June 2017

Our Summer Fete was held on Saturday 10th June and we raised a fantastic £455.85 on the day.  It was a lovely hot summers day and everyone had a super day.  We enjoyed music from 'Michael', a Reggae singer who performed for us out on the front lawn.  There were various stalls, including; Tombola, Guess the weight of Oscar, our Guinea Pig, BBQ, Games such as Hook a Duck and Skittles, Cake Stall and a Raffle with excellent prizes of; Hobby Craft gifts, Leeds Castle Family Entry for one day, Golf for 8 people at Wrotham Heath, Tea Shop Gift Voucher and A Hairdressing Voucher with Emma, our Hairdresser.

As last years 'Fairby Bake Off' was such a huge success, we held the event again.  The competition is greater this year as we have more entries.  Our lucky judges got to taste all the cakes and decided on which looks and tastes the best.  The lucky winner won a BlueWater voucher.

Residents helped us stick on Raffle tickets for our Tombola bottles and have been busy making sweet cones for our Fete and decorating them with ribbon.  

A few of us visited our local garden centre to pick out some flowers for our hanging baskets.  We are also lucky enough to have a Florist residing with us who has created 2 stunning hanging baskets for our Front Door, a beautiful Flower Basket for our Raffle and other pot plants for our garden.

All proceeds from the Fete go into our Residents Fund which help fund forthcoming events and outings.

Our duck eggs arrived and all 6 hatched within 2 days.  See our photo and video gallery to see how cute they are.  

Upcoming Events:-

9th July - Betty's 90th Birthday Tea party with Magician.

11th July - Jason will be singing for us.

20th July - Music for health.

Plans for a Greek and Cockney Night are in progress.

Visits to the local garden centre.

Visit to the sea-side for fish and chips.

September 2017 - Boat trip on the Medway 

May 2017

May has arrived along with the rain..... But we won't let this stop us enjoying ourselves. We went on a boat trip down the Medway River and despite the rain, we enjoyed a sing along, some tasty food prepared by Kyveli and coffee and tea served to us by the crew.  

We will be booking another trip during June  - hopefully the rain will have gone by then!!

A few of us popped in to 'The Twig & Spoon' Restaurant at Woodlands Garden Centre for lunch.  A lovely place to visit; we sat outside and enjoyed a ploughman lunch, a glass of wine and ice cream.  Well worth a visit. A delightful Garden Centre with lots on offer including lovely food, great ice-cream and cakes.  

Oscar the Guinea Pig - our resident pet, has settled in well and has been familiarising himself with our residents.    See our photo gallery for some cute photos of Oscar meeting our Residents.

We are hoping to get out into the garden to spruce up the boarders and plant some fruit bushes this year.  There's nothing better than eating home grown produce.

Upcoming events in May / June

Motivation will be visiting us again.

Music for Health - a morning session of movement to music.

Boat Trip - Meandering down the River Medway with a picnic.

June - Annual Summer Fete - lots of stalls and fun things are being planned, along with the return of the Fairby Cake Bake Off.

April 2017

HAPPY EASTER !!

Easter was full of chocolates eggs!!  Our raffle raised a fantastic £62.  Thank you to everyone who donated Eggs and Chocolate Animals.  All money raised goes towards our Residents' Fund for future events and outings.

During April we had visits from Music for Health - where Lynn created exercise to music for us all in the lounge. Also, Motivation visited us -  who played quizzes, movement to music and singing.  A great time was had by all.

Tuesday 18th - Wild Science made a return visit with some beautiful Furry Animals.  We held Chinchillas, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs and 3 week old Chicks.  The afternoon was informative, leanring about the various animals and also very relaxing being able to touch and hold them.  See our gallery and video section for more details.  Wild Science will be visiting us again in October 2017 for A Halloween themed afternoon of snakes, reptiles and snails.

We are looking forward for the warmer months where we can get out into the garden to plant some vegetables and plants.  

Future Events

13th June - Ducklings are arriving at Fairby.  We will incubate the eggs, see them hatch and care for the ducklings for approximately 8 days.