Stow in the Snow brings festive joy
‘Stow in the Snow’ returned for its second year to help provide meaningful Christmas activities within the homes and engage staff, residents and their families all together at this special time of year. Categories were chosen by staff and residents ranging from best ‘Winter Wonderland’, to best table decoration or festive floral arrangement, there was […]
Long Service Awards for Melford Staff
Stow Healthcare’s Long Service Award Scheme aims to recognise and reward staff for their considerable length of service dedicated to the home and its residents. In total, 3 staff at Melford Court received awards for reaching service milestones including 10 and 15 years of service! Congratulations to the following staff: Recognition for 15 Years’ Service […]
Welcome to Kim – New Deputy Manager
Most of you will now have met Kim Steed who took up her new role as Deputy Manager in October 2019. Kim joined us on the bank as a nurse in the summer before being successful in applying for the Deputy Manager position. Kim studied General Adult Nursing at the University of Suffolk, having previously […]
New Weekly Activity coming to Melford
STOP PRESS! Fantastic pre school dance class ‘diddi dance will be starting soon at Melford Court. We have seen great benefits to our residents and local communities in two other homes where the class runs and we can’t wait for it to start at Melford Court! Stay tuned for the launch event – lots of […]
New Senior level support for Stow
We are delighted to announce that Helen Hill, RN has joined our company in January as the new Head of Care and Compliance. Helen has worked across a range of corporate and family run social care providers and is currently working with the University of East Anglia on two very exciting medicines management research projects. […]
Melford enjoys a few Socials!
Melford Court has supported another great coffee morning for MacMillan this September raising a whopping £100 to support their work! It was lovely to have so many visitors coming in to enjoy the event and spend time with the residents, including staff coming in on their day off and bringing children too! At the end […]
Welcome to our new manager Amanda!
Our new home manager Amanda Atkins joined us at the start of August and has spent the first two months getting to know Melford Court, our residents and our staff. Amanda has already held a couple of events to introduce herself to everyone, including relatives, but if you have not had the chance to meet […]
Stow Healthcare’s Busy Autumn of Awards
We are really happy to announce that again Stow Healthcare has punched well above its weight as a small company to have been awarded a significant number of finalist places in national care awards to be judged over the course of this autumn and winter. Stow Healthcare Group has been selected as a national finalist […]
Stow in Bloom sees Budding Success!
The second annual floral and craft extravaganza that is Stow in Bloom took place in July, with judges bowled over by the standard of entries. We were delighted to welcome back judges Pam and Bob Jackson from Woolpit Nurseries and Julie Martin and Georgie Stevens from the Suffolk County Council Aduly Community Services, who enjoyed […]
Afternoon Tea at the Halstead Ritz
Residents enjoyed the return of our ‘Tea at the Ritz’ event as well as extending the invitation for residents from our sister home in Long Melford. Residents joined forces to enjoy posh High Tea in vintage crockery. The kitchen team prepared a fabulous selection of cucumber sandwiches, savoury treats, a selection of iced buns and […]
