Activities at Canmore Lodge Care Home

Some of our residents yesterday had an amazing time seeing some of the beautiful horses at Shiremills! Petting them and giving them a wee brush.

Of course! a cup of tea and a biscuit is necessary.

The residents at Canmore Lodge enjoyed a great session of Yoga with the lovely Yvonne. Yvonne’s session was mostly focused on upper body movements. Lower neck, shoulders and off course lower back giving our muscles a good stretch as well as our spine and not forgetting our breathing exercises whilst working our body muscles.

Thank you so much to Yvonne for keeping our residents moving and stretching so important for body and soul.

Baking Club with the lovely Krystle, every week our residents at Canmore enjoy our very own Baking Club. Making delicious cakes and buns as well as some home-made shortbread, this week our lovely residents at Canmore baked a very special cake in Baking Club as well as some truffles.

All the residents at Canmore got to have a taste test of these delicious sweet treats.

Staff and residents are celebrating because their wonderful Managing Director, Fiona Fagan, from Barchester’s North East and Scotland Division, has stepped completely out of her comfort zone to compete in the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2024.

Fiona went head-to-head with the Managing Directors from Barchester’s four other divisions and cooked up a storm to raise a phenomenal £24,595 for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation which helps connect vulnerable people and those living with a disability to community groups in their local area by providing grants to improve mobility and quality of life.  Each year the Foundation distributes thousands of pounds to individuals, small community groups and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.  

Residents across our homes had a fantastic time exploring the Eden Project virtually - an educational charity and visitor attraction based in Cornwall, featuring sprawling outdoor gardens and breathtaking biomes that house the largest indoor rainforest in the world.

During the session, residents who joined were reconnected with nature through their senses, memories and stories.  A big thank you to the community team at the Eden Project for the wonderful event.

Thank you too Balloyman Primary School and Nursery for inviting residents at Canmore to come along to your French themed café! our residents had an amazing time and being able to enjoy all the sweet treats and see all that the children had created at stalls as well. It's always a pleasure for our residents to be able to come along and get out in the community as they still get to do the things they love and celebrate all the things that the little one's have taken the time to make.