Well, autumn is truly upon us, the evenings are drawing in, so that gives us the perfect excuse to cosy things up at The Evergreens, with some autumn events. We’ve got some Ghoulishly Great and Sparklingly Super things planned for Halloween and Bonfire Night.
We’re pleased to announce that our building works have been completed, giving us 3 brand new rooms and a lovely spacious new Orangery style conservatory, complete with a fully glazed roof which protects from extra heat in the sun but keeps the room warmer in the cold. Here’s a few photos of the new additions…
The new Conservatory…
Residents enjoying their new surroundings…
One of our new rooms…
We’re running a special day to celebrate American Independence Day this 4th July, so take a look at what we’ve got planned, with food from the Grill to The Kentucky Derby! Yeeeeeehah!
Our hard working staff had their achievements recognised by the attendance of the Deputy Mayor on 19th April, who presented them with their NVQ Certificates following the guidance and assessment of our trainer Donna Purcell from JHP Training. Donna has been very committed to helping us with our investment in our staff’s training and has really helped all those studying for their NVQ in Social Healthcare. Everyone dressed up smart and it was a lovely afternoon where the Deputy Mayor took the time out of a busy schedule to not only 
congratulate our staff but also to chat with all our residents. We were all honoured by the Deputy Mayors kind words of encouragement as well as enjoying the lovely weather that accompanied the tea, sandwiches, cakes and Pink Fizz!
We try and keep you as up to date as possible with what’s going on at The Evergreens, so please do take a look regularly to see what’s happening….here’s our a taste for April:
April 19th, 2pm – 3.45pm – NVQ Award Ceremony with The Deputy Mayor
Recognition of the hard work that all our staff have put in to advancing their skills with the help of our NVQ assessor Donna Purcell from JHP Training. The Deputy Mayor will be in attendance to present awards.
April 22nd -25th - Easter
Arrival of Living Eggs. Watch us create our very own ‘home-grown’ baby chickens. Watch them pop out of their shells in front of your eyes! Entertainment for all the family.
We are also running a Special Easter Menu over the Easter period.
April 29th – Royal Wedding Celebration
We will be celebrating the Royal Wedding in style at The Evergreens so you are more than welcome to join us on Friday 29th April. We are also putting on a special menu for the residents to mark the occasion.
Click here to see what we’ve got planned or click this link to open the same information in PDF format of the days activities and menu – Will & Kate Wedding Celebration
As the sun starts to feel really warm and the evenings draw out we are preparing for a busy time at The Evergreens as April brings a variety of happy and interesting Events.
On Tuesday the 19th we are proud to hold our NVQ graduation ceremony when all the Staff who have recently acquired their Care qualifications at levels 2 and 3 receive their certificates and which will be attended by the Deputy Mayor and hopefully the Bournemouth Echo. We shall be serving a celebratory afternoon tea, to which you are all invited, and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the Staff on their achievements and wish them success with the on-going training they have undertaken. Apart from the many hours of hard work they put in at the Evergreens many more hours have been spent studying at home and we are delighted for them and ourselves at the outstanding results.
By the end of that week Easter will be upon us with, we hope, some more of this delightful weather Time for the garden to be enjoyed and Easter Bonnets to be prepared.
We are expecting a delivery of very special eggs……..Living eggs…….that will by the magic that is nature turn very quickly into baby chickens to delight us all. Last year we successfully raised eight little balls of yellow fluff, and if this year things go well we should have a couple of weeks of entertainment as they hatch out before our eyes and develop their tiny wings and make their first attempts at flight. They will be on display in a heated coop in the Sitting Room and you are very welcome to come and view them.
In keeping with tradition Holy Communion will be held in the House on the Thursday before Easter, again friends and family are most welcome to join in. We shall have an Easter Egg hunt on Easter Sunday morning, and the weekend will feature special festive and seasonal menus.
Then the much anticipated big “Event”, the Royal Wedding, April 29th. Here at the Evergreens we hope to capture a bit of the drama and excitement as we follow proceedings on the big screen television , watch the procession to the Abbey, the Service and then the return to the Palace for the wave from the balcony. Lunch will be served in the Sitting room…..Scampi in the basket……so that viewing is uninterrupted, or indeed in residents’ own rooms if they prefer, and in the afternoon we shall cut our own Royal Wedding cake and enjoy a slice whilst toasting the Bride and Groom with a glass of pink bubbly. A special buffet of poached salmon and coronation chicken will bring the happy day to a close.
Finally we would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding whilst the building work continues and especially your tolerance of the parking restrictions. Things are going to schedule and the new rooms will be completed in the next two months or so, however as many of you already know we then expect to start work on the new conservatory; it simply has to be done during the summer months and will inevitably bring more congestion to the car park. This should be of a very temporary nature and we are confident that when you see the splendid new conservatory and enjoy the enormously enhanced space it will bring to the public rooms that you will feel like us that, the interim disruption has been worthwhile.
Happy Easter to you all.
A big thank you to all those of who supported the coffee morning and raffle on 17th March held at The Evergreens in aid of Julia’s House Children’s Hospice.
The event raised £120 for the local charity, which was all for a very good cause as well as providing us with a chance for a get together!
I’m delighted to announce that we are hosting a coffee morning and raffle in support of our local’s children’s hospice, Julia’s House - The Dorset Children’s Hospice. Everyone is welcome for tea, coffee and cakes and you are invited to enter our raffle with a bottle of Champagne as the top prize. Please do come along, join us and support this really good cause.
At The Evergreens, we pride ourselves on having and ongoing programme of self improvement and one of the ways we ensure that we live up to our own high standards is by asking our resident’s and their friends and families what they think of the service we provide. We invite comments and suggestions by carrying out an annual survey and this year the results are in. Thank you to those of you who took part, I’m pleased to say that our resident’s have given us a resounding thumbs up!
(The survey was carried out in January 2011, with 16 of the 44 surveys returned. Each survey contained 31 questions with 4 possible responses to each questions categorised as very satisfactory/satisfactory/fairly satisfactory or not satisfactory)