A busy time for the first half of this week. The bus group were out and about in Sheffield and Wentworth. It was film fun up at Harding Ave and down at The Unit it was games and singing.

A great start to the week, lots of colours and games.

Remember how we watched my son adding nurse call systems to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff as it was converted into a 1,500-bed field hospital – known as the Dragon’s Heart Hospital – at the start of the pandemic and opened to patients at the end of April.

It had only had a maximum of 46 patients being cared for at one time and in June the site was placed on standby after coronavirus cases began to fall.

When the Dragon’s Heart Hospital was first set up it was designed to be a “step-up and step-down” hospital for patients coming to the end of their Covid-19 treatment, requiring rehabilitation and support, and those needing end of life palliative care – if hospitals couldn’t cope.

The pitch area was covered with a huge tent to house beds as the facility became Wales’ largest temporary hospital, and the UK’s second largest.

Corridors once full of fans and stewards were replaced with nurses’ stations and monitoring equipment, function rooms normally packed full of business people were turned into wards, while coveted boxes overlooking the pitch were full of hospital beds.

Now it is to be decommissioned [so rugby can return]and replaced with a new 400-bed modular build surge inpatient facility on site at University Hospital of Wales.

All the nurse call systems have been stripped out of the Principal and today Simon and his team have returned to Wales to re-install at the new three storey modular build below.

So here comes another lockdown, but Social eyes is looking forward to another action packed week, with fun and friendship at the heart of our activities & safety being paramount at all times.
Currently the new national lockdown measures do not affect our service and we will remain open (unless instructed otherwise).

We will be implementing hot drinks back into our service now the weather is turning colder, however this has to be done following the safety guidance. If anyone already has a non breakable beaker they can send that along, meanwhile Social Eyes have managed to source a non breakable beaker which are on sale at £5 each. While we will happily serve hot drinks in them, due to regulations, they must come home each day for washing.

Each week we set a challenge for our users who go out on the minibuses. Last week it was to upload a photo of lots of outdoor water, something related to Halloween, four acorns and friends having fun. We showed some photos last week but here are a few more.

Just a little something to think on.

Today it’s a catch up on the pumpkin carvers and painters; drum practise; floral decoration and games time down at The Unit.

We start at Harding with the painters and the drum solos.

Some very competitive games in full swing at The Unit.

Lots of activities to catch up on over the Halloween weekend.

Up at Harding Ave the there were Halloween costumes and a band practice.

Meanwhile down at The Unit it was party time for Oliver.

Another group were out for a walk to the Acorn in Parkgate, while David went to Wentworth to make sure all the birds were in tact.

The Sheffield FA have published a poster designed to help young people to understand how they can play their part in the strategy designed to control the Covid-19 virus and keep football safe for everyone that takes part. 

Although aimed at junior footballers it’s relevant to our disability team as well.