Activities at Ashby House Care Home
Activities at Ashby House
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to enrich peoples lives here at Ashby House. We stimulate people both physically and mentally by organising fun filled, group and individual activities to promote the well-being of those we support.
There are regular outings in our very own minibus and visits from PAT dog therapists, church services, musicians, dancers, and local school children. We also have our very own 'Good Life' gardening club, where we grow our own produce, which we then use in our cooking club. We also host weekly bingo sessions which are proving very popular and are growing in numbers.
Charlotte Arbon
I joined Ashby House in April 2022, I thoroughly enjoy my role as Activities coordinator and love coming to work and having chats with the residents and families.
I listen to the residents and learn about their interest and support them to be involved with activities. When I am not at work not at work I love spending time with my family playing board games.
We would love to have new ideas, if you have a skill you would like to share or would like to be involved with activities please email us at ashbyhouse.activities@barchester.com
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Ashby House Care Home
A garden refresh!
A group of 25 amazing people from Homebase came to help refresh our garden recently. They were incredibly hard working and did an incredible job! The atmosphere in the garden was full of happiness and joy as we watched the garden transform. We can't wait to see the garden blossom into life now!
Alzheimer's Society Cupcake Day
We had a great time celebrating Alzheimer's Society Cupcake Day with support from residents, relatives and our neighbours. We raised £105 on the day from our cake sale! Thanks to everyone who came down to participate.
Carers Week
Ashby House held a day of celebrations, where we presented gifts to care staff as a way of saying thank you for all the hard work that they do.
Jacki Jolley
Our Head Chef at Ashby house is Jacki Jolley; she has over 20 years of experience in catering. Jacki has worked in commercial kitchens for over 10 years and decided to try cooking for elderly people, which was a completely new world to her when she first started.
Jacki loves having a chat with residents about food and, with the support of the hospitality team, she delivers tasty and nutritious meals to the people we support.
International Dementia Week
We celebrated International Dementia Week with a big vintage tea party. We had lovely music with DJ Tricky Micky as well as delicious cakes and cupcake’s. We all had an amazing time celebrating!
Minibus Trip
We took the minibus trip to Willen Lake and residents had a lovely time enjoying the great weather.
Upcoming events
Dementia Cafe
Join us for our dementia cafe, enjoy cakes, refreshments, activities & a warm welcome. Family / carers come along too, make new friends in a safe space.
