Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home

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 . 

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

We had World Physio day at the home and special thanks to Shirley Oaks team and Physios attending for putting on a great event . The residents got truly involved and enjoyed their afternoon of seated exercises. 

First Resident at Chestnut Gardens. 

It is always a joy to have Tracy here from Craft N Beats entertaining our residents and loved ones . It is lovely to see everyone enjoying these sessions so much . 

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. 

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. 

The residents enjoyed a visit to Richmond Park to see the amazing wildlife. The deer were definitely a favourite for everyone, especially seeing them roam freely and enjoying life, it put a smile on everyones faces. 

Residents enjoying a visit to Carshalton Ponds and relaxing with an ice cream or two. 

We held our first ever Falls Prevention Workshop and this was a huge success and the residents and guests found this event very informative. 

We will hold a similar event again so keep an eye out for the announcement for September. 

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. 

Our lovely volunteers out gardening , they were planting new bulbs for next year . We had amazing flowers this year and we look forward to another amazing display in early 2026. 

Lovely Morning tour of Croydon Town Hall and Museum .  They found the artifacts from 2000BC fascinating , and then some modern Art outside near the Clocktower . 

We had another successful BBQ recently where our residents , their relatives and guests enjoyed great food . They were entertained by an amazing singer and with the weather being very kind to us it made this a truly amazing afternoon. 

Flamenco dancing afternoon at our home was thoroughly enjoyed by many of  the residents and their family members .