Activities at Chacombe Park Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Morgan Dowie
Hi, my name is Morgan and I joined the Chacombe Park life enrichment team in January 2025. I love getting to know our residents, and I'm extremely passionate about their continued wellbeing and enjoy providing tailored activities that stimulate happiness, and continued fulfilment.
Prior to joining Chacombe Park, I worked as a Senior Carer, and hold an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care. Outside of work, I’m a wife and mother to our beautiful little girl. Originally from Birmingham our little family has now settled in Banbury. Living life to the full is my motto, and I wish to instil this in all our residents, whatever your ability there is something new to learn or try. Life is for enriching and enjoyment.
I look forward to getting to know you and your loved ones. We are always open to new ideas, if you'd like to contact me please call the home on 01295 712001 or email me direct on: Chacombe.Activities@barchester.com - New entertainers always welcome.
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 Chacombe Park Care Home
Fitness and Fun at School Choir
Today we welcomed a new member of staff to the Chacombe Park Activities Team; Morgan. We also took a ride in our new minibus to attend the weekly Dementia choir in Brackley. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed singing a variety of songs including one of Barbara favourites 'It's a long way to Tipperary'. The cafe's activities included some senior-friendly armchair exercise that had us all moving and grooving at Winchester House School, Brackley, Northamptonshire!
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Morgan had a good first day and enjoyed interacting and getting to know the residents, and we've no doubt she'll be a real asset to the team and we're all looking forward to getting to know her better.
Birthdays and Blooms
Today at our home we celebrated resident; Pauline's Birthday. Her husband who is also a resident joined in the celebrations with their lovely daughter Vanessa who came in for her mum's special day.
Another resident who enjoys one to one activities whilst in the comfort of her room was suprised to be presented with a lovely flower arrangement made by the Activities Team. She was extremely thankful and told us it had made her day!
Congratulations 'Katie' NVQ Distinction
Huge congratulations to our very own Katie Casey for achieving a Distinction in her Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 NVQ. An amazing result for all the hard work she has put in and very well deserved!
Barchester care homes are always enthusiastic when it comes to supporting our colleagues for training and helping them further their skills within our homes. We are all so very proud of our Katie, well done.
Burns Night Celebrations
Today at Chacombe Park we had our open day which also incorporated a Burns Night theme, a celebration of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. We had a good turn out of people with our management team there to greet our visitors and show them around so they could see what we have to offer.
We also had live entertainment from the wonderful D'Artagnan who's performance was thoroughly enjoyed by our residents.
A lovely menu that included the Scottish delicacy haggis was prepared by our Chef Stephan which the residents loved.
America's 'National Pie Day'
Yesterday we celebrated America's 'National Pie Day' with a selection of sweet and savoury pies for our residents, and guests to try in recognition of the variety of fillings you can have within a puff or short crust pastry casing!
Chef Charlene not only treated us to some fabulous pies, from Chicken and Leek to Fig and Date she gave us a brief history behind the creation of a pie. We sang pie related rhymes including 'Sing a song a sixpence' and 'Simple Simon' before finishing of the session with a rendition of 'American Pie'.
We look forward to doing it all again in March as chef and he homes’ hospitality team go all out to celebrate British Pie Week from Monday 3rd -Sunday 9th March 2025.
Look out for our forthcoming events posters as we invite the local community to join us once again for a week of tasty pie treats!
Song and Dance Afternoon
The residents at our home enjoyed live 1950's songs performed by the lovely Vintage Ruby. Residents and staff members started dancing along, everyone had a fantastic time!
Upcoming events
VE Day Cocktails & Canapes
Join us on 7th May from 2.30pm to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day with an early party with a live performance from the Fiona Harrison 'A Voice in a Million'.
VE Day Party in the Park - All Welcome!
Help us celebrate VE Day on 8th May from 12.30pm. We'll be hosting a 'party in the park' for all ages. Bring a picnic or simply enjoy our BBQ with your friends and family.
Community Games Afternoon
We're welcoming our local community, families and friends for a lovely weekly get-together. Please join us every Friday from 3.30pm for fun and games.
Community Cafe - All Welcome!
Come along and meet new people while enjoying a chat over a hot drink and a selection of sweet treats every Monday and Friday 10am-11am. Complimentary and dementia friendly.
Parent, Baby and Toddler Group
Local parents and their little ones are invited to join us for fun with our residents and Philippa from Rhythm Time on the 1st Wednesday of every month from 10am - 11.30am.
Emergency Services - Take a Break!
Come and take a break on us, relax in the warmth of our home, enjoy a slice of cake and a lovely cuppa or cooling juice.
