HC-One’s Admirals Reach Care Home in Chelmsford, Essex, welcomed visitors and guests from their local community to participate in this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations from Monday, June 16 until Sunday June 22, 2025.
The homes main celebration events took place during Care Home Open Weekend between Friday, June 20 and Sunday, June 22, 2025. Admirals Reach Care Home welcomed residents, colleagues, friends, family and the wider community to ‘The Big Summer Weekender’ event.
Care Home Open Week is a national event hosted by Championing Social Care, designed to connect care homes with their local communities. The week offers care homes the opportunity to showcase their range of services, provide tours of their facilities, and highlight the activities that are offered to residents.
The event is also a reminder to the homes’ neighbours that they are there if they need support. Throughout the week, residents, colleagues, families, and friends enjoyed a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home.
The event also sought to connect the homes with their neighbours, highlighting the communal support that the home can provide. HC-One’s chosen theme for this year’s Care Home Open Week was ‘The Big Summer Weekender’ emulating the nostalgic feel of British summer holidays with a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home.
Admirals Reach Care Home hosted a vibrant and heartwarming Fête on Friday, June 20, in the picturesque Benbow’s courtyard. The event, which raised over £200 and counting, brought together residents, families, and friends for an afternoon filled with joy, laughter, and community spirit.
Under a gentle breeze that offered welcome relief, residents from Mountbatten, Jellicoe, Benbow, and Nelson communities united to enjoy a range of fun activities. Highlights included a lively raffle, a cake stall brimming with delicious treats, a “guess the weight of the cake” challenge.
Residents and visitors also enjoyed a bric-a-brac stall, a tombola, and the ever-popular “hook-a-duck” game, where hooking a 5 guaranteed a prize. The courtyard buzzed with chatter as attendees cooled off with refreshing lemonade, indulged in slices of homemade cake, and donned stylish hats to beat the sun.
Lal Mangalam, HC-One’s Admirals Reach Care Home Manager, commented:
“We were delighted to welcome our local community to Admirals Reach Care Home as part of this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations. It was a great chance to demonstrate the warmth, compassion, and high-quality care we provide every day.
“It was also an occasion for us to join with families, friends, and neighbours, and to celebrate our residents and colleagues. Thank you for everyone who attended and who took the time to join us at Admirals Reach.”