Activities at Cubbington Mill Care Home
Every day we run different activities throughout our home. The activities are designed and adapted to each individuals personal needs. The activities are designed to mentally and physically stimulate the people we care for and also to enhance their life skills and feelings of purpose and self-worth. The activities encourage interaction on a one to one basis, in small groups, in large groups and some are designed for the whole home including staff to be involved in.
We are registered with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) which ensures we are able to achieve and continually progress to enhance the quality of life for those we support in the home. We provide entertainers such as singers, musicians, magicians, puppeteers, poets and dancers. We also have regular exercise classes and arts and craft classes. Relatives and visitors will be able to see what me make in these classes on display around the home. We have regular trips out on the mini bus to visit garden centres, enjoy high tea, visit the butterfly farm and spend the day at the zoo with a picnic. We encourage the local community, schools, colleges and relatives to come and join us for activities, tea and cake and to visit to share their skills as much as possible.
Staff from across the home are always willing to help and share their knowledge and skills across a whole range of activities we have had everything from carers preforming Bollywood style dancing to cooking classes from the chef. We feel activities are a vital part of the residents lives to ensure they are stimulated mentally and entertained.
Rose Tucker
Hi my name is Rose and I am the activities coordinator at Cubbington Mill!
I have been working in care since I was 17 and very passionate about my role, always trying to do bigger & better. I am one of Cubbington Mills Dementia Champions. I'm very privileged to work with the wonderful people and residents at Barchester's Cubbington Mill and hope we all make some lovely memories together! I LOVE to find out about residents interests & hobbies through tools like the “Getting To Know Me Booklets”.
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 Cubbington Mill Care Home
Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick Chicken lay a little egg for meeeeee
The whole Cubbington Mill team would like to hope everyone had a very Happy Easter. We wish wherever you were on the day, you're eating lots of chocolate & hot cross buns, with your loved ones near and far.
We spent the day decorating tables, hunting for eggs and eating hot cross buns. Every resident and member of staff had an Easter egg too.
The Easter Bunny & Volunteer Glenda took Resident Ambassador, Cheryl, & Residents, Pat, Janet and Pat to ‘Morrisons Coffee Club’, which takes place on Friday mornings. We worked our way around the aisles buying gifts for loved ones, just in time for a coffee in the cafè.
Green Fingers
Plotting Plants with Head of Maintenance and Multi Award Winning (for best garden) Waldemar with his lucky assistant Activity Coordinator Rose.
Resident Ambassador Cheryl had asked for this to be an activity as soon as the time was right it happened. Residents Pat C, Hazel, Pat F, Janet, Pat G and Audrey planted pink and yellow sunflower seeds followed by daffodil bulbs to keep in their rooms.
We spent time reminiscing about what our gardens looked like. Cheryl had a sunflower as tall as her Nephew which by the way is a very modest 6ft 4''. Whilst Pat told us her husband was in charge of the garden outside as she was in charge of their home inside.
A Trip to Dobbies Garden Centre
Monday Morning Minibus Trip with Rose & Glenda!
Residents today ventured to Dobbies at Rugby for a potter around the pots and plants. Chris, Shirley, Henry, Gary and Gisela all had their photo taken with the flower and colour of choice that jumped out at them.
Successfully leaving the shops having not spent a penny (which is a record for us), we were back just in time for lunch together, too distracted by the beautiful plants and displays not even time for a coffee today.
Keep your eyes peeled for where our next adventure may be, as we start to introduce 2 mini bus trips a week, thanks to our whole home approach and group of volunteers.
Daredevil Care Home Worker Abseils for Charity!
Self-confessed adrenaline junkie, Rose Tucker, Activities Coordinator, has completed a terrifying abseil for the first time to raise funds for Myton Hospice. The Hospice is a cause close to Rose’s heart, feelings shared by her family and her colleagues at Cubbington Mill who have witnessed the wonderful work of the team there. Cheering on from below were Roses friends & family. The whole home is extremely proud of Rose calling her their ‘star!’.
Brilliant Bowls
On most Tuesday afternoons you can find Bowls National Champions Cheryl and John showing us all what for in a very friendly competitive game of ‘Bowls’ in the homes first floor area of the quiet lounge. We all take it in turns to roll the jack down the corridor, Charlie keeps her fingers crossed for the bias and straight-line rolls. Hazel, Gisela, Cheryl, Moira, Chris and Janet all won a game each! Bowls is a good excuse to all get together and reignite our old hobbies. In true championship style Cheryl insists on the ruler to be bought out if it’s too close to call the winner or we have a tie break throw.
International Women's Day
We celebrated this day earlier in in the week by watching a Barchester Live Event ‘Famous London Women in History’.
On Friday Activity Coordinator Rose and precious volunteer Glenda took a minibus full of lady residents to Marks and Spencer’s. After checking out the clothes we got snacks from the food hall and sprayed all the sample perfume there was on offer!
Queuing for our items and paying just in time to be back at home for a well deserved fish and chips!
Very fittingly we had a Bingo prize consisting of a £10off voucher to use with Debbie the Hairdresser in our homes salon, won by Pat! Well done Pat.
General Manager Laura Russell treated all the staff to chocolates and Activity Coordinator Rose decorating tables with fresh carnations and petals, delivering an extra special bar of chocolate to each lady resident in the home.
Upcoming events
St Georges Day Afternoon Tea
Indulge in a delightful Afternoon Tea experience! For St Georges Day. Join us for an afternoon filled with sweet treats, savoury delights, and warm conversations.
