Activities at Dudwell St Mary Care Home
Our activity coordinator provides our home with a fun-packed weekly programme to engage all residents. Past activities include bread making, pottery, knitting, and card making. Not only do we run regular exercise programmes for the residents but we also have our regular entertainers come in to entertain our residents and their families. The activity coordinator visits residents on a one-to-one basis, for a chat, manicure and hand massage. The activity co-ordinator said "Residents love the one-to-ones and especially enjoy the manicure and hand massage, as not only is it stimulating but it boosts their confidence and pride in their appearance.''
Linda Lawes
My Name is Linda and I am one of the Activities Co-ordinators at Dudwell St. Mary care home.
I joined Dudwell St Mary in April 2008 as a Housekeeping Assistant and later became the Head of Housekeeping. In 2018 I then became an activities co-ordinator where I brought lots of new exciting ideas to the role.
I am passionate about my role within the home and aim to bring a smile to all our residents’ faces through different types of activities. My personality is bright and bubbly so aim to share this each day at work.
As I gather the residents likes and dislikes if you would like to come and chat with me about your family member please contact the home to arrange.
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 Dudwell St Mary Care Home
Burns Night
On Friday 25th January, we celebrated Burns Night here at Dudwell St Mary. We had some Scottish music and read some of Robert Burns' poetry aloud. It was a lovely afternoon of fun and dancing.
Eyes Down
Residents are always keen to get involved in our weekly bingo sessions.
Petpals
On 14th January, we had a visit from Patpals, and Bailey the Shetland pony came in to say hello to the residents of Dudwell St Mary, which they all really enjoyed.
Elvis Has Entered the Building
On Saturday 15th December, we were joined by Elvis (Andy T. King), who loved entertaining residents here at Dudwell. They really enjoyed listening and singing along to some classic Elvis and Christmas songs.
Musical Magic
Bing Lyle was in to entertain us on the Tuesday 11th December. The residents really enjoyed listen to Bing playing his accordion and singing some Christmas songs.
Feathered Friends
In November, we had a visit from a few feathered friends from the local sanctuary. Residents enjoyed being very close to nature and the baby owl was very popular indeed! At Dudwell St Mary, we are surrounded by wildlife in the countryside around us, but we love seeing new faces each month!
