Activities at Hunters Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Ben Sandall
Hello I am Ben and I am the Activities Coordinator at Hunters. I started working at Hunters as part of the hospitality team, but when a vacancy came up on the activities team I jumped at the opportunity. I have seen how important a varied activities programme is and the team ensure we offer something for everyone including regular past times.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Hunters Care Home
Grand National Sweep Stake
The Residents as always enjoyed the Grand National from the comfort of their arm chairs. Every year the race is given a bit more of a competitive edge with the activity team organising a sweep stake. This year the race was of historic significance as a female jockey won for the first time and so it was only fitting that the sweep stake winners were all ladies. Congratulations to Gill who won with Minella Times, Bobby whose horse came in second and Margaret who took the third prize with Any Second Now.
Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal
Today residents picked a selection of daffodils from our gardens, tied them in bunches with different coloured ribbons to sell in aid of Marie Currie whose nurses offer specialist cancer care. We also listened to relaxing classical music as we made our bunches, the particular piece of music which everyone enjoyed was by an English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams called the ‘Lark Ascending’.
Easter Bonnets, Chicks and Hot Cross Buns
Easter was so much fun after making Easter bonnets and Easter chicks residents decorated the Easter tree whilst all enjoying traditional hot cross buns accompanied with a tipple. We all enjoy these celebrations so much and it is wonderful to see the residents joining in with all the activities. A big thank you to the activities team for all their hard work to make these events so special.
Easter and Spring Pictures Bring Joy to Residents
This week the residents spent a fun afternoon judging Hunters Spring and Easter Drawing competition. There were plenty of entries to choose from with a pre-school category, 4-7 and 7-11. Each category had first, second and third place prizes of Easter Eggs. The winners were announced on the Hunter's Facebook page. We would like to thank St Andrews School, Chedworth, Powell's School and the Duke of Gloucester pre-school for taking part. Well done to all of our entries and congratulations to the winners, we look forward to presenting the prizes after the school holiday. The pictures are all displayed around the home and we plan to keep them up for sometime, they really are a joy to look at.
Easter Decorations
We enjoyed a wonderful Easter weekend at Hunters, starting with decorating the home with rabbits, eggs and balloons. The residents then enjoyed creating floral arrangements for the tables for the traditional Sunday lunch. Steve, Michelle and Chelsea the activities team at Hunters really enjoyed putting together a weekend of fun combined with Easter traditions.
Letters of Kindness
Residents have greatly enjoyed reading the letters of kindness sent to Hunters, we are so lucky to have received letters from a local family in Cirencester, Victoria and her family in Cheshire and the students at Rendcomb College.
The students talked about some of the their favorite music which included Harry Styles and Adele. Michelle, from our activities team suggested the residents "Google" Harry Styles and listen to some of his music. The feedback was that his music had a very prominent beat! The residents replied to the letters with a recommendation of listening to some Beethoven. This correspondence is very much enjoyed and it is wonderful to see the generations introducing new music and ideas to each other.
