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Now Showing: All posts tagged with: Together at home

It's important to stay connected with loved ones – and the world – in retirement. Here you'll find ideas on entertaining at home and keeping mind & body active

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Take the pressure off: seven ways to manage down time

It's too easy during these unprecedented times to push ourselves to be making the most of the down time, but sometimes we just need to take the pressure off ourselves.

20 Jan 2023
Blog
Health & Wellness
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Spring planting tips

We may be restricted to our own small outdoor space, but our Gardener at Stanbridge Earls tells us how to make that space look like a national park.

27 Apr 2022
Top tips
Retirement Life
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Beef Bourguignon

Looking for something to cook up this weekend? Then try Scott’s delicious Beef Bourguignon recipe.

4 Mar 2021
Recipe
Food
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Retirement Wordsearch

Here's our Audley-themed Wordsearch. Can you find the hidden words?

27 Jan 2021
Blog
Health & Wellness
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Celebrating Burns Night

How to celebrate Burns Night from your own home.

22 Jan 2021
Your stories
Food
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Bubble & Squeak

Bubble & Squeak is a perfect post-Christmas meal to use up your Christmas leftovers.

23 Dec 2020
Recipe
Food
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A classic mulled wine recipe

Looking for a festive drink? Try our mulled wine recipe, a real Christmas classic!

11 Dec 2020
Recipe
Food
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Connecting with family over the holidays

Top tips to stay connected with loved ones this festive season

2 Dec 2020
Top tips
Health & Wellness
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Top 10 autumn TV shows

The beginning of Lockdown 2.0 and the onset of winter may make for a slightly gloomy combination, but why not make the most of it and look forward to a few weeks of cosy evenings on the sofa with some good TV?

20 Nov 2020
Blog
Retirement Life
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Audley Halloween quiz

Test your Halloween knowledge with our spooktacular quiz.

28 Oct 2020
Competition
Retirement Life
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Games to play at home or away

We have picked twelve of our favourite games to play!

5 Aug 2020
Top tips
Retirement Life
A 31-day August wellness calendar with daily prompts for activities, trivia, recipes, and self-care, organized in a table by days of the week.

31 day wellness calendar - August

Here are 31 more mindful ideas for August to take you through to the end of summer

1 Aug 2020
Top tips
Health & Wellness
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Brighter days are coming: Top things we are looking forward to as lockdown eases

As the UK continues the process of easing lockdown, we're thinking about the top things we are looking forward to.

22 Jul 2020
Blog
Health & Wellness
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Community spirit at Audley Ellerslie

During lockdown, staff at all our villages went above and beyond to help owners feel safe and happy, and at Audley Ellerslie, the community spirit we saw was incredible.

16 Jul 2020
Blog
Retirement Life
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July's daily delights

Each week our village teams are initiating a series of daily outdoor activities to ensure our owners stay in touch while practicing social distancing.

30 Jun 2020
Blog
Health & Wellness
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Simple Victoria sponge

If you’re looking for afternoon tea inspiration, why not try our recipe for a classic Victoria sponge?

29 Jun 2020
Recipe
Food
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Picture perfect

Whether you are a budding photographer or have taken up a new hobby in lockdown, with wildlife making more of an appearance in cities and gardens across the UK in full bloom now is the time to experiment with photography

23 Jun 2020
Top tips
Retirement Life
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Village life in lockdown

Hear from Audley owners why they truly belive living in an Audley village has been the best place they could be.

23 Jun 2020
Blog
Retirement Life
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General knowledge trivia - No. 4

The next in the series of the Audley general knowledge quizzes!

22 Jun 2020
Competition
Retirement Life
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A General Manager's perspective on Audley village life

Nick Vincent, GM at Chalfont Dene shares his perspective on life in lockdown and beyond...

16 Jun 2020
Your stories
Audley Updates
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Celebrate World Gin Day with our special recipe

Saturday 13th June is World Gin Day! Why not try our new gin cocktail recipe to toast the occasion?

10 Jun 2020
Recipe
Food
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Anagrams

Keep your brain active and try some of these anagrams of UK cities

8 Jun 2020
Blog
Retirement Life
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Recommended book lists

With the help of Goodreads.com we’ve collated some categorised book lists and recommendations to keep you reading all summer long

7 Jun 2020
Blog
Retirement Life
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Reading the sky

Reading the night sky, and how to spot the strawberry moon on the 5th June.

6 Jun 2020
News
Retirement Life
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