Activities at Cherry Blossom Manor Care Home
Activities at Cherry Blossom Manor are delivered using the whole home approach, where there is never a dull moment. Our Activities team take great care to make sure that our residents, resident’s families and staff’s physical, mental, and social well-being are taken into account. Whether it is a group session or a personal-centred activity you can be certain it is meeting a need.
We have our regular activities such as Scrabble Club, Bingo, Zumba, Gardening Club, Movie Time, family support meetings, Residents meetings and many more. We are also known for our theme days where the whole home likes to dress up. We have even been known in the past to go for a drive in the minibus in our costumes!
Lydie Bach
Hello. My name is Lydie. I am the Activities Coordinator here at Cherry Blossom Manor.
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 Cherry Blossom Manor Care Home
Biscuit Decorating
Residents recently had a lot of fun decorating biscuits for themselves to enjoy with a nice cup of tea. This particular activity was hosted with aims of encouraging residents to socialise and helping to improve dexterity.
Emergency Services Visit
This member of the ambulance crew had just bought back a resident from the hospital and was just going on break, so we invited him to help himself to tea/coffee and cake and to feel free to use our café to rest. Activities Coordinator, Angela Macquillin, then presented him with a Barchester flask so he could take his drink with him, in case he got called away for an emergency, which often happens.
Book Club
Book Club was started after Activities Coordinator, Angela Maquillin, was speaking to a few of our ladies about the book they were reading, which was called '84 Charing Cross Road'. They were so interested in the story that Angela offered to bring the book in and read it to them whilst they enjoyed tea and cake.
The ladies are enjoying the book so much that they would have her read it all day, every day if she could. They agreed that it would be read at about 4:00 p.m. on a Tuesday. They have almost finished the book and are now on the lookout for the DVD of the film, so they can compare the two.
Family members have also joined us and read a few pages for us every now and then.
Birthday Celebrations
A resident at Cherry Blossom Manor celebrated her birthday with several surprises, which included a canal ride, a big birthday cake and live music from her favourite entertainment duo, George & Ginger.
Royal Wedding Cake
Residents had a lot of fun making a royal wedding cake in recognition of Harry & Meghan's big day. Our ladies and gents enjoyed reminiscing about past royal events and discussing where they were and how they celebrated them.
Employee of the Month - April
Congratulations to Rosie, who was named as our Employee of the Month for April here at Marnel Lodge.
Upcoming events
Don't Dine Alone
We are inviting local elderly people to join us for fish and chips on Fridays. Meal times are between 12:30 and 13:30.
