Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home
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.


Rikardas Cirunas
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.
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 Chestnut Gardens Care Home

Mens Health!
This week was both Men's Health Week with National Beer Day on Thursday! Our dear resident, Guss agreed that a cool bottle of beer made him feel on top of the world! Cheers! What's your favourite tipple?

Employee of the Month June
Residents and staff at Chestnuts Gardens care home in Purley applauded as William Guantero was named ‘Employee of the Month’ for going above and beyond in his role and providing excellent care to our residents.
William was congratulated by the home’s General Manager Gayane Selimyan for the achievement and was presented with a £25 voucher and a bottle of wine as a special thank you.

Author Visit
Chestnut Gardens extend a huge thank you to author, Susan Elkin for her humorous and informative insight into her fabulous book, The Alzheimer's Diaries. Call us now to find out how we help people live well with dementia!

King Charles' Butlers!
Chestnut Gardens offer excellent care and services in quality surroundings. We are delighted to be associated with great people who come to spend time enhancing the lives of our residents. We couldn't believe who popped by to help serve at our big Charity event: only Simon and Peter, butlers to our dear king at Buckingham Palace!!! Fantastic and so much fun!


Tour De Barchester
Our charity week concluded in a celebratory party! " Tour De Barchester" cyclists ended a mammoth marathon ride at Chestnut Gardens and raised a huge amount of money (we're still counting!) for our Barchester Charitable Foundation! To say we're proud of our colleagues is an understatement! Please see below to find out how to support the cause.


Ronnie Scotts
"Your wish is our command!" Our dear resident, June loves Jazz and had always wanted to enjoy an evening at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and so for her recent significant birthday, enjoy an evening at Ronnie Scotts she did!
Our colleagues, Madison, Head of activities and Andrew, Head of Maintenance accompanied June last week and a jolly good time was had by all!
Why not come and find out how we can make your dreams come true at Chestnut Gardens?
Upcoming events

Cheese and Wine Prosecco Afternoon
Please join us for our Cheese and Wine and Prosecco Afternoon. All are Welcome

June 21st OPEN DAY 10am - 4:00pm
Please join us for our June Open Day. Please call our reception to book a slot or just turn up on the day as all are welcome.

Community Cafe June
All are welcome to join us at our Community Café , enjoy the activities and light refreshments we have to offer.

Falls Prevention Clinic
Chestnut Gardens is hosting a Falls Prevention Workshop. If you are worried about a fall it is the perfect night to come and learn about prevention.