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
Remembering D-Day 1944
The residents of Cherry Trees Care Home in Alcester, took time to remember the bravery shown by all service personnel during the Normandy Beaches operation and subsequent battles on 6th June 1944.
They wished to celebrate and give thanks to one of our D-Day veterans; Fredrick Lloyd Brookes in recognition of his service during the campaign. Lloyd received the Legion d'honneur medal and we thanked him and all who serviced alongside him that day.
Residents of Memory Lane made crosses to pin on our D-Day remembrance collage. We had a beautiful afternoon tea while watching clips of 1944, and films of the era, rounding the celebratory day off with a good old sing-song.
#BarchesterTogether - Thank You
Members of our Young at Heart, Memory Lane and all other support staff within Cherry Trees Care Home were personally thanked by General Manager; Debbie Osborne for their continued care and professionalism, as she handed out 'THANK YOU' cards and wristbands provided by the Barchester Executive Board.
We are all so proud of their hard work and compassion during these unprecedented times. "You are all key workers and are doing an AMAZING JOB!"
Sunny Afternoons
How wonderful our summers can be, today our residents continued to enjoy the sun, taking their coffee and biscuits out onto the café terrace, followed by a cooling ice cream whilst chatting the afternoon away.
Senior Health and Fitness Day
Today our residents on Memory Lane and Young At Heart enjoyed taking part in our music and movement session to celebrate Senior Health and Fitness day; 27th May 2020. We feel it’s important for our residents to keep active and not forgetting the fun and laughs we have.
Chilling on the Terrace
Today our residents enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the sun, taking their coffee and biscuits out onto the café terrace and pottering around; watering plants, dead heading the flower beds and weeding.
National Vegetarian Week 2020
Our residents enjoyed several different activities during National Vegetarian Week 2020 which ran between 11-17 May. Using our 'living kitchen' based on Memory Lane they enjoyed mixing, baking and decorating carrot cakes. Residents from both Memory Lane and our Young At Heart communities spent time sowing seeds of carrots, beetroot and radishes, all of which have been put in our greenhouse ready for replanting in our allotment on the premises which is already doing well with their previously planted potatoes and onions. Our chef will be so excited to prepare various vegetarian dishes once all produce are ready for picking.
Upcoming events
May
The month of May is the gateway to Summer and we are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead.
