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
Tesco gifts for staff at Christmas
A big ‘Thank You’ to Gillian Smith and Tesco for the most wonderful gift to Fountains for Christmas. Such a beautiful hamper of delicious festive treats for everyone to enjoy.
We would also like to thank Gillian for joining us to help prepare for our Christmas Light Switch on.
We are so lucky to have such kind and caring members of our community.
Zoo Lab returns
Fountains residents were delighted to welcome back Dominique from Zoo Lab for a show and tell.
This time Dominique brought a new group of animals. They included; a Madagascan Hissing Cockroach, a Rose Hair Tarantula, a Corn Snake, a Domesticated Rat and a Bearded Dragon.
Once again our residents showed such courage and even enjoyed handling the different animals. Everyone's favourite was the Bearded Dragon!
It was an extremely interesting afternoon for us all. Our residents loved learning about the different species and sharing their experiences too.
Thank you to Dominique and Zoo Lab for another fantastic afternoon.
Crochet fun
Here at Fountains we love to try out new things and learn new skills. Our residents were thrilled to try out the art of Crocheting.
With the help of our wonderful Crocheting teacher Nora we spent the morning developing our skills whilst having fun.
As well as being a relaxing activity, Crocheting has some great health benefits as the small repetitive movements involved can keep your hands, arms and fingers supple and your eyes sharp.
Now we have learnt the basics we will be developing our Crocheting skills with more sessions over the coming months.
Fountains enjoy a Christmas Service
Fountains residents enjoyed joining together in prayer and reflection with a festive service from Dianne at the Solihull Methodist Church.
We sang carols and read prayers to the group, it was a wonderful morning for us all.
Dianne also presented all of our residents with beautiful hand-knitted Angel Decorations for our Christmas trees.
‘Thank you’ to Solihull Methodist Church for a year of beautiful services. We look forward to continuing with them in 2022.
David McFegan visits Fountains
It’s now only 11 days till Christmas and we are really getting into the festive spirit here at Fountains.
Our residents thoroughly enjoyed listening to some live music from the fantastic David McFegan.
David filled the room with excitement with his wonderful accordion playing skills.
Everyone sung along to the songs and of course our dancing duo had to get up and have a dance.
Thank you David for a wonderful afternoon.
Christmas shopping trip
Fountains residents enjoyed getting some fresh air, with a walk down to our local Garden Centre this morning for some Christmas Shopping.
Our residents love the opportunity to visit the Garden Centre. This trip was made even more special as we got to take a look at all of the beautiful Christmas decorations.
We all left feeling very festive and excited for the big day. The countdown is now on! only 12 days to go.
We look forward to continuing with our exciting outings in the new year.
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.
