Residents of Camelot House and Lodge were delighted when a shopping trip undertaken for ‘just a loaf of bread’ turned into a full-scale weekly shop. Jean and Margaret were on what was intended to be a short outing, accompanied by manager Zillah Oakes and colleague Sam Paddon, but it unexpectedly resulted – with the residents' enthusiastic encouragement – in yielding a major trolley-full of groceries.

Avalon residents took some special companions with them for an afternoon outing to the park at Blake Gardens.

When singer Emma Louise Richards first sang for our residents at Deer Park they were so enthused by her music they made the staff promise to have her back again, and now she’s a firm favourite.