Activities at Ashchurch View Care Home

Summer at Ashchurch has been filled with activities, fun and sunshine! We have celebrated carers week, the residents loved handing out gifts and cards to our carers, we have helped raise money for Tour De Barchester,  we have enjoyed cheese and wine evenings, we have been visited by some special feathered friends, we’ve been doing some arts and crafts and we’ve even played some games in the garden whilst enjoying the sunshine, we’ve been tending our vegetables in the garden and welcoming our community into the home for our summer dog show , we also attended the grand launch of the new Cotswold designer shopping village in our local town and we were lucky enough to secure a goody bag as well as being among the first to tour the new shops!

Residents at Ashchurch View Care Home in Tewkesbury were over the moon to hear the Lindt Chocolate was going to be one of the stores opening next door at the new Cotswold Designer outlet this week! And as they had already had a fantastic time celebrating World Chocolate Day earlier this month, they couldn’t wait to visit.

At the official opening, Ashchurch View’s resident Mrs Joan Rich was the very first guest through the Lindt Chocolate doors and was rewarded with a complimentary bag of delicious goodies to enjoy.  Joan said: “I have always loved anything to do with chocolate, I don’t think there are many people that don’t!  I have eaten so much delicious chocolate today, it’s been my highlight of the week”.

May has been a fun-filled month with Ashchurch View bustling with activities. We have enjoyed many long hours in the garden watching the flowers bloom and keeping cool with ice cream and chilled drinks.
We have been out on our new minibus enjoying picnic trips to the local parks. We even visited Evesham country park for some retail therapy and to browse their gorgeous plants, all looking colourful.

We welcomed back to Ashchurch View the local school children who came to play games with us and chat for a while. We’ve also been keeping fit with some adapted sports indoors to suit the abilities of residents.
And we have celebrated the 80th anniversary of VE day in monumental fashion! We had a party and were lucky enough to be joined by the chairman of the Royal British Legion. We welcomed a military drum band to perform for us! We danced, ate an amazing buffet prepared by our talented chef, and we sang along to songs from times gone by! 

Through April the weather is still continuing to warm up here at Ashchurch and we have been busy with Spring crafts and seasonal activities! We’ve been flower arranging some gorgeous displays to place around the home , the ladies especially love to sit and chat over a cup of tea whilst discussing the best way to arrange their vases. We’ve also been making some easter wreaths for residents to hang on their doors, we foraged some flowers and foliage from the surrounding grounds and we added our favourite easter decorations.

We’ve been dancing the afternoons away to our favourite songs from times gone by which has been so beneficial for the strength and coordination of residents and also for the memories hearing music brings back!

We’ve enjoyed some head to head board games with staff which is always sure to bring about laughter and healthy competition. We are thrilled to have welcomed Claire and Frankie the pet therapy dog back to Ashchurch this month ! the residents love a fluffy cuddle and giving Frankie a few treats, we are so pleased that going forwards Ashchurch View will be seeing more of Claire and Frankie.

We have also been doing some rummage box sensory sessions with residents in their rooms, these sessions work wonders at evoking some past memories and the sensory benefits through touch, taste , smell and sound are clear to see by the smiles we see during these sessions.

We also have been fundraising for the RD cook off and held a bingo and raffle with some amazing prizes donated by staff, relatives and local business’. And we’ve enjoyed some easter quiz time in the café leading up to easter Sunday , we also have done some easter baking sessions and we have had a lovely little boy who’s easter wish was to make residents smile by delivering easter eggs to them on easter Sunday morning!

What a fantastic time our residents had taking part in a Barchester Virtual  Bingo Bonanza! 

 The excitement was high, the numbers were rolling, and the competition was fierce—but most importantly, there was plenty of fun and laughter along the way!

A huge thank you to the organisers for bringing us together for this amazing event and a big congratualtions to all the winners.

We had a brilliant time celebrating Valentines at Ashchurch View. 

We had the pleasure of hosting our very own Valentine Afternoon Tea, welcoming residents, family members and the wider community to join us for an afternoon of great tasting treats!

A big thank you to our Head Chef John for such a beautiful spread it was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

Its also a pleasure to host events at Ashchurch brining everyone together to make those special memories. 

What a brilliant time we had last week at our Pudding Club. 

Our Head Chef John, really did pull out all the stops as we invited the local community and of course our Mayor to join us for an afternoon of great tasting puddings. 

A big thank you to everyone that made it! We are looking forward to the next one..

We are proud to share that we had the honour of presenting a check to Age UK Gloucestershire from the funds that we had raised at our Christmas Raffle. 

This will go towards supporting their incredible work they do in our community.

A big thank you to residents, staff, family members and the wider community for the generosity and kindness.

Our residents had a wonderful time this week as we visited our local Dobbies Garden Centre.

From beautiful flowers to their lovely selection of plants, it was an outing to brighten all our days.
Of course we had to make time for a stop at the coffee shop. Some tasty coffee cake and a hot cup of tea went down a treat!

Regular trips out a vital part of our activities at Ashchurch View and we are already looking forward to the next outing.