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Activities at The Dales Care Home

We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.

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Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson

Activities Coordinator

Hi, my name is Kay and I am the activities coordinator here at the Dales.  I joined the team in June 2021 and I love spending time with the residents each day, delivering meaningful activities that keep our residents active and social stimulated, more importantly we have fun!  Our life enrichment programme is varied and we have lots to do!

Before I joined the home I was a lecturer teaching young individuals with high needs, it is very different being an activities coordinator but it does help with understand how to ensure everyone is happy each and every day in everything that we do.

I look forward to meeting you when you visit our home.

Celebrating life at The Dales Care Home

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Mini Bus Excursion – Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
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Mini Bus Excursion – Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

What a wonderful day out on an amazing steam train from Bolton Abbey to Embsay and back! Everyone admired the views, talking, laughing with each other and other passengers on the train. 

Amazing when one of our residents lived near Bolton Abbey train station and remembers what it used to be like. Full of joy and happiness, telling stories to the volunteers at the station.

Once back at Bolton Abbey, we enjoyed our picnic while waving at the passengers ready for their train trip. We finished off with a cup of tea and some amazing cake from the Tea Room! Couldn’t thank you enough to all the amazing volunteers at both Embsay and Bolton Abbey stations. We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

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Mini Bus Excursion – Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
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Mini Bus Excursion – Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

What a wonderful day out on an amazing steam train from Bolton Abbey to Embsay and back! Everyone admiring the views, talking, laughing with each other and other passengers on the train.

Amazing when one of our residents lived near Bolton Abbey train station and remembers what it used to be like. Full of joy and happiness telling stories to the volunteers at the station.

Once back at Bolton Abbey, we enjoyed our picnic while waving at the passengers ready for their train trip. We finished off with a cup of tea and some amazing cake from the Tea Room!

Couldn’t thank you enough to all the amazing volunteers at both Embsay and Bolton Abbey stations, we look forward to seeing you all again soon!

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Minibus Excursion
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Minibus Excursion

A lovely lunch at The Gamekeeper’s Inn, Long Ashes Park in Threshfield! Residents and staff admired the views, enjoying the sun shining, chatting away, telling stories, full of laughter and loving every second of it. 

The wonderful and magic effect it has on everyone when it comes to going out in our mini-bus with the sun shining!

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Happy father's day!
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Happy father's day!

Lovely having our local community come together and join in with wishing all the wonderful fathers a very Happy Father’s Day. 

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped to make it the amazing morning it was! Thank you for the gifts and everyone looks forward to having you with us again soon! 

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Carer's Week
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Carer's Week

We would like to thank all of our wonderful staff, whose work and dedication makes a real difference to the lives of those living in our care! 

Carers Week is an annual event to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges carers face and recognising the contribution they make to our residents, families and communities!

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Ladies that Lunch!
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Ladies that Lunch!

The Gamekeeper’s Inn

A lovely lunch at The Gamekeeper’s Inn, Long Ashes Park in Threshfield! Residents and staff admiring the views, enjoying the sun shining, chatting away, telling stories, full of laughter and loving every second of it.

The wonderful and magic effect it has on everyone when it comes to going out in our mini bus with the sun shining!

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Father's Day Celebrations
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Father's Day Celebrations

Lovely having our local community come together and join in with wishing all the wonderful fathers a very Happy Father’s Day.

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped to make it the amazing morning it was!

Thank you for the gifts and everyone looks forward to having you with us again soon!

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A Huge Thank You
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A Huge Thank You

We would like to thank all of our wonderful staff, whose work and dedication makes a real difference to the lives of those living in our care!

Carers Week is an annual event to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges carers face and recognising the contribution they make to our residents, families and communities!

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Introducing Tiny Tina
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Introducing Tiny Tina

What a wonderful morning having four-week-old Tiny Tina visiting us! She was so tiny and so cute we wanted her to move in! 

The magic effect anything with four legs has on staff and residents. 

We would like to thank one of our residents' family for introducing us to Tiny Tina. The wonderful effect it has had on everyone introducing us to your lambs every spring in the past 3 years!

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Mini Bus Excursion – Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

Mini Bus Excursion – Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

What a wonderful day out on an amazing steam train from Bolton Abbey to Embsay and back! Everyone admired the views, talking, laughing with each other and other passengers on the train. 

Amazing when one of our residents lived near Bolton Abbey train station and remembers what it used to be like. Full of joy and happiness, telling stories to the volunteers at the station.

Once back at Bolton Abbey, we enjoyed our picnic while waving at the passengers ready for their train trip. We finished off with a cup of tea and some amazing cake from the Tea Room! Couldn’t thank you enough to all the amazing volunteers at both Embsay and Bolton Abbey stations. We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

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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

English National Ballet
Together With Music
Blenheim Palace
Oomph!
NAPA
Bloomin Haus
Vegetarian For Life
Sea Life Trust - Beluga Whale Sanctuary
Historic Environment Scotland
Five Sisters Zoo
Damian Bailey Photography

Life enrichment

With us, it's all about making every day meaningful for our residents. We do this through our Life Enrichment programme, designed to suit the needs of each person in our care, and support individuals in retaining their joy, purpose and life skills for as long as possible. We offer a range of daily activities for individuals to get involved in, whether that's socially as part of a group, solo or with a team member, ensuring everyone receives the support that adds enrichment to their life.

Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

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