Jigsaw (Bury) residential trip November 2024
Jigsaw (Bury) is a registered charity, based in Bury Greater Manchester, aiming to promote fun, freedom and independence for disabled people. Jigsaw offers sport and social opportunities for young disabled people aged 13 plus. We support our members to enjoy an active...
Fireworks Display
We were delighted to welcome the ladies and gents of Hewlett Court, their families and friends to our fireworks display on Bonfire night. There was plenty of corned beef hash, black peas, parkin, treacle toffee and mulled wine for everyone to tuck in to, it went down...
Joan’s 80th Birthday Celebrations
Joan celebrated her 80th birthday surrounded by friends and staff at Hewlett Court on Tuesday 5th November. Joan enjoyed the weekly game of Bingo then gathered with friends who toasted her special birthday with a glass of prosecco. Everyone tucked in to a delicious...
Julie’s 60th Birthday Celebrations
Director of Operations Julie celebrated her 60th birthday on Monday 4th November with a little surprise gathering. The ladies, gents, friends, family and staff gathered in the lounge to help celebrate Julies special milestone. The fabulous Lee Lambert came to perform...
Halloween Celebrations
We had a ‘spooktacular’ afternoon on Thursday 31st October celebrating Halloween, Hewlett Court style! Celebrations included a variety of ‘ghoulish’ games including Pin the Bow on Mr Bones, Spider Splat and Halloween Spider Ring Toss for all to get into the Halloween...
Play Your Cards Right
Everyone loves a Wednesday morning at Hewlett Court when we have a few games of Play Your Cards Right and a Quiz to test everyone, accompanied with a brew and some cake! Winners this month have been Graham, Joyce and Anne and won a free game of bingo for the next...
New Project!
We’ve had a new project going on behind the scenes at Hewlett Court, an additional outside toilet block! With Hewlett Court holding various events throughout the year, we felt the use of an outside toilet block would be a great addition. The work was completed at the...
Halloween Hot Chocolate
With the start of 'spooky season' and Halloween just around the corner, Mel treated everyone to Halloween Hot Chocolates on Sunday evening which included a few spooky additions!
Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer Now!
We had a fantastic day raising money for Breast Cancer Now on Thursday 24th October! Staff and Residents wore Pink to support such a great cause! We had scrumptious homemade cupcakes and flapjacks by Mel for sale, a game of guess the weight of the cake and a raffle,...
Aqualease Sea Creatures
We had a visit from Lee at Aqua Explorer, Aqualease on Wednesday 23rd October who brought in a selection of interesting sea creatures in their mobile rock pools for all to ‘sea’! The ladies, gents and visitors got to learn about each sea creature and even got to hold...
Blackpool Illuminations, Fish and Chips
Some of the ladies and gents took a trip to Blackpool on Wednesday 16th October to tuck into fish & chips at The Cottage, then have a ride through the Blackpool Lights. The rain didn’t stop everyone enjoying their evening. Thank you to the staff and volunteers...
Goodbye to Dorothea
On Thursday 10th October the ladies, gents and staff gathered in the lounge to say goodbye to long standing resident Dorothea. Dorothea has been a resident for over 9 years at Hewlett Court and the time had come for her to move on from Hewlett Court. Dorothea moved to...