Natalia, Training and Development Coordinator at Riversway Nursing Home, was delighted when staff threw her a surprise hen party.

The hen-do had a special theme which was a ‘bake off’ style party. Natalia had to choose which cake she liked best after staff anonymously placed their tasty creations on a table in the staff room.  

Sally, Service Support Manager, won the bake off with a ‘fabulous’ chocolate cake entry after coming up against a mouth-watering lemon drizzle, an appropriate love heart designed cake and some beautifully decorated cupcakes.

Congratulations to Natalia and her fiancé Ben for their special day – we wish you all the best for your future together.

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A resident from Riversway Nursing Home, Bristol, celebrated her birthday with a visit from a pony.

Jacqueline, 87, was surprised by staff at Riversway with the visit by Apollo the Shetland pony, after she shared her passion for horses.

Jacqueline has been passionate about horses since she was a youngster and often talks about her riding days with one of her favourite horses Tatatina.

Special guests on the day included children from a local nursery, regular visitors to the home thanks to a link between the two organisations, who joined in with Jacqueline’s celebrations.

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This week Riversway had a lovely visit from local artist Becky, who conducted a felting workshop with residents.

Everyone who took part loved creating patterns and shapes, and residents agreed that it was very therapeutic creating art with the soft coloured wool.

Later we had fun with a gardening session which is becoming more and more popular with residents. This focused on aromatic herbs such as Majoran, different types of sage, chives, Moroccan mint, lemon balm and many more.

Residents enjoyed discussing their favourite recipes to cook using herbs and reminisced about memories in the garden.

The creativity at Riversway never stops.

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Three of our residents headed to Stepping Stone Nursery in Speedwell, Bristol, for a visit.

The trip was the second time we’ve visited the nursery, and our residents Lucy, Betty and Mary very much enjoyed the chance to sing some nursery rhymes.

They even received a present from the children – a colourful necklace made of pasta. It’s great to see our residents interacting with the young children and to see everyone involved get so much from the opportunity.

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