Activities at Caldy Manor Care Home

What a wonderful day we had, and we were lucky with the weather! We travelled from the Cheshire Cat to the Shady pub, a journey that took around 6 hours. We took lunch on board and then got off at the Shady Pub for a few pints. 

The scenery and calmness brought joy to us all, including the staff. 

This activity was chosen by our residents who wanted to get back into art again. It was such a lovely afternoon chatting about everyone’s artwork they have done over the years and where they learnt them. 

Some residents have only just started to do art since joining us at Caldy, so it was nice for us to share some hints and tips.   

For our summer party, we invited our local ice cream van, Mr Shuey’s, to bring us some fresh ice cream with all the toppings. We played tombola, coconut shy and bean bag toss, which brought out our competitive side. 

Our favourite ukulele band came to sing for us, and we sang the afternoon away with our musical instruments.   

In the afternoon, we learnt some fun facts about Royal Ascot and enjoyed a quiz. It was so interesting to see all the outfits and hat designs. 

Then we held our own race which included naming our horses, which were ‘Raffles and Kingston’ and this brought so much laughter and brought out the competitive side in everyone.

It is really important for us to support our residents in keeping in touch with the local community. Our residents look forward to our Holy Communion on the first Tuesday of each month. 

Reverend Alex and volunteers from St Bridget’s Church come along and deliver a wonderful Holy Communion and then stay for a lovely chat with us all.  

We had such a fabulous day at Chester Zoo, starting off with a picnic made by our wonderful chefs. The weather was perfect, so most of the animals were out. 

The monkeys were our favourite, watching them swing from rope to rope and seeing the babies with their mothers was special. We went through the new part of Chester Zoo ‘Africa’, which was really lovely to see.  

Oh my Cod! We had such a wonderful time at one of our local seaside resorts, New Brighton. We sat outside in the sun and enjoyed people watching whilst eating our fish and chips. Some wonderful stories were told of enjoying summers at the seaside with friends and family. 

Did you know, New Brighton had a tower taller than Blackpool’s tower?  

We had such a wonderful day supporting all the cyclists travelling 225 miles to raise money for Barchester Charitable Foundation. Staff and residents came together and did our own cycling challenge and clocked up 43 miles throughout the day. 

We also did a charity car wash in the afternoon to help raise money for the charity.

Here at Caldy Manor, we celebrated all things Roald Dahl by learning all the fun facts about him and completing a quiz in order to win a famous Wonka Bar. 

We hid some golden tickets around our local area with instructions to bring the golden ticket back to us in order to win a prize. Our lucky winners were thrilled, and it was so nice to bring some joy into the local community.  

Talks are very popular here at Caldy, so we managed to find Steph to deliver a talk to us on all things Birkenhead Park. It was so fascinating to hear all about the history of the park and the local area and the importance of it. 

Did you know Central Park New York was based on Birkenhead Park?

It’s been over 2 years since we held our first mums and babies' group at our local church, and it’s still very popular amongst our residents. New mums and babies join every 12 months, so it’s nice to meet new people and enjoy conversations. 

During our time, we sing along to nursery rhymes and then end the afternoon in our garden. 

The weather was absolutely beautiful during picnic week, so we enjoyed a lot of our meals outside in the sun. One day we tried something different and had lunch with little picnic boxes and reminisced about all the times we had a picnic for our days out or holidays. 

We discussed everyone’s favourite foods that they always packed for their picnics. 

This activity was suggested when we went out to our local pub. Whilst the weather was nice, we decided to try something new. We got out some garden games that most are familiar with, but also tried croquet, which was a first for some. 

We all had a lovely time working out the game and enjoying some light refreshments throughout the afternoon.