Activities at Alice Grange Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Penny Allen
Hi, my name is Penny and I am the Lead Activities Coordinator here at Alice Grange.
I have many years of experience working in care homes in Activities, leisure and lifestyle roles.
I love being part of the Alice Grange team and supporting our residents to live their best lives with fun, interesting, and varied activities available every week. I always feel that the residents' input into our weekly planner is important as it gives all residents equal opportunity to explore new interests as well as keeping up with previous passions and hobbies.
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 Alice Grange Care Home
World day of culture and diversity
Held every year on 21st May, World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebrates the richness of the world's cultures and the essential role of intercultural dialogue in achieving peace and sustainable development.
We have many cultures in our home and are proud to be part of a multicultural and diverse team. Staff, many wearing traditional costumes, joined together to give talks on their own culture.
Spring is in the air
Springing into action as we headed out on the mini-bus to choose plants and seeds for our garden and then returning and sowing the seeds and potting up the plants.
There is nothing quite like residents choosing plants to enrich their lives by giving them the choice of what they would like to see and have in their garden.
VE Day Celebrations
A day to remember, reflect, and give thanks. On May 8th, 1945, the war in Europe ended and Britain erupted in celebration. Crowds filled the streets, bunting flew high, and voices rang out in song and cheer.
We had our second celebration of the week to mark the occasion.
After watching the service from Westminster Abbey. We had an afternoon of entertainment. Andy Ottley sang all the great hits and the day was filled with them. Red, White and Blue. Lest we forget.
American culture day
Each month we celebrate a different culture.
Our residents enjoy all things American with an American-themed lunch and an afternoon of rhythm and blues which originated in the 1940's within the African American communities and evolved from all styles of African American music, including blues, jazz and gospel.
Gifting to the Treehouse Children's Hospice!
We held an Easter Trail over the Easter period and for those children that could not join us and for their siblings, we gifted The Treehouse children's hospice in Ipswich a hamper of Easter eggs for them to share and enjoy. East Anglia's Children's Hospices - EACH.
Margaret, our resident Ambassador, and David, our Deputy resident Ambassador, both handed over the Easter Eggs and a card.
71 years of marriage!
We celebrated our lovely couple, Audrey and Gordon's 71st wedding anniversary.
The event was made even more special as their best man was able to join in with the celebrations, and they enjoyed lunch together opening their cards with a very special one from the King and Queen.
Gordon was overcome with emotion, so much so that he was speechless. Audrey thanked us for making their day so special.
