Willow Court

17/02/2026

Shout out to our newest followers! Excited to have you onboard!

Sue Merchant, Lisa Mundee

17/02/2026

🥞✨ National Pancake Day Celebrations! ✨🥞

What better way to celebrate than with a pancake coffee morning, complete with a delicious selection of toppings for everyone to enjoy?

The clear favourite was the classic lemon and sugar, with Nutella coming in a very close second! 🍋🍫
We paired our pancakes with a lively singalong bingo session, plenty of conversation, and lots of laughter. It was a wonderful morning filled with smiles, sweet treats, and great company.

A perfect way to bring everyone together! 💛

16/02/2026

🧶 Our Woolly Mammoth Is in Full Operation! 🐘

Our resident Wendy has been hard at work creating beautiful knitted square patches as part of our exciting community blanket project.

Every Wednesday, our knitting club meets in the day centre, where residents come together to knit their squares. Once completed, all the squares will be carefully stitched together to create one stunning blanket.

We can’t wait to reveal the finished masterpiece watch this space all will be revealed!

14/02/2026

Today we shared the love when our lovely therapy dog Winston came for cuddles, complete with a shiny red bow. He brought smiles to everyone’s faces. 🐾❤️

We caught up with some of our resident dog lovers, who told us all about their very special pooches. Maggie had a beloved Westie called Barney, and Brian also had a much-loved Westie named Shena. Jean has a cockapoo called Dixie, and Hazel fondly remembers her cherished family Labrador, Sadie.🐶❤️

Whilst on our rounds, we bumped into Ron, who had arrived with a beautiful card and a box of chocolates for his dear wife Amanda – proving that romance has no limits, regardless of a lifetime of marriage.❤️

Happy Valentines everyone ❤️

13/02/2026

💪✨ G-Fitness was back at Willow Court this week for our fortnightly exercise class!
Our residents had a fantastic time taking part in fun, chair based exercises to keep active, strong and smiling 😊 It’s always wonderful to see everyone getting involved and supporting each other.

We’re already looking forward to the next session! 👏

12/02/2026

Community Tea Party Success! ☕🍰
Today we held our Valentines community cream tea party and what a fantastic morning it was! The event was a great success, bringing everyone together for a wonderful time.

Everyone enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea spread, including two amazing cakes made by our Day Centre Manager, Julie they truly went down a treat!

We had the absolute pleasure of welcoming the wonderful Claire Lewis-Lim, who entertained our residents and their guests with a stunning violin performance. To end the day our Valentine raffle was drawn with 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes all won congratulations to our lucky winners.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and supported us. We really appreciate your continued support and helping make events like this so special.

We would also like to say a big thank you to sue our wonderful volunteer who goes above and beyond for our residents .

10/02/2026

Please join us tomorrow in our day centre at 11am for our wooly mammoth knitting project, with refreshments available🦣🧶☕🍪

10/02/2026

Our community coffee morning, run by our amazing volunteers, was as popular as ever ☕️💖 We enjoyed a Valentine’s sing song with the wonderfully talented Martin, our much loved maintenance man 🎶 Alongside some delicious sweet and savoury treats, everyone had a lovely time sharing a hot brew and great company 🍰☕

08/02/2026

What a busy week here at Willow!

Alongside all our regular activities, we’ve packed in even more fun, including hand massages, balloon tennis, dominoes, a game of Snakes and Ladders along with karaoke and much more ! 🎤

We also enjoyed a lovely stroll with our day centre to Aldwickbury Park Golf Course, where we stopped for tea and cake — a real treat.🌸

Our weekly knit and natter continues in our day centre 🧶

We finished the week with our monthly Omi projector session, run by the wonderful Memory Lane Café volunteers. A fun and fulfilling end to a great week!🎶

05/02/2026

Today we held our monthly dementia friendly church service for our residents.
These church services provide comfort, familiarity, and a sense of peace, with known hymns and reflection that many residents connect with. Even when words are hard to find, the music and atmosphere bring calm, smiles, and reassurance ⛪🙏

04/02/2026

Yesterday we held our weekly coffee morning . We enjoyed fresh mini bacon bagels a selection of pastries and some fruit , supporting a nutritional and balanced diet .

We also enjoyed musical bingo held by our day centre along with some lovely prizes to be won 🎤💭

Once again our residents were joined and supported by our wonderful volunteers

03/02/2026

Please don't forget our knit and natter woolly mammoth event tomorrow at 2pm in the day centre .
Join us for tea and biscuits and a warm welcome.

Operation Woolly Mammoth Has Landed at Willow Court Care Home!

We’re bringing our residents and local community together for a heart warming winter project! We’re asking friends, families, neighbours and local groups to help us knit cosy blankets for people in need which will be donated through Age UK Hertfordshire.

You can get involved by:
• Knitting 20cm x 20cm squares using Double Knit Wool and 4mm knitting needles
• Donating Double Knit wool or 4mm knitting needles
• Helping us stitch blankets together (6 squares wide × 8 long).
• Or even teaching someone to knit!

Want to join our mammoth mission? Send us a message or pop into our home and come and see us.

📍Willow Court, Aldwickbury Crescent, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 5SD