Upcoming EL Festival 2026 events
The support of these events is greatly appreciated to aid in raising money for the EL Festival 2026.
Mahdlo Youth Zone grant from the ELMC
(Shaunnine Jones receiving a ELMC plaque from the Eastern Area Charity Steward) In 2025, Mahdlo Youth Zone received a grant from the ELMC Grant making committee, for the sum of £3,307.57 to help with creating and furnishing of an Intervention room and calming /...
New Years Day!
What a truly lovely day we had welcoming in the New Year on New Years Day! The ladies and gents enjoyed a delicious cooked breakfast with Bucks Fizz on arrival, followed by a few fun games and relaxing time in the lounge with staff, complete with Baileys or Brandy...
Rainbow New Years Eve Party!
The ladies, gents, and staff had an incredible time welcoming in 2026 at our Rainbow New Year’s Eve party — and what a party it was! With a great variety of refreshments and fun-filled games, including Pass the Parcel and Guess the Song, there were plenty of laughs...
New Years Eve celebrations
Preparations were well underway for our Rainbow New Year’s Eve Party! The ladies enjoyed a relaxing pamper morning, getting glam and feeling fabulous. Everyone put their knowledge to the test with the End of Year Quiz, followed by lots of laughs during a few fun games...
Save the Date – Final Festival Fun Walk & Fete!
With 2026 just around the corner, make sure you mark your new diaries for our annual walk event — and this year, we’re excited to share that it’s joined by a fantastic fete! *SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2026* It’s going to be a day full of fun, charity, community spirit,...
Boxing Day celebrations
To conclude our festive celebrations after such a special Christmas Day, we enjoyed a lovely morning with Tom Collins. Despite all the festive treats, it didn’t stop the ladies and gents from getting up out of their seats and dancing along to his wonderful singing!...
Christmas Day celebrations!
The residents began their Christmas morning with a full festive breakfast, complete with a glass of Buck’s Fizz on arrival. The celebrations continued in the lounge with Brandy and Bailey's coffees, and delicious mince pies. We were then delighted to welcome Arkscroll...
Christmas Eve!
What a truly wonderful day of celebrations we had on Christmas Eve! We started the day with a relaxing pamper morning for the ladies, complete with a glass of prosecco, followed by festive Christmas carols with the staff and a very challenging 100 question quiz. A big...
Louis the Pianist
Louis the pianist joined us on Tuesday 23rd December, filling the room with harmonious melodies on his keyboard. He treated us to a wonderful selection of classic Christmas songs, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
Carols and Christmas Bingo Fun!
We all had another fantastic, festive, fun-filled morning on Tuesday 23rd December enjoying carols with the staff, followed by a lively and competitive game of Christmas Bingo with Debbie! A big well done to our winners Paul, Jimmy, Dorothy, Keith, and Eileen, who...
Christmas week!!
We had another festive-filled day to start off Christmas week on Monday 22nd December! With a wonderful morning of Christmas carols and songs shared with the staff. The afternoon was just as special, with a fantastic visit from the GO on Tour team, bringing festive...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pantomime and Grey Mare trip
As part of our festive celebrations in the lead-up to Christmas, a group of ladies and gents from Hewlett Court enjoyed a wonderful trip to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs pantomime at The Empire Theatre, Blackburn on Sunday 21st December! We finished the day with...