August / September 2016

Fairby Grange has again been awarded with a 5 Star Rating for Food Hygiene from the Food Standards Agency.  Well done to our cooks and staff for all their hard work in retaining this Award.  It is a great achievement that we can all be proud of.

The summer months have been most welcome to enable us to get out into the garden and enjoy the sunshine.

For the first time, we had a Reggae singer, Michael, entertain us, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. We were so impressed with his performance, we have asked him to sing at our Autumn Fayre.

Mel has kept everyone busy preparing for the Autumn Fayre on 1st October 2016.  Its going to be an excellent day including a visit from the Ponies, Michael singing for us in the afternoon and stalls including:- Christmas Crafts, Tombola and other stalls. 

The residents have been making Christmas crafts to sell such as cards, bottle holders and other Christmas goodies.  All proceeds will be going towards our Residents Fund.

We are holding a 'Fairby Bake Off',  where staff and relatives will battle it out, showing off their baking skills.  It will be judged by a panel of relatives.  Who will the lucky winner be??  

See our October News for results.

July 2016

July has been a busy month at Fairby.  We went on our annual boat trip, where we leisurely floated down the Medway enjoying tea and cake along the way and taking in the beautiful sitesKent has to offer.

Mel organised her first Summer Fayre too, with a BBQ for residents and their relatives, a raffle, guess the weight of the cake and various other stalls.  All money raised goes towards our Resident Fund.  Well done Mel !!

We had a new singer, 'Miranda' entertain us all - we will certainly be asking Miranda back in the future.  We thoroughly enjoyed her songs.

Lastly, ponies came to visit us in our garden. They loved to be stroked and made a fuss of.

Coming up:

Monday 18th August, we have a pianist coming in to have a sing song.

Saturday 1st October, Mel is organising an Autumn Fayre.

May / June 2016

We've been enjoying the spring sun as much as possible in the garden tendering to our plants and vegetables.

Some residents painted pretty sun catchers which look stunning when the sun shines through. We have been making and decorating biscuits and cup cakes - any excuse to get creative and messy.

Something new to Fairby - we invited 'Bonmarche' clothing company to bring along rails of clothes for resident to purchase if they wish.  Some residents purchased items from a great selection of clothing.  We will be inviting Bonmarche back to view their Winter collection later on in the year. 

We are planning ahead for Ascot week by making hats for the occasion.  Mel, our activities lady certainly keeps us all busy. We will be having a special lunch and a singer too (see our Gallery section for photos).

Also during Ascot week, ponies will be visiting Fairby both inside and outside.  Fingers crossed for good weather.

Future events:-

Annual Boat Trip - July 2016

Summer BBQ party - 16th July 2016

Summer Tea Party - 24th September 2016