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Here you will find more on life at Birtley including daily activities at Birtley House and special events that we host. Including news from Birtley Woodland adventures and the seasonal courses that operate onsite. You can also follow our social media channels for more information and live updates.
Surrey TV Visits Birtley House Sculpture Garden
SurreyTV is a weekly news show that brings positive, interesting and relevant stories about the county to the people.…
Inspiration in the garden
Inspiration in the garden with local glass sculptor and artist, Adam Aaronson. We’re delighted in our latest collaboration with Adam,…
Yoga, Wood Carving, Pyrography and Willow Weaving with Ruth
Wood sculptor and Yoga teacher Ruth Wheeler is running art and craft courses from her Woodland Arts Space at…
Learn traditional Woodworking principles with Mervyn
The management of Birtley Woodland generates timber which is mostly used to heat Birtley House. Excess timber however, leaves…
Bee Keeping courses
This collaboration with Birtley House brings the opportunity to offer training to both potential and new beekeepers. There will…
A Holistic Forest School Experience
Lee Davis, a qualified Level 3 Forest School Leader, will join us later this summer and will bring a…
Coffee morning, Thursday 17th May
A very enjoyable monthly Coffee Morning for the Residents took place in the Drawing Room last Thursday 17th May,…
Music Kids
Almost 30 Residents and several of their visitors, were treated to a delightful performance of singing in the Birtley…
House & Home Volume II 2019
Your Nursing Home Needs You ~ Hydration Station ~ Q&A with Robert Brooks, Bonhams ~ Inspiration in the Garden…
Here’s to trying new things…
Under the guidance of Ruth Wheeler, one of Birtley’s artists in the Woodland, many Residents enjoyed “having a go”…
House & Home – Spring/Summer 2019
Introducing our new Chaplain ~ Birtley Mews, two rare opportunities, Intergenerational activity continues, Birtley Woods Adventures spring-2019
Notes from our future history
Part of the current rennovations within Birtley House include the main hallway, with the decadent old wallpaper being removed…
Creating Joy with the Carousel Theatre Company
As the Marketing Manager for Birtley House Nursing Home, a big part of my job is capturing what goes…
Crisis in the Care Home Kitchen
On seeing the featured picture, and knowing the individual roles, most people would think; what on earth are the…
Throwback to ‘Burns Night’ at Birtley House
Last week 25 care home Residents & their guests enjoyed a Burns Night Supper at Birtley House with as…
Our New Monthly Garden Blog – Courtesy of Matt Miller
When I tell people I’m a gardener and I work at a Care Home in Surrey I can only…
When the ‘Little Harriers’ landed at Birtley
Today our Residents were delighted again with a return visit from the nursery members of Little Harriers in Cranleigh.…
Watch Commander Steve Love and his FIRE team visit Birtley
We were fortunate enough this week to have a visit from our local Guildford Fire Station, where the Watch…
Coffee with Colleagues and Friends
It is important within any nursing home or residential care home to remember that the business in which we…
Recovery from a Palliative care case
One of the reasons that we at Birtley House Nursing Home have always been recognised as high quality care…
Blackheath & Bramley Choral Society join us for another Christmas!
We were delighted to start this week by welcoming the Blackheath & Bramley choral society back into our care…
Birtleys Christmas Foodbank Appeal
Throughout each year at Birtley House we involve ourselves in various charitable events and occasions, working with our local…
Three apartments… one rare opportunity!
Magnolia, Wisteria, Hurst Hill… just 3 of our exceptionally spacious apartments based within Birtley House Nursing Home, all of…
House & Home – Winter 2018
Hot Topics * Caring insights from Syliwa * Informational changes around the home * Harrisons Catering * Garden Review…
Team Building at Birtley House
Birtley House Nursing Home are firm believers that our family ethos is one of the key factors that helps…
Residents welcome Mr Guy Fawkes into the Home
It was a fun filled bonfire night this year in the Nursing Home, when Residents gathered for their afternoon…
7 Steps to choosing a Nursing Home that is right for you
When visiting a home, you should be able to sense if there is a friendly atmosphere and a good…
A rare Birtley Mews opportunity
With one of the coldest winters the UK will have seen in a long time forecast to hit us…
Holistic care with gardening at Birtley House
One of the things that helps to make Birtley House nursing home so homely for our residents, is our…
‘Team work will make our dream work’
Many whom have met our Birtley House Registered Manager Sylwia quickly realise how pro-active, creative and engaging she is.…
A Happy Halloween at Birtley House
Planted, managed and picked by our weekly visitors who are local charity for young adults with learning disabilities, Halow…
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon a great success!
Birtley House threw open its doors on a sunny September afternoon to welcome visitors to its very own Macmillan…
A visit from the Virtual Dementia Tour
Our staff here at Birtley House had a chance to experience how it feels to have Dementia thanks to…
An ‘Appletising’ Afternoon
With Birtley House having our very own Apple Orchard with around 700 trees, and the ability to harvest and…
An historic community within Birtley House Nursing Home
Mrs. Ann Privett (left) joined Birtley House Nursing Home for respite care and will be returning home to Wormley…
Birtley House Book Club
Ran by Ann who’s relationship with Birtley care home goes back over 30 years, the book club is a…
Cooking as Holistic Therapy
It’s such a joy for us at Birtley House when we get the opportunity to make someone’s day. As…
Caribbean Themed Dinner
Here at our Birtley care home we know how to have a good time. It is very important that…
An ‘Arty’ afternoon
An afternoon of self expression took place today at Birtley House nursing home. Inspired by our resident woodland artist…
Mama Buba Bump at Birtley House
What a beautiful day it was for the Mama Buba Bump launch event which took place in the grounds…
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