Chestnut GardensBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home

Name: Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Address: 95 Foxley Lane,, Purley, CR8 3HP, GB
Telephone: 020 8053 0236

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.

Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Rikardas Cirunas

Activities Co Ordinator

Hello, my name is Rikardus and I am the Activities Co-ordinator at Chestnut Gardens Care Home.

I have worked for Barchester for five years and was so excited to be part of such a excellent team at this beautiful home.

Every day I look forward to supporting our residents in living a full and enriched life and especially enjoy the outdoor activities that we arrange to the local attractions, even if the weather can be unpredictable at times.

We also hold loads of varied internal activities so everyone is catered for and the musicians and therapy animals are a very big hit.

Celebrating life at Chestnut Gardens Care Home

Bailey

Bailey brings so much joy to our residents, every week they cannot wait for his visit. We all love and appreciated Bailey and his owner for the special moments he brings.

Yoga Sessions

An early morning seated Yoga session . The residents love activities and one of their favourites is a seated yoga session led by Rik one of our Activities team members.

Christmas Classics Music Day

It was great to see all the residents tapping away and swaying to the music and enjoying the classical Christmas hits of years gone bye. There was smiles and laughter all afternoon as Tracy brought so much joy as she has done all year and the residents look forward to seeing Tracy back again in 2026.

House of Lords Charity Night

It was absolute honour to be invited to the House of Lords last night to celebrate the 8th Anniversary of the Manju Shahul- Hameed Foundation hosted by the Hon. Baroness Manila Uddin.

To be there representing Chestnut Gardens and to see so many influential people supporting this charity was amazing and to be a small part of this community I am truly grateful.

Gentleman's Club

It was great to re-introduce the Friday night Gentleman's Club. With a few more Men in the home it was great to have a beer and catch up about old times and while away a few hours.

Employee of the Month For January 2026

Our dear colleague, Roshan was voted unanimously as our "Employee of the Month" for January 2026 . Very well done Roshan, much deserved.
Roshan is Chestnut Garden's Head Chef and works tirelessly with his team to provide exceptional food not just for the residents but also any visiting guests.
Roshan and his team provide day in day out 5 star food and all freshly cooked to order.

Kingswood Shetland Ponies

Chestnut Gardens welcomed recently the Kingswood Shetland Ponies to the home as part of the December Christmas activities.

The first stop was to visit the residents who were all eagerly waiting in the Bistro area and what joy they brought.
But hey they did not stop there , they were so well trained they popped into the lifts and visited each and every floor to meet all the residents.

It was so such a memorable and magical experience not only for the residents but for all the guests and staff and we will look forward to another visit soon in 2026.

Bailey Delivers His Xmas Card

The adorable Bailey delivers his Christmas Card to our residents and staff, we wish him and his owner a lovely Christmas and New Year and a well earned rest. We cannot wait to see him back in our home in 2026 .

He has brought nothing but joy all year round and we cannot thank them both enough.

Community Café October

We had a lovely time at our October Community Café with the vocalist Sophie McKinnon smashing out the hits. The residents and community absolutely loved the afternoon entertainment .

Arts and Craft Session for Diwali

The staff and residents are getting ready for the Diwali celebrations by having an Arts and Crafts session.

Fun Golf Afternoon

The residents of the home enjoyed a fun afternoon of golf in our Bistro area. We think Tiger Woods would be impressed by some of their putting skills. We will be holding more sporting themed events in 2026 as this has been very popular among residents , guests and the staff.

Employee of the Year for 2025

It is with genuine appreciation and pride that we recognize Kuldeep as our Employee of the Year.

Kuldeep dedication to her work has not gone unnoticed, but also a kindness and positivity that lifts everyone around them.

New Activities Lead First Bus Trip

Louise’s first bus trip as Activities Coordinator at Chestnut Gardens took us to the peaceful heights of Tipsey Hill. With tea in our flasks and biscuits shared between friends, we soaked in the countryside views and quiet joy of being together.

We paused outside a beautiful church, its entrance blooming with poppies a tender reminder of the Remembrance Sunday recently. In that still moment, we honoured those who came before us, carrying their memory in silence and gratitude.

Supermarket Trip

The ladies loved a local supermarket shopping trip with our activities co-ordinator Louise. They spent a couple of hours browsing through the isles and thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Neighbourhood Talk

One of our lovely volunteers gave a talk about the surrounding area where our home was built, along with the talk there was photos of the old days, this brought back fond memories for residents when they were growing up in the area.