By Ian Sanderson, Activity Co-ordinator, Whitgift House Today is Ash Wednesday. As a member of the activity team my role is to make residents aware of the chapel services, then facilitate a visit from the priest for those residents that can not attend a chapel service. While arranging those visits it is important to get…

It was a cold but dry September day, thankfully Age UK B team came with high hopes of a first victory full of laughter, while the Whitgift Care residents were feeling quietly positive. A perfect start by WH and it was only after the interval of double Danish did we see a fight back by…

We are celebrating in style this Summer at Whitgift Care. Make sure you have our garden parties and coffee mornings dates in your diary. Download the Summer edition of the Whitgift Whisperer here.

Summary by Robert Harrison The weather was good, and the pitch was running fast. A match that seemed to show that the Wardens are in sync with the residents.  After 6 games the match was tied 30-30. Whitgift Care Wardens a team that lived on luck, some very powerful hitting from Steve nice style, good coaching…

We are celebrating 40 years of Volunteers Week and put the spotlight on two of our Whitgift Care volunteers, Jill & Ian Proctor, who both volunteer for us at Whitgift House and are core members of the Whitgift Care family. We decided to ask them a few questions about their experiences as volunteers. What do…

Residents were treated to the soothing sound of handbells today on 11th March. The Sanderstead 2 O’Clock Bells visited Wilhelmina House to play an array of songs. Residents had the opportunity to join in by ringing bells and singing along to the tunes. They were also told a bit more about the group who had…

Our January winners are: Corinne Kiernan, John Edwards and Nisha Philipps who all submitted some lovely photographs in January. It was a very hard decision as we had so many lovely entries. You can still get involved as we are calling all keen creatives, staff and residents to take part in our photography and art…

Congratulations to our lovely volunteer Jill who won Whitgift House’s Bake Off with her culinary delight of a Bakewell Tart last Friday. Entries were both sweet and savoury and included a bacon and cheddar strada, apple turnover, and a banana marble cake to name a few. All congregated in the Community Room to hear the…

Join us for a relaxing afternoon concert for clarinet, cello and piano with seasonal refreshments in the interval. Everyone Matters musicians Margaret Archibald clarinet, Julia Desbrusais ‘cello and John Flinders piano presents a concert of classical favourites and popular items. The Whitgift House kitchen will be busy providing seasonal refreshments for musicians and audience to…

Six residents have called Whitgift Care, part of the John Whitgift Foundation, their home for more than 20 years. To celebrate in true Whitgift Care style, a ‘Sunday Get Together Party’ was thrown with guests all congregating in the Whitgift House community room on 27th August to enjoy live entertainment from Italian tenor Yuri Sabatini,…