This summer Oulton Manor teamed up with local newsletter LS26 and Dementia Friendly Rothwell on a project to link the wider community with residents through holiday postcards, ‘Postcards to Home’.

LS26 asked people going on holiday to send a postcard to residents at Oulton Manor, including a few words on how their holiday was going.

Hadrian Healthcare Group is now taking enquiries for its latest luxury care home - The Manor House Harrogate.  The development, representing an investment of over £13m, is nearing completion and is due to open in November this year.

Situated on the prestigious Duchy Estate, The Manor House Harrogate will have 87 large private suites and will provide residential, dementia and respite care. It will create around 100 full and part-time jobs within the local area.

Mollie and Peter Nelson celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on 26 July with a party for family and friends at The Manor House care home in Knaresborough where they now live.

The couple met in Paris in 1956 whilst on a Methodist holiday trip. Peter first held Mollie’s hand at the top of the Eiffel Tower and their first kiss was at the Arc de Triomphe.

Residents at The Manor House Barnard Castle have had an insight into the glamorous world of fashion photography and a sneak peek at some of the photos from ‘Catwalking: Fashion through the Lens of Chris Moore’, the new exhibition opening soon (7 July) at the famous Bowes Museum.

Julia Dunn, education learning coordinator for The Bowes, led the session at The Manor House which involved discussion of the photographs and modelling a fabulous white feather shawl from the museum’s handling collection.

The watercolour class at The Manor House Whickham has won an award for their dedication to improving their artistic skills.

They were awarded the second prize in the Learning for Life category of Gateshead Council’s learningSkills awards, and the award plaque will be displayed at The Manor House.