Activities at Henford House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in, as well as visits from PAT dogs, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our cheese & wine nights, pub evening, quiz nights and special occasions such as, Guy Fawkes, Easter and Christmas where we like to encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Henford House is fun and active.
Debbie Phillips
I joined Henford House in March 2014; after five and a half years of domiciliary care, this position became available at Henford and I decided that it would be great to do more of the fun things in life with residents! It is great here at the home; we get along so well and truly have some laughs. Residents have a wide range of activities to participate in each week, including armchair exercises, bingo sessions, singalongs, musical entertainment, pottery, manicures, celebrations and much more. It is very rewarding knowing that people are grateful for the work I've done when I go. Working here has also given me the opportunity to gain my Level 2 NAPA certificate.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Henford House Care Home
St. Patrick's Day
The residents celebrated St. Patricks day in style. In the morning, we showed Michael Flatley's Irish dance show, 'Lord of the dance', then a 3 course Irish lunch and a good old sing along, stomping feet and clapping with live Irish musical entertainment. The home was alive and although there were no Irish residents our only Irish member of staff said it was a brilliant atmosphere who had fun with the residents wearing a shamrock hat and glasses!
St. David's Day
The residents had a jolly celebration for St David’s Day, especially our Welsh resident Lynne. Lynne moved from Lampeter to Henford House in June 2021. Lynne was keen to come to Warminster as she has a sister living near by and her mother was a resident at Henford House for a few years. A traditional Welsh lunch was served including Cawl and welsh cakes and afterwards an afternoon of singing with Mike and Muriel from Imperial Charity. Mike and Lynne sang the Welsh national anthem together which was beautiful.
Love was in the air at Henford House
Love was in the air at Henford House on Valentine’s Day, Bob Wright, Allan and Margaret Aiken and Deb Clark members of Warminster British Legion came for lunch with the residents, Bob and Allan brightened up the ladies day by giving them red roses, a 3 course lunch was served along with prosecco and wine, the quests certainly cheered up the lunch service for all the residents.
Burns' Night Celebrations
The residents celebrated Burns Night in traditional style with piper Liv Mclennan. Liv, from Salisbury, arrived at Henford House late morning on Wednesday 25th to play to residents around the home including meeting residents in their rooms. When it came closer to lunch, Liv piped the haggis in with Chef Adrian around the dining room. It was quite a moving experience and emotional for some.
Celebrating a combined 35 Years of Service!
Big Congratulations to two members of staff this week at Henford House! Our general manager, Charlie, presented Nicola Robinson and Maggie Welsh with flowers, chocolates and a voucher from Barchester. Nicola has been a kitchen assistant for 15 years and Maggie a domestic for 20 years! So much dedication and hard work over the years, well done, and thank you to both ladies.
Christmas Raffle Donations
Henford House donated the proceeds from the Christmas raffle to Julia’s House, general manager Charlie and activities co-ordinator Debbie went to the recently opened charity shop in Warminster to meet Tash and Kerry to give them the donation. Back in 2017 Henford House held fund raising events for Julia’s House and was invited to attend an open day at the newly built hospice in Devizes along with some residents.
