Activities at Cookridge Court Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Laura Marshall
My name is Laura and I am the Head Activities Coordinator here at Cookridge Court. I have worked in care since 2014 and get so much satisfaction out of knowing I have made a difference to people’s days and have filled the home with a sense of community and happiness. We have created a wonderful culture within our home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active and ensure we all know each residents' preferences so that we can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities. The strong relationships we build with our residents, their families and friends is essential to our homely feel.
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 Cookridge Court Care Home
Birds of Prey
Cookridge Court care home, in Leeds, was full of bird mischief this week when the amazing birds of prey came to visit the home.
Residents at Cookridge Court Care Home were pleasantly surprised to see the magnicifcaint birds such as Deigo the white faced owl from South Africa, Dusty the wonderful Barn owl, Henrietta the 21 year old Eagle Owl and finally Maverick the Harris Hawk, who were all roaming around the lounge as Owl Adventures paid a visit.
Book Club Corner
Across our services, our residents had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
Read all about it! Residents enjoy World Book Day
Bookshelves are bulging at Cookridge Court care home in Leeds where book worm residents were keen to get involved in World Book Day.
Staff and residents at Cookridge Court care home decided to host a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party so everyone could get involved in Cookridge Court’s chosen book – Alice in Wonderland.
Laura Marshall, Activities Co-ordinator at the home commented: “Our residents all love to read and to discuss their favourite books so World Book Day and we love even more to host a book themed event for everyone to come along to.”
Love is in the Air!
We hope you have had a wonderful day, filled with love and happiness…
We certainly have at Cookridge Court, as Activity assistants Libby & Kate, alongside the kitchen team, hosted a very special lunch, for a very special couple - Judith & John.
Judith & John have been married for an amazing 67 years. The love they have for each other is so strong, so what better way than to enjoy a romantic meal together, on the one day, where it’s all about love.
Judith said “ I cannot thank everyone enough for organising this for both me and John. We both had a wonderful, special time together.”
Valentine's Art Group
The wonderful Miriam returned this week with a fabulous Valentine’s Day themed craft session.
This session welcomed everybody to come along and get involved. The ladies especially enjoyed themselves as they gathered together to get creative and have a natter over a glass of wine.
Everyone had a fabulous time creating a decorative heart decoration to hang in their rooms
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to summer and we have lots of fun filled activities planned - all welcome.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Calling all Emergency Services
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Cookridge Court can offer you.
Coffee Morning - Last Thursday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly coffee morning, come along and make new friends - all welcome from 10.00 am.
Dementia Cafe - First Monday of the month
Come along and make new friends over a refreshing drink and slice of home made cake from 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm.
