News

MONDAY 5^th

• To commemorate Children’s Mental Health Week, we’ll be making feelings faces artwork in the Messy PlayZone this morning.

 

• Catherine (Chief Nurse) will be interviewed by the Nursing Times this morning for a piece about our nursing recruitment campaign.

 

• It’s movie time! What will we decide to watch in Derian at the Movies this afternoon?

 

TUESDAY 6^th  

• We’ll be celebrating Waitangi Day (New Zealand’s national day) by partaking in themed arts and crafts in the Messy PlayZone this morning, followed by Maori tribal tattoo designing and fried bread making this afternoon.

 

• Derian Playgroup for our babies and toddlers will take place in the Seaside Room from 10:00am – 11:30pm.

 

• A CQC preparation meeting will take place this afternoon – a fortnightly meeting which will ensure Derian House showcases itself well in the case of a possible CQC visit.

 

• Individual and group sessions of music therapy with Martha will take place in the Snug from 2:00pm.

 

WEDNESDAY 7^th  

 

• Join us in the Messy PlayZone as we make heart-themed mobiles this morning.

 

• Karen (CEO) will be attending a Great Manchester Hospices meeting in Rochdale today.

 

• Our Preston shop will be welcoming a group of volunteers from NatWest for the day – the team have previously worked in our gardens, but want to help in our shops to gain an understanding of charity retail and how it helps support the hospice.

 

• Rachel (Music Teacher) will host her hourly session of singing in the Snug from 11:00am – 12:00pm.

 

• Our in-house children and young people will be enjoying fun and splashes in the hydrotherapy pool this afternoon.

 

• Our Derian Dads Bereavement Group will meet in the Seaside Room this evening from 7:00pm – 9:30pm.

 

THURSDAY 8^th

• We got the spirit, you got to hear it, under the sea! We’ll be doing sea-themed arts and crafts to celebrate Under the Sea Day.

 

• Pet therapy pooch Shuna will be here at the hospice for her fortnightly visit – she may even tell us all about how she’s been getting on in her Top Dog challenge!

 

• Catherine will be supporting student development at the University of Cumbria today.

• The weekly Thursday huddle will be held in the Care Team office from 9:30am today. A member of staff from each team is encouraged to pop along and give a brief overview of what your teams are up to.

 

• The editor of The Little Things documentary, Max, will be visiting the hospice for a tour.

 

• It’s time for a fishy-themed story as we enter a virtual aquarium under the lights of the Sensory Room.

 

• John (Family Counsellor)’s wellbeing sessions are back, with half an hour of guided relaxation for all staff taking place in the Cinema from 4:00pm.

 

FRIDAY 9^th

• Our in-house children and young people will be taking part in milk painting in the Messy PlayZone this morning.

 

• The Finance & Income Sub-Committee will take place from 10:00am – 12:00pm. Please say hello to our Trustees if you see them.

 

• Let’s get our bodies moving, it’s music and movement time in the Sensory Room this afternoon.

 

SATURDAY 10^th

• Family Stay & Play – for Derian children and their families – will be held in the Conference Room from 1:30pm – 3:00pm.

 

• Kung hei fat choi! We’ll be celebrating Chinese New Year with food tasting, dragon dancing and themed arts and crafts throughout the day.

 

SUNDAY 11^th

 

• Snuggle down for stories in the House Lounge this afternoon as we have a super relaxing Sunday!

 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

• If you would like to share with the rest of Derian what your department is up to in the next 7 days, please send an email to cameron.murray@derianhouse.co.uk before Friday the week before.

 

Have a great week everyone! J