Activities at Collingtree Park Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as they can, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join in with activities and events as often as they can.
Martin Tilly-Reed
Hello, my name is Martin, I'm the activities coordinator here at Collingtree Park
My role is to ensure that our activities, outings and the entertainment we provide is stimulating and inclusive of all our residents no matter their challenges. It is important to me that our weekly calendar offers enriching experiences with music from live entertainers, visits to various locations outside the home, as well as arts and crafts tailored to individual abilities.
Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular family and friends’ meetings we can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining Collingtree Park that will make for a richer activities program to be developed.
I look forward to getting to know you, and your loved ones.
We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here to contact the activities team direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
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 Collingtree Park Care Home
Happy Birthday Beautiful 'Barbara'
Happy 70th Birthday to beautiful Barbara!
Today Barbara has enjoyed 'queen for the day' treatment; with singing Rod Stewart, eating delicious cakes and having cuddles and presents from her lovely family.
Barbara said "I couldn't wish for more, it's you lot that make days like this so special".
Whilst thanking everyone for their presents, Barbara said she really was 'so happy everyone could come' and that she loves being surrounded by her favourite people.
Gardening Club Sensory Session
Gardening club is in full swing at Collingtree Park!
Thank you to Andy for delivering a sensory session all about the different herbs we grow in our garden, including; parsley, basil and mint! Residents enjoyed sharing their favourite recipes, as well as hearing about some of the many other herbs and their uses outside of the kitchen during our informative session!
Next week we will check in on our sweet peas as well as the Busy Lizzies- so stay tuned for updates.
Beautiful Barnetts!
Another big thank you to wonderful Bev for making our residents feel beautiful. Barbara said "It's been ages since I've had my hair done and I feel so much lighter - and I only had an inch off!".
Bev offers hairdressing services to all of our residents and seniors in the local community - Simply call the home to book an appointment.
Weekly Gardening Club
Our weekly gardening club is up and running and we are so pleased! To kickstart our club, our residents have been planting Busy Lizzies and sweet peas for our garden.
Gardener Andy, supported residents with planting the flowers, as well as building a trellis for our sweet peas to climb. He said "We will check up on our flowers every week to see their progress, and hopefully the sweet peas will have climbed a bit more every week".
Betty said "I love being out in the garden, and there's something about planting new flowers that makes you feel happy, like Summer is just around the corner!".
We will be sharing our weekly progress of our plants and from this week we will have our plant of the week to start educating our new gardening club members.
An Afternoon with 'Eva'
Thank you to Gaye for bringing Eva along to our care home to support our residents with Pets As Therapy Our residents loved petting, feeding and cuddling up with Eva and hearing about her many holidays to the beach with her family. We're already looking forward to seeing you again soon!
Summer Menu Revealed
This morning our residents have been involved in planning our 'Summer Menu' in a meeting with Chef Jennifer. Residents discussed their favourite starters, main courses and desserts, and were invited to share ideas with chef about what they would like to see on the upcoming menu this August.
Chef also made attendees some fruity cookies and juices to keep them refreshed during the meeting. We look forward to seeing the new menu!
Upcoming events
Don't Dine Alone
We know company at mealtimes can boost wellbeing. That is why we are inviting the elderly community to join us for a hearty mid-week roast dinner and some good company.
Monthly Dementia Cafe
Join us for our Monthly Dementia Café which takes place on the 1st Wednesday of every month 2.30pm - 4pm.
