Activities at Cherry Trees Care Home
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’
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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
Well done Donna!
We would like to say congratulations, thank you and well done to Donna Johnson who has just received her 10 years of service award. Donna had worked so hard for us and is an amazing part of the team we can't thank you enough for the fantastic work you have done and continue to do. Thank you again!
Exercise sessions at Cherry Trees
Residents at Cherry Trees feel it’s important to keep up their weekly physical needs. One of our residents Ann said how much this has helped her mobility since moving into Cherry Trees and that she is "very happy with her improvement" and enjoys following More Life Health Seniors
We also hold Balloon Tennis for more fun exercise and what a perfect time with the Wimbledon 2021 starting
Exercise has been shown to prevent disease, lower the risk of falls, improve mental health and well-being, strengthen social ties, and improve cognitive function.
School visit
Staff at cherry Trees were happy to see the children from ‘Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School’ who came over to sing to us in our beautiful garden. Residents beamed with joy as they watched the group of talented children sing some fantastic songs to us that they’ve been learning for a few weeks. Residents happily waved their flags that we made to support the children and also choose a song to sing back to them. We would like to say a big THANK YOU to you all! It was such a lovely afternoon that put smiles on many faces. We look forward to continuing our connection with ‘Our Lady’s Catholic School’.
Carers Week
From the 7th to the 13th, we celebrated Carers Week. Here at Cherry Trees, we celebrated our wonderful carers with a party in our sensory garden.
The kitchen team made this delicious spread for us all and we got to try out our new bar. Everyone had a fantastic time and we can't thank all the staff at Cherry Trees enough for being amazing.
Everyone also received a box of delicious chocolates and a thank you card from Barchester Healthcare and Debbie, our General Manager.
The Sun in Style
We all got out to enjoy the sun in our wonderful new sensory garden. We spent the morning doing some arts and crafts creating lovely folded paper butterflies. Others had a go at Relish Aqua Paintings and scratch art.
In the afternoon, we were back out in the sun and had a great time with our seaside-themed quiz. We also found ourselves a little feathery friend who has built a home for her family in this little corner.
Garden Fun
We are definitely enjoying and soaking up this beautiful sunshine here at Cherry Trees. Residents have just been relaxing and enjoying some refreshing cold ice lollies to keep their hydration up in our beautiful sensory garden.
Some have chosen to bring out their mindfulness colouring whilst listening to the birds sing. Residents have also been supported by the team to have their lunch on the Memory Lane community balcony, overlooking our beautiful sensory garden.
We always like to make the most of the sunshine at Cherry Trees.
Upcoming events
May
The month of May is the gateway to Summer and we are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead.
