Activities at Hafan-Y-Coed 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.
Marie Spires
I'm Marie, the lead activities coordinator for Hafan Y Coed. I have been the activities coordinator for nearly three years and am passionate about encouraging the wellbeing of our residents. Ensuring all abilities are catered for in a bespoke schedule is paramount to their individual wellbeing needs. I am joined by Clare and Sue who also help to create a life enrichment program suitable for all communities.
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 Hafan-Y-Coed Care Home
Pancake Day
What’s not to love about pancake day! Residents enjoyed making their own pancakes on each community and had the choice of different colour pancake mix they could choose. We enjoyed a range of toppings to add, such as strawberries, cream and chocolate delights, but the favourite had to be Lemon and sugar! Well done to our Chefs who also took part in this activity with us! A whole home approach
Cocktail and Jazz Afternoon
Residents had requested a range of musicians to join us in one of our residents meetings. We enjoyed local saxophonist who put on a show for us. We decided to make a full day of it by hosting a Cocktail and Jazz afternoon whereby residents enjoyed creating a variety of different cocktails to enjoy during the performance. A lovely day was had by all
St. David's Day
We enjoyed a full Welsh day’s activity to mark St David’s day. Firstly residents enjoyed a mini bus outing to our local Foothold charity, where residents enjoyed some Welsh themed cooking with local school. We made Cawl, a traditional Welsh Stew. We enjoyed peeling and preparing the ingredients and then had the opportunity to eat our creations. In the afternoon we welcomed local Coedcae School who performed a Welsh song performance where residents sang along and enjoyed seeing children dressed in their traditional Welsh attire.
