Activities at Balclutha Court Care Home
At Balclutha Court our resident’s happiness is extremely important to us. We all know that a large part of this is keeping active and continuing to enjoy your interests and hobbies. At Balclutha Court, we have regular activities including arts and crafts, music, entertainment, trips to local attractions such as canal trips, safari parks and many more. Our activities team are always busy organising events, entertainment and excursions with the broadest possible appeal and many of our residents see living at Balclutha Court as an opportunity to develop a new skill or interest. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Karen Dillon
Karen Dillon is our Head of Activities and has worked within the home since 2005, starting out as a Carer. Karen is very outgoing and full of fun. She has many hobbies, with arts & crafts being her favourite, and her passion for this can be seen in our life enrichment programme.
Karen is supported by Kay Millar and Anita Marsh, between them they ensure that residents are happy and have loads of fun.
They are very keen to involve the residents in the decision making within the home to enhance their experience. They take part in the residents' meetings, catering forums and assist the General Manager in interviewing new staff members.
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 Balclutha Court Care Home
Employee of the Month - November
Congratulations to Activities Coordinator, Karen Dillon, who was named as November's Employee of the Month here at Balclutha Court. Karen always makes sure that residents and staff have lots of fun and is always happy to go the extra mile. She also knows how to throw a good 'shindig'.
Lifetime Achievement Award
2017 marked Barchester's 25th anniversary and, to honour the occasion, we decided to change the criteria for the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' to recognise staff members who have worked at the company for 25 years or longer. Everyone who has worked for Barchester for that length of time has contributed a huge amount to its success and we are incredibly grateful to all our long-serving staff.
The judges found it too hard to pick between the 4 Divisional Winners and therefore decided it was appropriate that they all were National Winners!
So this year's winners are:
Kanita Oakey-Kierman from Hickathrift House
Sharon Haigh from Red Oaks
June Hoggart from South View
Alison Dickson from Balclutha Court
Congratulations all!
Employee of the Month - October
Congratulations to Graham Clark, who was named as Balclutha Court's Employee of the Month for October.
Employee of the Month - September
Carer, Chloe Johnstone, was nominated for her kindness, helpfulness, happiness and ability to always be smiling; you always "get her the same way" – she brightens up a room!
15 Years of Service
Congratulations to Carer, Pauline McLaughlin, who received her 15 year Long Service Award on 2nd September 2017. Well done!
Employee of the Month - August
Maintenance Manager, Ian Watt, was awarded August's Employe of the Month here at Balclutha Court/
Ian was nominated for being very hardworking, always happy and courteous, a true gentleman and brightening everyone's day at the home.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to summer and we have lots of fun filled things planned - all welcome.
