Activities at Cherry Trees 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.
Our activities team are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual social events for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, including the local theatre, as well as visits from Pat dogs, musicians and entertainers. We also host bingo, quiz and knitter natter afternoons that we encourage relatives and the local community to attend. Our Gentleman's Club is also open to non-residents every Thursday afternoon from 2:30pm, join us for a tipple of your choice, we have plenty of snacks and chats. For the ladies, our beauty salon provides; hairdressing and nail pampering, you too can enjoy a drink and some well-deserved 'me' time. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Cherry Trees is fun and active.
Carly Marshall
Carly joined Cherry Trees in March 2023. Her whole life has been working in the care sector and now as lead activity coordinator, Carly said ‘ I absolutely love my role here. I have a real passion to enrich the lives of our residents and make them as special as they can be. I really love to see the faces of our residents when we make these ideas we have come to life, it’s just a magical and rewarding job and I can honestly say I’ve found my forever home’
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 Trees Care Home
Easter Bunny Brigade!
Our Easter bunny brigade was out delivering sweet goodies to staff and residents this Easter Sunday. The Easter bunny was out having some mischievous fun, and the residents all had a wonderful time helping the naughty bunny to give out the sweet treats.
It was a fun, happy Easter Day and from all of our staff and residents here at Cherry Trees we wish you all a fabulous Easter!
Cherry Trees Bake off!
Our talented Chefs Chris Aston and Nataliya Ivanova went head to head in competition to bake the best Apple Pie, voted for by our residents!!
In support of our Regional Directors Charity Cook-Off for Barchester's Charitable Foundation we were extremely excited here at Cherry Trees Care Home - Barchester Healthcare for our very own Cherry Trees Bake Off. The results are in…
After much deliberation our judges decided that the best overall pie was created by none other than our Head Chef, Chris Aston! In the words of our lovely resident Joan, ‘It was a very close call’ as both were absolutely delicious but what tipped the decision in Chris’ favour was the simplicity of his bake!
Our home was full of joy and laughter with residents and staff taking part, enjoying each other’s company and having fun. It was lovely to see the whole home come together, showing support and love for our wonderful team and the fantastic job they do! Well done to Chris and Nataliya and our fabulous panel of judges!
Residents relive their youth!
Residents and staff had a blast during their minibus outing to Big Meadow park in Bidford-on-Avon on Tuesday! Nothing beat the simple joy of swinging on the swings, laughing and enjoying the sunshine together with friends! Our resident Jessie said ‘I’ve had a wonderful day and I’ve felt like a kid again!’ With lots of joyful, happy tears, Jessie didn’t want to leave and asked if we could go back again very soon.
Carly our Activities Coordinator said, ‘We’re honestly so grateful for these moments together, It’s amazing how something so simple can create so much happiness and bring back such wonderful memories for our residents. Our life enrichment programme encompasses all aspects of supporting residents emotional, social and physical wellbeing. It’s about creating opportunities for our residents to experience joy, purpose, and personal growth all whilst maintaining their dignity and independence.’
Everyone is already looking forward to another visit again very soon.
Emma Charlotte's Dance Academy
Our residents had such an uplifting afternoon, enjoying a fabulous performance by dancers at Emma Charlotte's Dance Academy today!!
Our residents had the best time and couldn’t wait to join in!! Marjorie said ‘I just can’t stop dancing now’ and Shirley was completely amazed!! Shirley said, ‘it makes me want to just jump up and dance along with them. It's such a wonderful feeling.’
Thank you so much to Emma and all the beautiful dancers for coming to see us. Their energy and smiles are so contagious and our residents thoroughly enjoyed welcoming them into our home. We cannot wait for many more performances.
Love is in the air!
This Valentine’s Day, staff and residents celebrated the day of love by sharing their years of wisdom for a healthy relationship this Valentine’s.
Getting dating advice from the elderly can be super helpful! They’ve been through the ups and downs of relationships and have loads of wisdom to share. Their experiences can give you a fresh perspective and help you make better choices in your own dating life. Plus, they really understand the emotions and dynamics that come into play, which is always a bonus.
Shirley said : “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get involved with the day’s festivities. I really liked hearing the advice from the other residents. Oh, we really did have a good giggle about some of it.”
Bill and Sheila, Val and Malcolm and Gwen and Melvin all shared the love with a lovely romantic three-course meal. Love really was in the air!!
Residents meet local primary school children
Our residents took a trip to our local primary school to meet some of the children. We would like to say a huge thank you to all the wonderful children and staff at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School who made us feel so welcome and invited us into their school for an afternoon tea with lots of fun and games!
It brought back so many wonderful memories for our residents, playing games new and old whilst sharing these experiences with such polite, joyful children - thank you! Our residents look forward to many more trips to the school in the very near future.
