Bere GroveBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Bere Grove Care Home

Name: Bere Grove Care Home
Address: Bere Grove, Gales Rise,, Horndean, Waterlooville, PO8 0WU, GB
Telephone: 01225568268

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.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Claire Sturgess

Activities Lead

I joined the Bere Grove Care Home team in September 2025 as Activities Lead. I have over 10 years of experience in the care sector. I started my journey as a support worker and have progressed to my current role. I am passionate about creating moments of joy and making residents smile, ensuring every day is engaging and meaningful. My favourite activities in the home include exercise sessions and organising special events. I like to bring energy and enthusiasm to everything I plan for the residents.

Celebrating life at Bere Grove Care Home

Thank you Jiggy Wrigglers

Thank you Jiggy Wrigglers for joining us today at Bere Grove Care Home. Our residents loved joining in with your friendly, interactive and inter generational session. 'A Kind of Magic' by Queen said it all and we can’t wait to see you again.

Table Tennis Championships

The residents at Bere Grove Care Home enjoyed table tennis championships today! There was laughter and lots of fun had as everyone worked up an appetite before dinner.

Glamourous Christmas Ladies

Bere Grove Care Home is lucky enough to have it's very own hair salon and our lovely lady residents always enjoy a visit to get glammed up, whether it's for a special occasion or just to feel good. This week was no exception and I'm sure you'll agree they are all looking gorgeous, as the count down for Christmas is now well and truly underway!

November Employee of the Month

Rachel our Home Services Advisor plays an essential role in delivering community events, encouraging residents to take part helping to create a vibrant and inclusive home for everyone to enjoy. Thanks to her enthusiasm and commitment, Bere Grove continues to be a wonderful place for everyone.

Bere Grove Christmas Sing-a-long!

Residents enjoyed a festive sing-a-long with Dan and the team at Biiah. Residents were in fine tuned and were smiling from ear to ear as they sang their favourite songs which included Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas as well as many more.

Bere Grove Residents Rock the Day Away

Bere Grove Care Home residents rocked the morning away to tunes from the 60s and 70s. Everyone was in fine tune and got into the jive with various air guitars, pianos and microphones, ladies you were all fantastic.

Employee of the Month

Please join us in congratulating Paul Bayley, Head of Maintenance who has been nominated as Employee of the Month for December 2025 by our residents and families. Paul always goes above and beyond to ensure our residents are well looked after. One resident quoted "Paul is always very helpful, always cheerful and a delight to know, we appreciate everything he does for us day to day".

Congratulations Paul, you deserve this special award!

Christmas Classics with Chris Buck

Our residents were lucky enough to be entertained by Chris Buck today with some Christmas classics, despite the rain outside it felt festive on the inside.

He treated us to some of our residents favourite festive songs, including It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams and Winter Wonderland sung by Michael Buble.

Our residents laughed and clapped along. Thank you Chris for another afternoon of brilliant entertainment. Share your favourite Christmas songs in the comments below.

Bere Grove Christmas Fair Success

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Bere Grove Christmas Fair, we had a fantastic day with wonderful entertainment from Chris Buck as well our talented local choir. The stalls were an excellent addition selling cards, sweets, wreaths soaps and crochet. There was also a raffle raising funds for Age Concern in Cowplain, a very important local charity. We would like to thank everyone for attending, whether you had a stall, bought raffle tickets, were a resident, relative or member of the community you made the day very special and wish you all a Merry Christmas. We can’t wait to do it all again next year!

Bere Grove Big Christmas Light Switch On!

The wonderful residents of Bere Grove have been hard at work decorating the huge number of trees throughout our lovely home, and tonight they all came together for the big Christmas light switch on.

A warm glow filled the home as residents counted down from 10, a little festive jingle was in the air, and the spirit of community could be felt by all. Residents enjoyed hot chocolate and a good old sing song and dance.

Now the countdown to the big day begins

Happy 95th Birthday

Today one of our lovely residents celebrated her 95th birthday! I’m sure you’ll agree she doesn’t look a day over 80! Staff and residents all sang Happy Birthday and shared homemade cake and fresh fruit.

Blendworth Church visits Bere Grove

Bere Grove welcomed Blendworth Church this week and enjoyed a special crib service with some of the choir. Everyone was in fine tune as residents sang carols, Once in Royal David’s City, Hark the Heralds Angels Sing, Silent Night, Holy Night and others, as well as listened to poignant readings from the bible. Thank you to everyone for making this service so special.

Bere Grove Raises Funds for Age Concern Cowplain

Bere Grove Care Home visited Age Concern Cowplain to present a cheque for the money raised from the Christmas Fair held on Sunday 7 December. Thanks to the enthusiasm and the generosity of families, local businesses, and supporters £180 was raised. Age Concern Cowplain, is such a valuable organisation supporting older people within the community.

Julie at Age Concern expressed her thanks, “We are incredibly thankful to Bere Grove Care Home for choosing Age Concern Cowplain as the charity to support at this annual event. This contribution makes a real difference to the older people we help every day, and we are truly appreciative of the kindness shown by everyone involved.”

Gentlemen's Club at Bere Grove

Join the Bere Grove Gentlemen's Club every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, It's were local men come together to enjoy good company, great conversation and to make new friends in a relaxed and friendly space. Several of our male residents also join in, making it a warm, welcoming mix of personalities and stories!

Each get-together brings something new from quizzes, games and chats to activities tailored to everyone’s interests. The club is proudly led by our very own Paul Bayley, Head of Maintenance at Bere Grove with support from Graham Allen, General Manager and Dimitrie Turcea, Deputy General Manager.

A Lovely Visit to Stansted

Residents woke up to flurries of snow this morning, but despite the chilly weather our wonderful ladies wrapped up warm and braved the elements for a trip to Stansted Park Garden Centre.

They all enjoyed a comforting cup of tea while taking in all the fun and festive Christmas decorations and with only 36 days to go, we’re definitely starting to feel the festive spirit creeping in!