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.
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 Trees Care Home
Pumpkin carving
Halloween at Cherry Trees we changed and called it pumpkin day so it was a fun filled day of themed activities and we had pumpkins galore!
The residents enjoyed carving out the pumpkins which we then used the flesh to make some delicious pumpkin cakes which were enjoyed by all. Pat said "I've never eaten pumpkin in a cake before but it is tasty' and Anthea asked if we could try plant the seeds so that is what we shall do.
Wear it Pink
On Friday 20th October we joined in with celebrating 'Wear it Pink' day during breast cancer awareness month along with hundreds of thousands of other people across the uk.
Our resident Derek said 'wear it pink day is so great and making these ribbons for such a great cause'
Barchester Care Awards - We're Winners!
Volunteer of the Year presented by Laura Evans, Deputy General Counsel. This award will be presented to an individual who shows real passion and dedication by freely giving their time and energy at one of our homes or hospitals. The award for 2023 goes to Malcolm Jackson from Cherry Trees Care Home. Congratulations!
Baby Shower
On Tuesday we held a surprise baby shower for General Manager Amy Doyle from our sister home, The Spires Care Home - Barchester Healthcare
The residents had so much fun helping to organise this and everyone had such a lovely afternoon!
England World Cup
Our residents have been enjoying watching the Women’s World Cup and especially cheering on the England Lionesses in their matches. Our Memory Lane residents in particular enjoyed the semi-final and the final, even though the result didn’t go England’s way, they thought the goals were excellent.
Dementia Cafe
Our Memory Café this month has seen residents discussing holidays they have been on in the past and looking through our reminiscence boxes to bring back some lovely memories. One resident told us all about going to stay in a caravan in Wales with her family and another remembered watching the Butlin’s Red Coats performing. Our Memory Cafes are open to members of the local community as well as residents and their families. Contact our activity team for more information.
Upcoming events
May
The month of May is the gateway to Summer and we are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead.
