News

TUESDAY 26^th

• Karen (CEO), alongside members of the Fundraising Team, will attend the monthly Gambling Oversight and Assurance Meeting.

 

• We’ll be welcoming some of our Derian families into the Seaside Room for Family Day Care fun… with an Easter theme, of course!

 

• Join us in the Messy PlayZone this morning for Easter craft activities.

 

• What’s that smell? It’s smelly bingo time! We’ll be in the Messy PlayZone playing one of our favourite games.

 

• The Education Team will once again be teaching palliative care modules to colleagues from Greater Manchester in the Conference Room today.

 

• Say hello to our new student Janice, who is a return-to-practise Learning Disabilities Nurse and will be here at the hospice for the next seven weeks.

 

• Individual and group sessions of Music Therapy with Martha will be held in the Snug from 2:00pm this afternoon.

 

WEDNESDAY 27^th

 

• Claire (Wellbeing & Play Worker) will be in the Sensory Room this morning, hosting a therapeutic TAC PAC session for our children and young people.

 

• Join our music teacher Rachel in the Snug from 11:00am – 12:00pm for her weekly hour of music.

 

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

 

• Derian grandparents will meet up at their monthly Cornerstones session in the Seaside Room this morning.

 

THURSDAY 28^th

• We’ll be making colourful tissue paper flowers in the Messy PlayZone this morning.

 

• Our pet therapy pooch Shuna will be roaming the corridors with her human Linda for cuddles and kisses with our in-house children and young people.

 

• Get your aprons on; it’s time to make some delicious hot cross buns in Danni’s Diner this afternoon.

 

• Our lads from School’s Out will join us at the hospice today for plenty of fun with friends.

 

• Our Education Team will be teaching palliative care modules to colleagues in Blackburn today.

FRIDAY 29^th

• As we await Easter, we’ll be spending Good Friday making chocolate Easter nests and cakes in Danni’s Diner…

 

• …and enjoying plenty of themed arts and crafts in the Messy PlayZone this afternoon!

 

• There is a basic life support drop-in session for anyone wanting to attend in the Skills Lab from 2:00pm – 5:00pm.

 

SATURDAY 30^th

• Our children and young people will be enjoying a Saturday morning splash in the hydrotherapy pool.

 

• Youth Family Drop-in continues with a monthly session held today in the Lodge.

 

• Stretch out and relax in a guided relaxation and massage held in the Sensory Room this morning.

SUNDAY 31^st

• Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates! We hope you have a cracking time – our children and young people certainly will be, with an Easter egg hunt around the Sensory Garden in the morning and Easter egg decorating in Danni’s Diner throughout the afternoon.

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