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
Christmas Light Switch On
We are looking forward to our special Christmas Light Switch on event on Tuesday 30th November with our special guest The Mayor of Solihull.
We also have The Shirley Lions Santa Sleigh visiting, along with The Lollipop Ponies, St Patricks' Church Choir to sing carols with us, a delicious festive supper with Mulled WIne, table top games, raffle and stalls.
Come and join us - all welcome!
Fountains Film Club
When it’s a cold autumnal day all you want to do is relax in an armchair, with a cup of tea and a movie.
Here at Fountains we love to spend our afternoons with our feet up & relaxing at ‘Fountains Film Club’.
Today we enjoyed the first of our festive films and watched “The Holiday”.
All of our residents enjoyed a peaceful and cosy afternoon spent with each other.
Wreath making masterclass
Christmas preparations have began at Fountains Care Home.
Our residents were delighted to get involved with a ‘Virtual Wreath Making Masterclass with Blooming Haus - Floral Engineers.
Blooming Haus is one of the UK’s most innovative floral design and artisan studios.
Fountains residents’ were honoured to have the duo behind Blooming Haus - Michal Kowalski and his business partner Michael Dariane guiding us through the process of wreath making.
After collecting our foliage and decorations we were ready to create our designs. It was very intricate work but our residents very much enjoyed the challenge and we were thrilled with the end result!
All that was left to do was to display them proudly on our doors.
A big ‘Thank You’ to Blooming Haus for starting our festive activities so wonderfully.
Simple pleasures
At Fountains we understand how simple pleasures in life can bring such joy.
Getting to know our residents is crucial and our Deputy Manager, Sam, discovered that resident Colin’s favourite fast food was a KFC!
Without further ado Sam organised that Colin had a “finger licking good” KFC bucket for his lunch.
We think you’ll agree that smile says it all!
Dementia talk for community
Members of our community and family members enjoyed an informative talk by Deena Heaney, Dementia Care Specialist for Barchester Healthcare.
The event was a joint event with Fountains and Harper Fields care hosted the event.
The talk was so insightful for family members supporting loved ones living with dementia. Deena’s wealth of experience and passion for supporting people to live well with dementia was inspiring to hear and so beneficial for all those who attended.
We are very lucky to have such expertise within our Barchester Team. A huge thank you to Deena and all those that attended.
100 hours outside challenge
Fountains residents love getting outside for fresh air… That is why we include ‘Daily Garden Walks’ on our activities calendar.
Having fresh air and physical exercise is so important to us all, our residents look forward to stepping out into the sunshine and enjoying the beautiful autumnal weather.
Upcoming events
May Life Enrichment
We hope to see the end of the April showers and look forward to sunnier days in May. Please come and brighten our day and join us for our May 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.
Don't Dine Alone
We know meal times can be a lonely time for some people, that's why we're inviting local older people to join us for lunch every Friday from 12.30pm.
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.
