Good morning everyone, today we are doing a roundup of photos of some the activities that you are all sending in.

Our team members who visit you daily have been renamed “Support Buddies” by many of you, so here we go some of the support buddies in action.

Our support buddies have been out delivering craft packs & giving support again, chatting to you, with the social distancing in mind, and bringing me back some great photos.  💚 💚 💚

We have Claire baking chocolate chip buns [ which I am sure she will recreate for the end of lockdown party, David’s completed Beatles jigsaw [he is a music fanatic so even his jigsaws have to be music inspired], Martin trying out the exercises before his daily walk, Sam cleaning the car and Rachel drawing.

Our footballers, who won the South Yorkshire Ability League last season, and their supporters may be interested in more photos of my son, Simon, who is sharing his photos of turning the Principal stadium in Cardiff into the Nightingale hospital, Cardiff.  He was there for a week and fitted 113 executive box rooms and 80 corridors with the essential nurse call systems and today he returns to Cardiff to complete 1200 more nurse call units. Although the hospital has been opened there is still lots more to do and as he sends me photos I will share them with you all and maybe our Social Eyes team will get to play in this fantastic stadium when all this is over💚 ⚽ 💚💚 ⚽ 💚💚 ⚽ 💚💚 ⚽ 💚

They show the transition from football stadium to intended 2,000 bed hospital.

And the final one from last week was the opening of the roof to let the sun shine down on the hundreds of workers, army personnel and volunteers. It will certainly take a lot of work to restore the pitch  💚 ⚽ 💚💚 ⚽ 💚💚 ⚽ 💚💚 ⚽ 💚

Right everyone, Jack and Ryan have done two more videos of gentle exercise / movements, to help you stay healthy and active. Why not include your family members, and have fun together  💚 💚 💚
STAY HOME, STAY SAFE
Once you have done your gentle warm up with Ryan and Karen, join Jack in his Football drills   💚 ⚽ 💚
Come on let’s all try this TOGETHER!!

Today is Karen’s birthday and we invite all Social Eyes to a almighty birthday party when the lockdown is over. We shall celebrate all the birthdays we have missed with fun, games and drink.

As you see Karen and her family have been at the forefront of deliveries to the Social Eyes gang during this lockdown.

Thankyou Karen from all @Social Eyes, Morrisons for all the advertising you have included in your deliveries and finally a special happy birthday from Colin xxx

Each week during the lockdown the staff @socialeyesrotherham.co.uk are finding different ways to interact with the guys & gals who attend Social Eyes. Delivering colouring packs, groceries, Easter eggs, Ryan’s exercise videos and more.

Twitter @SocialEyes8

This week it’s a rolling challenge set by co-owner Faye. I’m sure there will be some great follow up videos from everyone demonstrating to the staff just how a roll should be performed.

SO ENJOY everyone and join in out in the sunshine  💚💚💚

Another great team effort 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

One of the highlights of the Social Eyes week is our visit Wathwood hospital farm and Courtyard cafe, where our clients always receive a warm welcome and they can interact with the animals. The feeding of the goats and donkeys and other animals features most weeks in our round up of our weekly activities.

During our furlough from the Harding Avenue centre we have had activity colouring packs delivered which feature Wathwood and our friends there. For those who don’t know Wathwood hospital this is a brief summary:-

Wathwood hospital provides medium secure inpatient services to male adult patients with mental disorders.

They offer assessment, treatment and rehabilitation; and aim to reduce the distress associated with mental health problems and promote recovery; they work to reduce the risks associated with the patient group and tailor treatment to meet each patient’s needs. They are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of patient care.

The model of care involves:

• establishing effective, sustained therapeutic relationships
• problem solving
• positive role modelling
• structured therapy programmes

They also offer a range of sporting, leisure, educational and vocational activities and are a recognised Recovery College campus.

When the lockdown is over please visit the grounds of Wathwood Hospital; the farm shop sells fresh fruit and vegetables, plants and flowers, hand-crafted gifts and jams, pickles and chutneys. Opening times Saturdays/Sundays 9am-3pm. The Courtyard Café serves menu’s prepared by patients, served Saturdays/Sundays from noon. Monthly theme evenings and talks. The Wathwood Courtyard is a social enterprise initiative and consists of the farm shop and café. The board consists of local residents, patients, business people and hospital staff. All profits are reinvested into the social enterprise.

And this week we offer a huge thank you to our friends at Wathwood Hospital for their kind donation of Easter Eggs, you have made a lot of people very happy  💚 🐰😊💚