Activities at Ashchurch View Care Home
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.
Sarah Walker
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am the Activities Coordinator for Ashchurch View. I have always worked in care and my experience includes working with older people in the community. I am passionate about working with those living with dementia to enhance well-being as well as fun along the way. I will plan a varied and interesting variety of events and activities with new ideas welcome!
As a team we are committed to Barchesters Life Enrichment Programme ensuring we work with mind, body and soul.
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 Ashchurch View Care Home
Fun for all at Easter Fair
Ashchurch View residents, staff and visitors had a wonderful time at their Easter Fair. There were a great variety of stalls, a wonderful selection of home-made cakes, guess the name of the sloth, an Easter Egg Hunt in our courtyard and a visit from The Good Day Farm.
Children were assisted by residents as they searched for Easter eggs in the courtyard! We met Sandra the pig, goats Mike and Patrick, Betty the fluffy rabbit, Dock the Rabbit, Polly, Grace and Ada the ducks and the stars of the show lambs Bo and Lilly. The adorable lambs happily sat on residents' laps and even fell asleep cuddled up.
Congratulations to Kyla who guessed the name of the Ashchurch View sloth - Sid!
Over £200 has been raised from today which will be donated to Tewkesbury Nature Reserve and Barchester’s Charitable Foundation Tour de Barchester which will be visiting Ashchurch View this summer.
Thank you so much to the team who bought today together and to everyone who attended, it was lovely to see families with all generations joining in.
Local Primary School Visit
Ashchurch View had the absolute pleasure of a visit form pupils from Ashchurch Primary School. The children sang beautifully, read to residents and showed them some of their favourite photos. The children kindly left a picture book for residents to look at when they wish to. Thank you for such a great visit.
Exploring Dementia Event
Ashchurch View attended the Tewkesbury Dementia Action Alliance Exploring Dementia Event at the Watson Hall in Tewkesbury. We had a stand with our sister home Tewkesbury Fields with information about the dementia services Barchester offer. It was an excellent opportunity to find out about all the services on offer in the area with expert advice. The Ashchurch View team are always available should you have any questions regarding dementia.
Ashchurch View Celebrate The Cheltenham Festival
Ashchurch View had a fantastic time celebrating the Cheltenham Festival 2024 we obviously watched the daily races, but were also very fortunate to have a display and talks from experts.
Resident Peggy's son Paul bought in a wonderful display of racing items including silks and trophies. Paul's late father Stan Warner owned and raced horses including successes at Cheltenham. Everyone so enjoyed looking at the photos and finding out more about Stan's career.
Our ladies greatly enjoyed decorating hats ready for Style Wednesday and we also loved seeing all the hats and outfits on "Ladies' Day".
On the final day of the festival the Ashchurch View, Head Chef, John took time to talk to residents about his former career as a jockey. He even showed everyone his original typed apprentice papers. John still has a real passion for horse racing and also spoke to residents about the form all while bringing some fun with his jockey outfit!
Celebrating International Women's Day and Mothering Sunday
To celebrate all the wonderful ladies at Ashchurch View we marked International Women's Day and Mother's Day by presenting all our residents with a bouquet of flowers. It was a very special weekend with lots of visitors and the opportunity for residents to spend time with loved ones. All our ladies loved receiving the flowers and it is lovely to see so many flowers all around the home.
A Very Lucky Visit!
This week we welcomed Erica from Cheltenham Animal Shelter along with Lucky the bunny. Lucky was the sweetest rabbit, loved all the fuss and was so gentle with our residents. Thank you so much to Erica for such an enjoyable visit, the residents so enjoyed it.
Upcoming events
Ashchurch View Open Day Saturday 20th April
Moving into a care home doesn't mean you lose who you are, in fact we hope it's the opposite as we support your interests and passions, join us for our open day to find out more.
