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.
Skye Summerton
Hello, my name is Skye and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Collingtree Park care home. My role is to enrich the lives of our residents by providing stimulating and person-centred activities. We offer something for everyone, including arts and crafts, games and live entertainment including visits to places of interest in the local area. I love to provide one-to-one time and sensory activities with residents who need a little more support.
Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular meetings with family and friends I can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining the Collingtree Park community.
We are an animal friendly care home with a resident cat called 'Bella' and daily visits from our residents' family dogs. We understand the power of PET Therapy and welcome animals of all sizes from mini beasts to the quarterly Alpaca visits a local farm.
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 me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
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 Collingtree Park Care Home
Happy New Year
A huge Happy New Year from all at Collingtree Park. We brought in the New Year with an afternoon of party games followed by a buffet and mocktail tasting!
We're off to see the wizard...
The staff pantomime this year was the Wizard of Oz and it was a huge hit! Many giggles were had as the staff acted, sang and danced around in tin foil, leaves and hay. It was truly a performance not to be forgotten in a hurry.
Party Time Productions
Party Time Productions came to Collingtree Park and put on a pantomime for residents. Dick Whittington and his cat sang, danced and put on a brilliant show. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the performance and said how much they loved singing along to the much-loved tunes of the past. We hope to have the production company back again soon!
Rock Around the Christmas Tree
Collingtree Park's favourite time of the year - Christmas - and Christmas wouldn’t be complete without a Christmas party! This year, we had Johnny Red rocking us around the Christmas tree. Johnny got everyone up on the dance floor and tapping our feet to the Rock and Roll hits over the decades. We all had a great time while enjoying sherry and mince pies. We finished the evening off with some party games and yummy buffet food!
Christmas Cake Competition
Every year, Barchester has a Christmas cake competition,and all the Barchester homes take part. This year, we got our keen bakers together and Started decorating our Christmas cake; the residents loved making suggestions on how the finished cake should look and we had so many giggles while doing so. Margaret, from our Memory Lane community, loved making the snowmen and taking her time to ice on the eyes, whilsy Margret’s friends from the home enjoyed making snow balls and the Christmas tree! We think the cake looks amazing and the ladies did a great job. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that we win. Watch this space!
Trip to MK Shopping Centre
We took a lovely trip to the MK shopping centre to see the beautiful Christmas display, and it was truly worth the visit. The stunning display included a merry-go-round, a train and igloos! We went shopping for Christmas cards and finished up with a yummy hot chocolate.
Upcoming events
Key Workers - Take a Break!
If you are part of the emergency services or a community healthcare professional in need of a break, drop in at any time complimentary refreshments and a warm welcome await you.
Dementia Friendly Cafe
On the 1st Wednesday of each month we hold a complimentary cafe for those living with dementia or caring for a loved one. Call 01604 763 623 to reserve your place.
