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
Employee of the month
'Employee of the Month'
Every month here at Crandon Springs care home we recognise an 'Employee of the Month'. Our colleagues, residents and relatives can nominate someone each month which means it makes the decision a slightly easier one because each and every one of our team are simply fab!
Our Employee of the month went to the absolutely lovely Claire, our Activities Co-ordinator. Claire aim is to devise creative and meaningful activities, but also emotionally support and motivate residents to enjoy each day.
Claire is passionate about everything she does at Crandon Springs and she has definitely gone that extra mile on more than one occasion, thank you for all that you do Claire.
Wells Business Forum CICA breakfast launch.
Wells Business Forum CICA breakfast launch.
A fantastic turnout. Lots of great energy and ideas in the room for what members would like to get out of the CIC going forward.
Thank you to Sean Sloan for arranging it.
Thank you to the excellent speaker Nigel Gifford OBE for talking us through risk and impossibility, to David and his team at Santé Wines and to all businesses who supported the launch - tempus ut luceat
Happy Parent Club!!
Happy Parent Club!!
Yesterday morning chaos descended on us here at Crandon Springs in the nicest possible way when The Happy Parent Club paid another visit. Helen Carver, part of our fabulous activities team Co-ordinated the morning.
Armed with bags of toys, snacks and drinks they set up camp in out lounge.
There were some beautiful smiles from both residents and children as the two ends of the generations interacted.
One resident even got down on the floor to play amongst them to the delight of the children.
Our 101 year old Muriel had a cuddle with Riley the youngest of the group at 3 and a half month.
With a few mums to be in the group we look forward to welcoming some more patters of tiny feet and we wish them good luck with their new arrivals.
Shrove Tuesday
‘Why can't pancakes sing? They're too flat!’
We enjoyed Shrove Tuesday yesterday, it was a treat. Pancake Day with live music from Damien who plays a selection of classics from the 1940s and 1950s for all to enjoy and to singalong.
Known in the religious calendar as Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day is a traditional feasting day ahead of Lent, which is why we've come to celebrate it by tucking into pancakes.
Some people adore pancakes as sweet as can be, with lashings of Nutella, strawberries and maple syrup. Others opt for a simple version with lemon and sugar, while some go for a savoury variety, with toppings like cheese or ham. So our Chef Elliot said - Why Not, enjoy!
Happy Birthday Hilda
Happy Birthday Hilda
Sunday at Crandon Springs, we have been celebrating Hilda’s 96th birthday celebrations with family and friends in our private dining room. Spoilt and served on by our wonderful Sue! Hilda's beautiful smile says it all!!!
Barchester's Charitable Foundation
Barchester's Charitable Foundation is offering three grants totalling £30,000 in the name of a former Barchester resident, Jeanette Gill, who generously donated part of her legacy to the foundation.
The Foundation is calling for deserving local charities and community groups to apply for these special awards.
Named in her memory, the Jeanette Gill Special Awards are open to groups and individuals in need in our local community, and will be awarded to projects that enrich lives and encourage an active lifestyle through arts, music, sports and culture for older people or adults with a disability, or those that may have challenges with mental health. This year will mark the last round of grants from Jeanette Gill’s legacy.
There are three awards available:
• £15,000 GOLD AWARD (open to groups)
• £10,000 SILVER AWARD (open to groups)
• £5,000 BRONZE AWARD (open to individuals)
The Foundation is particularly interested in innovative initiatives that tackle isolation and loneliness, and which bring sustained outcomes and positive changes for the people benefitting.
Dr Pete Calveley, CEO of Barchester Healthcare and Chairman of the Foundation, said: “We were extremely touched that one of our residents donated so generously to Barchester’s Charitable Foundation. We thought it would be fitting to create these flagship grants in her honour and memory as a tribute to the lives she is helping. The charity does so much for local communities throughout the country to tackle and reduce loneliness for many people, and these grants will make a big difference to those in need.”
