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
The Big Wells Bake Off
Join us for The Big Wells Bake Event!
Here at Crandon Springs our residents love baking and often join our chefs in our lifestyle kitchens to bake delicious treats, cooking and baking demonstrations! Join our home in a community bake off, all you have to do is send a photograph to us of your best homemade cake!
All entries will be printed and shown to our residents as an exhibition within the home and the best presented cake will be in for a chance to win a prize!
Our residents cannot wait to judge your entries!
Please email your photographs to CrandonSprings.Reception@barchester.com
Garden Visits with Furry Friends!
Our residents at Crandon Springs Care Home have been spending the day in the garden this afternoon to enjoy the beautiful sunshine.
Whilst enjoying the glorious weather our residents have enjoyed a range of sherry, wine or doombar on ice!
As pictured below you can see we have had a very important visitor today! Elsa the dog came to visit her owner, who is currently enjoying a respite break with us. It was a lovely reunion!
Mini Bus Trip - Bishops' Palace
MINI-BUS TRIP!
The sun is shining and our residents have been out and about to enjoy the weather! Our activities co-ordinator, Tabby, went out with our residents to visit The Bishops' Palace in Wells. Our residents have been admiring the swans, cygnets and ducks!
As you can see in our photographs we have many couples that live together as Crandon Springs. Our activities allow new residents to bond and build relationships and friendships whilst enjoying the beautiful surroundings.
Blooming Haus - Flower Arranging
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Crandon Springs care home in Wells were treated to an interactive virtual floristry masterclass courtesy of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski, from Blooming Haus. In the picture below, you will see one of our residents, Amy. Amy use to create flower arrangements for Wells Cathedral.
Blooming Haus started with a small pop-up shop in Chelsea. They have since blossomed spectacularly on to the floristry scene as ‘floral engineers’, carving themselves an outstanding reputation as one of the UK’s most innovative floral design studios. The company is the vision of Master Florist, Michal Kowalski and his business partner, Michael Dariane. The pair bring a completely fresh approach to floristry and their ambition to push the boundaries of traditional floristry has laid the foundations of Blooming Haus’ success to date.
Residents and staff were invited to gather together flowers and foliage chosen by themselves and follow Michal’s demonstration to create their own displays. Residents’ arrangements will be entered into a Facebook competition judged by Michal and Michael to win Love2Shop vouchers.
Meet Our Hairdresser!
Here at Crandon Springs we are exceptionally fortunate to have our very own hair salon for our residents to enjoy some well deserved pamper time. Our hair salon is used for manicures, pedicures and of course hairdressing.
Every Thursday we have a local hairdresser, Sophie, come and visit our residents to deliver a full day of cuts, washes and of course lots of perms! It is safe to Sophie is a very valued member and addition to the home and everyone has felt very special. Prior to moving into Crandon Springs, residents had been waiting patiently for months to get their hair styled and so they were delighted to be able to book in for a long-overdue cut and blow dry once they moved into our home here in Wells.
V&A Dundee Virtual Event
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Crandon Springs care home in Wells were treated to a photographic tour and talk about the era of ocean travel by V&A Dundee Curator, Charlotte Hale. The presentation forms part of a series of six talks and virtual tours that V&A Dundee is hosting for Barchester Healthcare’s care homes and private hospitals across the UK.
V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design museum, it showcases Scotland’s outstanding design achievements and features world-class exhibitions alongside the permanent Scottish Design Galleries, and a changing programme of commissions, events and activities.
Charlotte’s presentation took residents on a journey through V&A Dundee’s inaugural exhibition Ocean Liners: Speed and Style. Though the golden age of ocean travel has long since passed, the ocean liner still remains a potent symbol of 20th century modernity. The talk explored the romantic and remarkable age of ocean travel through the design stories of the Titanic, Normandie, the Queen Mary and the Canberra, from their engineering and interior design to the creation of an aspirational lifestyle and the stunning fashions worn on board.
“I am delighted to be able to share this exhibition with Barchester’s residents. The era of ocean travel is such an important slice of our history, the world will never see the like of these ships again. It is wonderful to be able to pass on the stories of how the ships were designed and what life was like on board,” Charlotte said.
Lucy Tomlinson, Resident Experience Manager for Barchester Healthcare, commented: ““We have been using technology to keep our residents and patients connected with their loved ones as well as offer virtual events, entertainment and activities throughout the pandemic. We are excited to work with our wonderful partners like V&A Dundee to bring a wide range of fantastic experiences into our homes for all to enjoy.
“Our varied life enrichment programme keeps residents active and socially connected, providing a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents’ interests and abilities,” Lucy added.
