National holidays

Residents at brighterkind care homes are having an eggcellent time celebrating Easter with an array of exciting Magic Moments activities.

Westbury Court Care Home celebrated friendships by writing heart-warming messages to family and friends. 

Residents of Kingston Care Home had a delicious musical celebration for National Chocolate Cake Day and Mozart’s birthday.

Residents at brighterkind Care Homes welcomed the Year of the Ox by celebrating the Chinese New Year with an array of exciting Magic Moments Club activities.

By unleashing our creative flair through making Chinese lanterns and brushing up on our chopstick skills, we were transported to the heart of China.

Resident June from Westbury Court Care Home said: "I can remember making Chinese lanterns from newspapers when I was younger, but we didn’t get to decorate them with such pretty things!"

Love is in the air at Westbury Court Care Home as they celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Residents of Westbury Court Care Home enjoyed celebrating National Shortbread Day with a delicious activity.

Here at Westbury Court, we loving baking, so our residents were very eager to make a delicious treat for National Shortbread Day.

The festive season means our naughty elves are back again to create more mischief here at The Granby Care Home.

Our residents have been tasked with keeping an eye on them to ensure best behaviour but we caught Olive and Elaine up to no good and leading one of them astray!

During the festive season, brighterkind residents across the UK will be treated to seasonal activities and events as our care homes fill with the magic and joy of Christmas.

Of course this year’s pandemic means that the usual festive trips and traditional community Christmas events can’t take place in person, but we have come up with new ideas to create a magical experience for all our residents.

Residents of St Margeret's Care Home celebrated their heritage for St Andrew’s Day.

We organised lots of fun activities which were all inspired by different aspects of our culture. We kicked off the celebrations with our arts and crafts session which got our residents to design their own tartan.Our residents did this by cutting strips of coloured card and weaving them together to create an eye-catching sett.

Ashbourne Court Care Home celebrated World Kindness Day by showing their appreciation for one and another. 

We started the day by getting our residents to share what they love about one and another. We also discussed our random acts of kindness make us feel like one big happy family.