  This week, like most weeks, has seen the members keeping themselves occupied in a manner of ways. Roy, Jamie, Brian and Scott have honed their pool skills in a ‘winner-stays-on’ session, while Rachael has been painting her papier-mache German … Continue reading →

Yet again, the kitchen has been a hive of activity, as this year, due to popular demand, we had Valentine’s lunches on two days. Tracy, Paul, Peter S, Emma R and several other members helped to prepare both Cottage and … Continue reading →

  With it being Chinese New Year, the kitchen was a busy place, as members under the direction of Eileen, helped to prepare and then devour a selection of Chinese meals. There was a different dish for each day-Sweet and … Continue reading →

This week saw two members celebrate their birthdays-Emma and Sarah’s are a day apart, so cake was eaten and Happy Birthday sung on Wednesday and Thursday! As well as the celebrations, members were, as usual, keeping the staff busy as … Continue reading →

This week, we had a visit from Emma and Sarah’s carer, Mel. She brought in her four month old puppy Teddy. He proved very popular with most of the members and it helped his confidence around humans. He stayed for … Continue reading →