Activities at Crandon Springs 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.
Katherine Cork
Hello, my name is Kath and I’m the Activities Assistant here at Crandon Springs.
As part of the Activities and lifestyle enrichment team, I help in organising our daily activities, ensuring that all of our residents have a variety of activities to choose from each day. I love enriching our residents’ lives by providing meaningful and engaging activities and, having been both a teacher and care assistant in the past, have a wealth of experience behind me. You'll rarely find me without a smile and I'm very family orientated, and I love how both the residents' and colleagues Crandon Springs feel like a second family to me!
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 Crandon Springs Care Home
Rocking & Rolling
Crandon Springs care home have recently hosted an intergenerational playgroup for residents and members of the local community. The event, which took place on Thursday 11th April welcomed Wells nursery ‘Rockers ‘n’ Rollers’, along with staff and family to enjoy music, games and activities with residents at the home.
The adults and toddlers alike enjoyed various games and a sing along with residents to their favourite songs, with some of the younger group members trying the piano for their very first time.
The catering team at the care home, lead on the day by 2nd chef Elliot Allen, provided a selection of healthy snacks, including hand cut fruits and vegetables, as well as plenty of refreshments.
General Manager, Alexandria Bowman of Crandon Springs care home said: “We invited the group to the home as a way to support the local nursery and their families, and the residents at our home had a lot of fun on the day as they love our young visitors. If anyone ever wants to stop in for a lovely afternoon with your young ones, or just for a cuppa and a break, we’d love to have you join us.”
Employee of the Month!
Employee Of The Month!!
Congratulations this month go one of our wonderful care team, our hugely popular Care Assistant, Faine!
Faine had many nominations for Employee Of The Month this month and her recognition is richly deserved, congratulations!
Christine, one of our residents here at Crandon Springs presented Faine with our Employee Of The Month Reward.
Faine has been praised for the dedication to providing first class care day in day out, along with her naturally joyful disposition! Thank you for for being you Faine, from all the residents and staff alike!
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We were delighted to host our local Neighbourhood Watch event recently, which was attended by Avon and Somerset Cyber Protect Officer, Megan Haldane and organised by one of our neighbours Paul Sage.
Megan gave a very informative, yet light and engaging talk about the ongoing threat of cyber security, online fraud and how we can better protect ourselves.
A packed room of around thirty local residents enjoyed the talk and I'm sure all took something away with them from it. I certainly did, and judging by one or two sheepish grins, I'm sure that I wasn't alone in changing some passwords when I got home!
Thank you Megan and Paul, we will be sure to see you again soon.
Easter Competition
And the winner is..
Our residents have spent the afternoon looking through all of the wonderful Easter Designs, sent in from the local nurseries and primary schools. There were so many fantastic entries that they struggled to pick their winner!
The choice wasn’t easy, however they did eventually choose their favourite designs.
Congratulations to our winners!
First Place - Carter and Lowen.
Second Place - Henry T.
Third Place - Isabel.
Thank you everyone for taking part! It was so great to see the so many designs, we will be in touch with all winners to arrange collection of prizes
Century celebrations at Crandon Springs!
Celebrations have been in full swing at Crandon Springs, as one of our residents reaches her centenary in style.
Mary Lofts was joined by staff, relatives, friends and fellow residents as she received a telegram from the King in recognition of her landmark birthday. A champagne reception was held at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made by the home’s talented head chef, Stuart Constable.
Remarkably, this will be the second official correspondence that Mary has received from the Royal Family, having received a letter from the Queen in February 2012 when she celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary with her late husband John. Mary has lived a wonderful and varied life, coming from a farming family in Cheltenham, before proudly serving her country with the Wrens during the Second World War. She went on to move to London after the war and then latterly the Isle of Wight where she loved to sail, before coming to Crandon Springs where she is now enjoying a new chapter of her life.
Surrounded by an array of beautiful flowers and cards from well-wishers, Mary said: “I have had a wonderful day, it was delightful to spend my 100th birthday in the company of friends and my much-loved family.”
Amongst the relatives attending was Mary’s son Duncan, who played host for the afternoon to lots of guests. Speaking about his centenarian mother, he said: “Mary is and has been a fantastic mother and friend to so many over the past hundred years, and it’s wonderful to be with her on this very special day to say just how proud of her we are.”
Alexandria Bowman, General Manager of Barchester’s Crandon Springs care home added: “We’re delighted to be celebrating a truly remarkable woman as she reaches this amazing milestone. Mary is such a popular resident at Crandon Springs, and we look forward to celebrating many more birthdays as she breaks into her next century.”
