We've had a lovely day continuing our 'Mental Health Awareness Week' activities. The theme this year is 'Movement' so we began the day with armchair exercises, and then a game of Skittles. We then played a game of bingo, but with a twist! Every time a number '0' or '5' was called out we picked a challenge card, which consisted of movement challenges (such as 'March on the spot for 10 seconds') and brain challenges (such as ' What 3 things are you thankful for?'). As you can see there was lots of chatting, movement and laughter - all things that we know are incredibly important for good mental health!
Wednesday began with a church service, where Mairwen (the vicar from St Edmunds) held a service and gave communion. This included some lovely hymn singing.
In the afternoon we had another game of bingo with the Year 4 children from Crickhowell Primary School. Again, this included challenge cards with movement challenges and conversation challenges. Having the children to exercise with and talk to made the game even more entertaining. As the children were leaving one little boy said, "This is the best day ever!" Residents also expressed joy with Roly (who joined us along with his friend who was visiting) saying, "I'm glad I came to that, it was very fun."
Tomorrow residents and staff will be 'Going Green' by wearing green clothing and accessories. We will be having a picnic on the green, opposite our home (weather permitting) so keep your eyes peeled for more photographs.
We will finish the week with a green-themed afternoon tea in our Daffodil Cafe, where we will be able to share photos from the week. This will hopefully spark further conversations around mental health and wellbeing!
