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
Andy Yapp Performance
Residents enjoyed a sing along with Andy Yapp and his guitar. Residents gathered in the lounge to be greeted with drinks and snacks whilst they listened to their favourite songs. Two of our residents even showed off their dance moves, much to everyone’s amusement.
Mamma Mia
We love a trip out in our minibus and this time we headed towards The Birmingham Hippodrome to see the amazing Mamma Mia. Residents and staff enjoyed singing along to all of the fantastic songs throughout the performance and seeing all of the lovely costumes. We always have a lovely time when visiting the Hippodrome and have many more performances booked in the diary.
Music Therapy
Here at Cherry Trees we try to keep as active as we can both in body and mind. We have a fantastic lady called Adele Willets who comes to deliver Music Therapy to our lovely residents . We love singing along to our favourite songs while moving our bodies to the relaxing music and playing musical instruments too.
Day out at The West Midland’s Safari Park
We has a fantastic day out at The West Midland’s Safari Park. The animals were adorable and our residents were especially taken by the baby Rhino. We has an extra special surprise when a Zebra came right up to the window of our Mini Bus to say hello. Before we went home we enjoyed a picnic in the park, it was a bit nippy but this did not stop us from enjoying ourselves.
Olympic Fun
We had a fantastic day celebrating the end of the Olympics on our Memory Lane Community. We played traditional games like Hula Hoop ,Tennis and Throw the Can, but to name a few. Residents especially enjoyed the Hula Hoop and there was lots of giggles whilst we all had a go. We concluded the day by treating ourselves to a slice of homemade cake prepared by our kitchen team which went down nicely with a cuppa.
Fun in the Garden
We always enjoy spending time in our beautiful garden. We took advantage of a glorious day and had fun singing summer songs and reminiscing about different flowers Steve our brilliant gardener had planted. Steve also told us all about when the flowers have to be planted and when they flower during the year. Some days we also enjoy our lunch outside and not forgetting ice cream when it’s really hot.
Upcoming events
May
The month of May is the gateway to Summer and we are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead.
