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Care calendar.
The year ahead for a care home: awareness days, fun days, bank holidays and your own anniversary, each with a post idea. Shortlist what is worth doing, export it to your calendar, or invite your MP to the open day.
- 13 NovWorld Kindness DayA thank-you board for the relatives who visit most
- 25 DecChristmas DayThe lunch, photographed for the January newsletter
- 3 MarFernbank Lodge turns 12Invite the MP to the anniversary tea
- 21 AprNational Tea DayA tea party with the primary school next door
- Plan
- Every plan
- Where it lives
- Content, then Care calendar
- Runs
- Always a year ahead
The care calendar is a filtered year: the dates that give a care home a reason to post, hold an event or ring the local paper. Each date carries a short idea, and the ones you shortlist can go straight into Outlook or Google Calendar.
It is not a content factory. It is a list of good reasons, with the dates right, so you plan the month before it arrives instead of noticing the awareness week on the Friday.
What it does
Care calendar, step by step.
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The year, filtered for care
National awareness days and weeks relevant to older people and care, the fun days families enjoy, every UK bank holiday, and your own opening anniversary once you add the date.
- Awareness days, fun days and bank holidays
- Your anniversary, worked out for you
- A year ahead, always
bambooCare calendarExample dataThe year ahead3 shortlisted- 13 NovWorld Kindness DayA thank-you board for the relatives who visit most
- 25 DecChristmas DayThe lunch, photographed for the January newsletter
- 3 MarFernbank Lodge turns 12Invite the MP to the anniversary tea
- 21 AprNational Tea DayA tea party with the primary school next door
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A post idea for each
A date is only useful with an idea attached. National Tea Day comes with a tea party and a photo. Grandparents Day comes with a letter home.
- One idea per date, written for a care home
- Shortlist the ones worth doing
- Post it with the social tool when it goes live
In bamboo- One idea per date, written for a care home
- Shortlist the ones worth doing
- Post it with the social tool when it goes live
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Export it, or invite your MP
Shortlisted dates export as a calendar file for Outlook or Google. For an open day or an awareness week, bamboo finds your constituency MP and drafts the invitation.
- Calendar export in one click
- Your MP found from your postcode
- An invitation drafted, ready to send
In bamboo- Calendar export in one click
- Your MP found from your postcode
- An invitation drafted, ready to send
Why it matters
What care calendar changes.
Planning beats noticing
The home that knows Dementia Action Week is coming has the event, the photos and the press release. The home that notices on the Friday has nothing.
Local MPs come to care homes
An invitation to an open day is one of the easier pieces of local press a home can earn. The calendar makes the ask.
Content without the blank page
Twelve months of reasons to post, decided in an afternoon in January.
Questions
The ones that get asked.
Which dates are included?
UK awareness days and weeks relevant to care and older people, fun days, every UK bank holiday, and your own anniversary once you add your opening date.
Can I export to my own calendar?
Yes. Shortlisted dates export as a standard calendar file that Outlook, Google Calendar and Apple Calendar all open.
How does the MP invitation work?
bamboo looks up the MP for your constituency and drafts an invitation you can send from your own email. If no public contact address is published for the MP, it tells you.
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