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
Costello School
Costello Secondary School came to Ashcombe and participated in meeting residents, decorating cakes and making cards. Both the residents and children enjoyed the visit. Costello will be working with us throughout the year with Children from years 7 & 8, the children are planning the activity for their next visit and our residents can’t wait to see them again.
Elf Day
Straight from the North Pole, we hosted an Elf Day to raise funds and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Society. Staff and residents dressed in their very best elf attire to enjoy a day of games. Prizes were awarded for the best dressed elf and everyone enjoyed themselves. We finished the day with some Buck's Fizz and mince pies.
Ashcombe's Mad Scientist
Residents enjoyed an educational afternoon with our Activities Coordinator, Michelle, otherwise known as 'Ashcombe's Mad Scientist'. Residents loved the variety of science experiments. We made a hurricane in a bottle using glitter, a lava lamp, magic milk and sock snakes.
Bake-Off
We host a baking club every week, where residents get to decide what we're making. With Christmas just around the corner, everyone decided that mince pies would go down lovely with an afternoon coffee.
Baking club is for everyone; some like to be hands-on whilst others prefer to supervise – and some of us just like to taste the results.
Cracking Tunes
Vic Cracknell entertained us with some old classics from yesteryear. Residents named a year and Vic played a top hit from then. We had a good ol' singalong in the afternoon, and even some dance moves were mixed in.
Balloon Tennis
Exercising can sometimes become a bit boring, but not here at Ashcombe House. When we play balloon tennis we use our hands, heads and even our feet to bat the balloons across to each other. It was surprising how competitive residents can be.
