The Manor House care home in Barnard Castle, St Mary’s Parish Church and Barnard Castle School have been working together on a music and art event to raise funds for dementia research charity Alzheimer’s UK.

It includes an exhibition of artwork at St Mary’s Church on Newgate, Barnard Castle, created by residents at The Manor House and students from Barnard Castle School inspired by communication from the 1940s to the present day. The exhibition runs until Thursday 3

Residents at Wetherby Manor enjoyed the Easter weekend with families and friends and a host of fun activities, from Easter Egg Treasure Hunts to an Easter Bonnet Parade accompanied by delicious homemade Easter cupcakes and coffee.

The stunning array of bonnets, created during craft activity sessions, featured all things Easter from rabbits, chicks and lambs to flowers and eggs plus ladybirds and butterflies.

Each resident at The Manor House Gosforth is taking part in some very special activities thanks to the home’s Three Wishes programme.

“If there’s anything our residents have always wished they could do, we’re trying our best to make sure they can,” explained Richard Dobinson, lifestyle coordinator at The Manor House.

Hadrian Healthcare Group executive chef Oliver Smith leads the catering teams based at each of the group's care homes. Oliver is also head chef at the group's Wetherby Manor care home and meets residents every day. Here he talks about Hadrian Healthcare's approach to preparing nutritious, tasty and attractive food for residents with dysphagia, a condition of the swallowing system.

At Hadrian Healthcare we believe that all residents, no matter what their capacity or condition, should have the right to eat tasty and beautiful food. The old fashioned image of care catering as bowls of pureed dinners, thrown together and blended, has cursed our industry and given both the public and chefs the wrong idea about the skill, knowledge and creativity required to produce great food for all care home residents.

Oulton Manor staff, residents and their families have donated Christmas presents to Leeds Children's Charity.

Each year the charity organises a collection across the city, in conjunction with the council's social services department, for boys and girls aged 7 to 11 from disadvantaged families.