Activities at Ashcombe House 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.
Michelle Martin
I’m a fun, loud and outgoing individual who loves organising fun activities for residents at Ashcombe House (and staff, if possible). I’m very creative and keep the residents very active, both mentally and physically In my spare time, I love doing a lot of fundraising, which usually ends up with me sliding in mud.
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 Ashcombe House Care Home
Celebrating Life
Resident Danny has always been a huge fan of singing and has sung in most of the pubs in the local area in his younger days. We arranged a minibus trip one evening to the local Tea Bar who were hosting a Karaoke evening. Danny was in his element as he belted out songs from Abba. We did not realise before we attended that the event was a competition hosted over 6 weeks and 2 singers from each week are selected to come back for a final in November. Danny was over the moon to be asked to come back for the finals!
Come to the Cabaret old chum!
WOW was the one word on everyone’s minds as Katie from Tap about town came to Ashcombe. Katie is a dancer with many years’ experience and specialises in tap dancing. Residents were taken back through the years of music and musicals with Katie’s tap dancing. High kicks, props and a full splits had us all amazed, we cannot wait for Katie to come back.
Bird is the word
Residents had a wonderful Visit from Colin at Wings of Freedom. Colin rescues birds of prey and helps to rehabilitate them. Colin visited with a range of Birds from a Barn owl called snowy, Norman the long eared owl and Kevin the kestrel to name just a few. Residents and staff enjoyed learning about the birds their habitat and had a chance to ask questions. Some residents were able to hold the birds and stroke the feathers giving a lovely therapeutic element to the afternoon.
Extra special Seaside trip
Residents enjoyed a mystery minibus trip to Southsea, planned for one of our residents Gerry Godden who had lived in Portsmouth for over 90 years before moving to Basingstoke to be near family. Residents enjoyed crabbing and catching small fish at the boating lake before taking a walk down Southsea promenade before stopping for fish and chips on the pier. Gerry said “ It’s been a truly fantastic day; I’ve enjoyed every minute and its nice be back home”. To be able to take Gerry back to his hometown, he really didn’t think he would ever see the sea again really made this an extra special day. All residents enjoyed a whippy ice cream before heading back home exhausted but happy.
End of summer showdown
The home hosted an end of summer showdown fete for residents families, friends and the local community. The garden was decorated and stalls all set up before the heavens opened and the rain poured!! We didn’t let this spoil any fun and took the party inside, guests enjoyed a BBQ lunch, tombola nd grand prize raffle before being entertained by Tony Allgood who really kept the party going. A truly wonderful afternoon spent and enjoyed by all.
Park Lifew
A warm sunny day and we headed out in the homes minibus to Eastrop Park. Residents enjoyed a stroll around the ponds to feed the ducks. The local Model Boating club was at one of the ponds with model boats of all sizes, residents were welcomed by the club and were able to watch the motorised boats sailing across the waters. At the park there is a small paddling pool and little children were having great fun splashing their parents much to the delight of our residents. Lots of wildlife and plants to identify it was a lovely afternoon out.
