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.
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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
Grandparents Day
Here at Cubbington Mill, we had a lovely time marking National Grandparents Day. Some of our residents spent the day reminiscing about their grandparents, and others remembered the moment when they were first told they were going to be a grandparent.
We organised a reminiscing poetry session, where everyone shared stories and photos of their grandparents, grandchildren, and parents to help prompt happy memories. We created a wonderful poem embodying these memories. Residents received wonderful handmade cards from the children of Caterpillar Nursery, which made the day even more special and in return recorded a video of reading out loud the story of ‘Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy’ written by Lynley Dodd.
The Oddfellows
The team at Cubbington Mill recently joined The Oddfellows at their Leamington Oddfellows Hall for Macmillan Coffee Morning. Head Chef, Oliver Hopkins, baked a delicious carrot and walnut cake for the team to sell alongside their own bakes and raffle aiming to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
General Manager, Dimpho Kavanagh, Deputy Manager, Paula Jufa and Activities Coordinator, Hannah Fawcett enjoyed speaking to members about their positive experiences and the recent events happening within the society. We look forward to bringing along residents of Cubbington Mill Care Home to future activities at the hall and hope that this is the beginning of a wonderful friendship.
Wine Tasting
We had a lovely time joining Hospitality Manager, Christophe Noel, and special guests, Lee Isaacs and Nick Parker from Unity Wines and Spirits – as they introduced us to wine tasting techniques, the history of wine and wine making, as well as consumer attitudes.
Our residents had the opportunity to try a variety of wines from sparkling and white to rose and red, alongside a selection of delicious treats.
World First Aid Day
Residents recently celebrated World First Aid Day with a talk from Alexandra Taylor, Community Advocate at St John Ambulance. Our sister home, Harper Fields, joined residents at Cubbington Mill via Microsoft Teams where residents from both homes leant various first aid topics. They even had a go at making and wearing a sling!
World Photography Day
For World Photography Day, Cubbington Mill joined professional photographer, Damian Bailey,for an exciting virtual themed talk. Damian guided residents through different photography techniques and compositions, providing his top tips for taking professional pictures.
Following the event, we were delighted to spend some time taking beautiful photos of staff and residents to enter in the Bailey Barchester competition with the theme 'Light'. Residents were delighted to find out that they had won the photography competition for the Central region!
Resident, John, who studied photography himself suggested we edited our photographs into black and white so that the projection of artificial light onto our models was even more eye-catching. Activities Coordinator, Hannah, talked about the elements of photography which she had learnt about whilst studying Fine Art at university.
We all had a wonderful time during our photoshoot and we are happy to say we were impressed with our skills in putting all the tips and ideas learnt during the talk into practice.
Local PCSO Visit
Residents at Cubbington Mill have enjoyed a visit from local PCSO / WCO Ed and Anna, part of the Warwick Rural East SNT.
Each month the local Police Community Support Officers will visit residents at Cubbington Mill and spend time talking about news and events around Cubbington and surrounding areas. This also gives residents the opportunity to raise any concerns they may have within the local community and aims to make sure that residents feel like valued members of society, which is particularly important during the pandemic.
Before Covid the PCSO’s were regular visitors to Cubbington Mill and continued to keep in contact with the residents with social distanced visits to events such as resident, John’s 107th birthday party in June last year.
