Activities at Fountains 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.
Louise Crooks
Hello I am Louise, my first role with Barchester was caring for our residents. Previously I worked in an early years environment for 17 years where I organised activities and events. I am thrilled to now be Activities Lead and being able to continue enriching the life’s of our lovely residents here at Fountains.
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 Fountains Care Home
Our Home Is Your Home
Our cosy Bistro is the perfect place to unwind and enjoy one of our famous Fountains scones.
Filled with love and laughter, our Bistro is the perfect meeting place for our residents and their loved ones to catch up, share memories and enjoy all the comforts that Fountains has to offer.
Our home is your home, so if you’re a member of our local community and fancy experiencing our lovingly home made treats - then why not pop in and see what all the fuss is about, we’d love to see you!
Fancy A Tipple?
You can’t beat that feeling of an ice cold pint on a warm summers day, and with our local pub within walking distance, that’s exactly what we did.
The Plough Beefeater was host to our ‘Gents Club’ as our Fountains Gentlemen enjoyed a cooling lager along with some nibbles.
Carer Louise, Home Services Advisor Paul and our gents reminisced about some of our favorite ‘watering holes’
Here at Fountains we are committed to ensuring that our home is a vibrant, loving & forward-thinking place that truly makes a difference to those that live here, allowing new friendships to be built, creating lasting memories for all.
Treat Yourself
If you fancy a spot of pampering or indulging in some ‘you’ time, then our very own on site beauty salon here at Fountains is the place to be.
Sit back, relax and enjoy our peaceful retreat as our incredibly talented hairdresser Elaine works her magic, leaving you feeling like the true VIP that you are.
But don’t just take our world for it, Jane, pictured below said:
‘I love seeing Elaine, I always leave feeling a million dollars’.
Welcome To The Family
We are SO excited to be welcoming our brand new Activities Coordinator Michelle, to our Fountains family.
Excited to be joining us very soon, Michelle said:
‘’My name is Michelle, and I will be joining Fountains care home as the Activities Coordinator.
I am beyond excited to join this amazing team and to help bring smiles and life enriching opportunities to all the residents.
I am 40 years old, and I have worked in the care sector for nearly 25 years. I live in the Shirley area and have a supportive family who I am very close with, including my brother who has severe special needs and I help provide some of his care.
I am proud to say that my life has provided opportunities to learn compassion and empathy for others, but mostly I love nothing more than to make people smile and believe in positive outcomes.
To plan activities is something I get very excited about because I like to think about everyone's personal interests and hobbies’’
Common Wealth Celebrations
We recently invited residents & staff from Harper Fields Care Home - Barchester Healthcare Broadway Halls Care Home - Barchester Healthcare & Overslade House to join us for a common wealth celebration tea party - Fountains style!
With the Prosecco chilling on ice, the cake towers jam packed with delicious home made treats and songs to clap your hands and tap your feet to from the incredible Jess Harris - it was no wonder the room was filled with so much love & laughter.
Following a superb show from Jess, we were joined by the amazing Lisa who helped us work off all those scones with some gentle exercise in true common wealth spirit.
A big THANK YOU to all the homes who joined us today and to the fantastic team work by our Fountains family.
What an absolutely AMAZING day!
Working In Partnership
We are so lucky to be surrounded by such a vibrant community in Solihull and we feel both proud & excited to be part of that here at Fountains.
Recently, General Manager Arvinder & Home Services Advisor Paul were joined by General Manager Hayley & Customer Relations Manager Carrie from Harper Fields Care Home - Barchester Healthcare at Touchwood, Solihull.
Armed with goodie bags, the team were on hand to discuss our beautiful homes and the support we can offer to people looking to start the next chapter of their lives.
A huge Fountains shout out to Gill, Community Champion at Tesco Solihull for kindly donating prizes towards our hamper of goodies for our free raffle!
Upcoming events
Reminiscence Cafe
Please join us for our monthly Reminiscence Cafe where we will pick a topic and talk about our memories, whilst making new friends and enjoying some refreshments.
Room for Hire
Looking for somewhere to hold your meeting or event? We have a meeting room that is available for free to members of the local community and professionals.
