Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home
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.
Louvina Lane
I am so proud to be part of the Chestnut Gardens team and to be able to make a real difference to the quality of our residents lives. As the Activities Lead, I put our residents well-being at the heart of everything I do. I take pride in the warmth and support i can offer residents and their families. I am proud to promote independence, dignity and quality of life at all times by providing outstanding and person-centred care in a supportive environment here at Chestnut Gardens.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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
Cheese and Wine evening with live music
Residents and guests enjoyed a wonderful evening tasting a selection of different cheeses and wine with wonderful live music by vocalist and guitarist Santino Fabbricatore.
Lovely to see everyone singing and dancing.
Lynette Richards - Lorde reached top jobs in NHS nursing
Reaching out for local community is one of the most important ways we ensure our residents stay in touch with what’s going on and we like to welcome distinguished members of the local community. We were delighted to welcome incredible Lynnette Lorde, read more about her https://nhsrf.org.uk/lynette-richards-lorde-angels-at-my-shoulder/
Inner Wheel of Croydon Afternoon tea with Harpist
What an amazing afternoon we had at Chestnut Gardens! We were delighted to welcome the Inner Wheel of Croydon to Afternoon Tea with brilliant harpist Kazia who presented very interesting musical program. At the end of recital she brought in small harps to teach our residents! It was such a great event, enjoyed by all!
Butlers of Buckingham Palace
We are delighted to be associated with great people who came to spend time enhancing the lives of our residents. We couldn't believe who popped by to help serve at our charity event. Simon and Peter butlers to our dear King at Buckingham Palace.
Summer Fete
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Chestnut Gardens to enjoy a Summer Fete that was held at the home on Sunday 6th August.
Chestnut Gardens hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including live entertainment from Bollywood dancers and the Phonix Concert Band. Stalls selling luxury goods and amazing food provided by our chefs which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.
Staff at Chestnut Gardens made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as a selection of sandwiches, canapes, hot dogs, salads,cakes and a varity of drinks, prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!
Resident, Majorie, said, “I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was surrounded by lots of great people, and the refreshments kept flowing. The weather held out until we finished. Staff did a great job, not just on the day, but organising the event and getting everyone together.”
Honeywood Museum
A lovely trip down to the Honeywood museum last week, an afternoon filled with exploring the wonderful Edwardian exhibits and beautiful paintings. We then finished the afternoon in the cafe by the ponds in the sunshine!
