OSJCT Longlands

24/12/2025

🎄✨ A huge Merry Christmas from all of us at Longlands to you and your loved ones! ✨🎄

From our family to yours, all our staff and residents wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Let’s hope the year ahead brings happiness, health, and everything you wish for. 💫

24/12/2025

🎄🎈 Christmas Eve Fun at Longlands 🎈🎄

The residents at Longlands started the Christmas Eve celebrations early today with a bit of friendly competition, playing Swat the Balloon!

Lots of laughter, smiles, and festive fun were shared by everyone. What a lovely but exhausting way to begin the celebrations! 😊✨

24/12/2025

🎉 Celebrating Staff Achievements at Longlands 🎉

We are proud to share that two members of staff at Longlands received certificates today for their achievements.

🌟 Regina, our Head of Care, has successfully completed her Level 5 Diploma in Adult Social Care.
🌟 Wumi, Care Leader, has achieved Lead to Succeed.

A huge well done to both of you – your dedication and hard work are truly appreciated! 👏👏

22/12/2025

22/12/2025

🎄✨ Our residents at Longlands Care Home thoroughly enjoyed singing along to a mix of classic and contemporary Christmas carols with the wonderful performers from Opera Anywhere on Friday.

The performers generously gave up an hour of their time to entertain us free of charge, and it truly made the day extra special.

A truly wonderful end to our week of festive celebrations — thank you! To Vanessa and Mike for organising this. 🎶❤️

18/12/2025

🎄✨ Residents Christmas Party at Longlands Care Home ✨🎄

What a wonderful time we had celebrating the festive season with our amazing residents!

The day started with our Christmas decorations competition followed by our hamper raffle. Huge thank you to all who brought tickets or donated prizes, including 2 wonderful meat hampers vouchers from Aldens Butchers. 🍖

🎅 We were lucky enough to receive a special visit from Father Christmas himself, who took time out of his busy schedule to spread some holiday cheer! 🎁

We wrapped up the day with some delicious Christmas tipples, fun games, and plenty of singing and dancing with the staff. 💃🎶 It was the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who made this celebration so special. We truly couldn’t have asked for a better day!
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17/12/2025

✨🎄 On Tuesday we had a truly heart-warming afternoon for the residents at Longlands Care Home 🎄✨

Our residents were delighted to be invited to St John Fishers primary school, who treated us to a beautiful nativity performance. The smiles, singing and festive cheer filled the room and brought back so many happy memories of the residents children performing, it even brought a tear to the eye for everyone watching. ❤️

Moments like these remind us how special it is to share time with our local community and see different generations come together. A huge thank you to the wonderful children and their teachers for making our day so magical! 🌟👏

17/12/2025

17/12/2025

What a fantastic atmosphere in the home today as our seven brilliant teams proudly showcased the areas they had decorated as part of our friendly in-house competition. The creativity, effort and teamwork on display was incredible, with each team bringing their own ideas to life.

Residents thoroughly enjoyed being involved, sharing opinions, cheering teams on and soaking up the excitement – it was wonderful to see so much engagement, laughter and friendly competition throughout the home.

After much deliberation, we’re delighted to announce that Team 1 were crowned the overall winners 🏆👏 — congratulations to you all!

A huge thank you to every team and resident who took part. Days like today truly reflect the warmth, creativity and sense of community that makes Longlands such a special place to live and work 💙

08/12/2025

We were delighted to attend Dementia Oxfordshire Winter Fayre, where we had the chance to connect with the local community and share more about the work we do at Longlands.

It was a wonderful opportunity to speak with visitors about the range of care options we offer, as well as to listen to what matters most to individuals living with dementia and their families.

We had many meaningful conversations throughout the afternoon and enjoyed hearing ideas about how we can continue to support and strengthen our local community. It was also inspiring to meet other organisations who are equally committed to making a positive difference across Oxfordshire.

A big thank you to Dementia Oxfordshire for hosting such a warm and engaging event — we’re already looking forward to the next one. 💙

07/12/2025

Throughout December, each OSJCT home in the central region will reveal a beautifully decorated advent window to celebrate the festive season.

Today, Longlands is delighted to present Window Number 7, designed and hand-painted by one of our very talented residents, Sheila.

Sheila wanted to create a warm and joyful scene that celebrates the heart of winter — featuring two glowing Christmas trees, a cheerful snowman, and delicate snowflakes to bring a touch of frosty magic. Her design captures the nostalgia, colour, and festive cheer that make this season so special.

From everyone at Longlands, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with warmth and joy. ❄️🎄☃️

05/12/2025

🎄 Starting December Strong! 🎄

It’s been a wonderfully festive week as we prepare for Christmas and keep spirits high across our home ✨

We began with a lovely trip to Bunkers Hill Plant Nursery, where our residents picked out our first real Christmas tree of the year! 🌲💚
The staff were so welcoming—offering us a generous discount and even gifting us an extra tree! The only catch? Saying the tongue-twister “wonky bonkers bonus tree” 😄🌟 We got there in the end!

The next day, Highfield Trees invited us over and kindly donated another beautiful tree. 🎁🌲 Their team made the visit truly special, and we can’t thank both nurseries enough for their kindness and warm hospitality.

A special mention also goes to our wonderful maintenance man, who bought a baby Christmas tree from Highfield Trees for us to plant and grow in our garden 🌱🎄—a lovely way to create something lasting for our home.

We were also delighted to welcome Minister James Weaver from Grace Church Cowley, who led our residents in some heartfelt Christmas carols 🎶❤️ They absolutely loved it, and we’re excited to have him join us more often for future services.

Our staff have spent plenty of one-to-one time helping residents write and send their Christmas cards ✍️💌 — a small but meaningful way to stay connected with loved ones during this magical season.

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💙 Living Our Values Every Day
This week beautifully reflects who we are and what we stand for:
🤝 Promoting Communities — building strong ties with local communities, churches, and neighbours.
💛 Dedicated to Caring — ensuring every resident feels included, supported, and loved.
🌟 Empowering Individuals — giving residents choice, voice, and joyful experiences.
💬 Respecting Each Other — valuing every person’s comfort, wishes, and traditions.
🌱 Securing Our Future — planting for tomorrow and creating lasting partnerships that enrich life in our home.

Here’s to a joyful December filled with community, kindness, and Christmas cheer! 🎅✨