Activities at Iris Court Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life. Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators will bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Natalie Robinson
Hello, I'm Natalie, and for nearly five enriching years, I've dedicated myself to the role of an activity coordinator. My passion lies in understanding the unique interests of each individual under our care. At Iris Court, I strive to craft activities tailored to the preferences of our residents, ensuring no one ever feels socially isolated. Whether someone wants to participate minimally or fully immerse themselves, my goal remains constant: fostering a sense of community and joy in every moment.
Join me as we embark on this journey of connection, laughter, and shared experiences. Together, let's create cherished memories that will illuminate the path ahead. Welcome to Iris Court, where every day holds the promise of something special.
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 Iris Court Care Home
Baking Club
Dementia Cafe
Iris Court Care Home hosted their first Dementia Community Café of 2025!.
The Dementia Community Café started in 2024 to welcome the community, families into Iris Court where they could join in with our morning activity, and have access to guest speakers from various organisations and charities who all work extremely hard on being able to live well with dementia wherever you may be in the community, or simply to attend to learn more regarding how to live well with dementia and some company for the morning!.
For this mornings session we had our wonderful Emma & John from the Alzheimer's society, Emily from Herts Independent Living Services, and Roxanne from Portsmill GP surgery come in to help us with our Fabulously Fun Interactive Throughout the Decades Quiz. and be on hand to talk to all visitors and residents of Iris Court this morning!.
Our Dementia Cafes are re-occurring every second Thursday of the month and we welcome all to come along and join us for the morning by registering your interest at the home.
At Iris Court we love hosting events that we can open up to our relatives, friends and the wider community. Life at Iris Court is about being part of the local community and enjoying life long hobbies whilst also exploring new experiences.
Iris Courts Christmas Celebrations
Iris Court Celebrated Christmas in Style this year!.
Kicking off the Christmas celebrations we invited our opened our doors to families , friends and local community to join us for our Christmas Party. Our amazing team performed their own rendition of Hansel and Gretel which definitely provided lots of laughs and fun for everyone involved and plenty of festive cheer!.
For our Christmas Party at Iris Court we had a special request from one of our residents for us to join him in dressing for the occasion allowing the team to dress to impress with Bow ties, Suits and Evening dresses definitely set the mood for a good old fashioned party, with plenty of dancing, cocktails and laughter spent with everyone together and creating new memories!.
At Iris Court we love opening our home up and hosting events that friends and family can join us for. Shared experiences are the best experiences and we ensure that our residents remain connected with their loved ones whilst they live with us.
The Big Sing Outing
Iris Court residents and team had the pleasure of being gifted tickets by a lovely family member of one our of residents to go and watch The Big Sing - Joy To The World Christmas Tour at our local community theatre. The Big Sing you may have seen on Britain's Got Talent and one of there biggest passions is bringing the community together to sing!. Our residents and staff absolutely loved the show and joining the community coming together joining in for a sing and dance in the afternoon!.
Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.
St Ippolyts Christmas Church Service
Iris Court had the pleasure of welcoming in St Ippolyts Church in to perform their latest Christmas service.
The Service was lovely to be held in our home allowing our residents to join in with readings at the service as they would of before life at Iris court when attending a church service.
The choir sung some of our favourite Carols, and finished the service with a wonderful blessing, before spending time talking to our residents and enjoying some delicious mince pies and hot chocolates, allowing us to make new friends within the community and arrange for the wider community to come into Iris Court such as a new bridge club for our residents who enjoying playing and making new friends!
At Iris Court we love hosting events that we can open up to our relatives, friends and the wider community. Life at Iris Court is about being part of the local community and enjoying life long hobbies whilst also exploring new experiences.
Hitchin Thespian Performance
Iris Court had a wonderful evening, watching a performance by the Hitchin Thespians, as Christmas is now just around the corner it left us feeling wonderfully festive!.
The performance was superb involving songs of Christmas carols and stories leaving all our residents and visitors of the evening captivated! after the performance the Hitchin Thespians joined us for the evening enjoying prosecco, and some of our favourite festive foods to enjoy!.
We cannot thank you the Hitchin Thespians enough for there time and performance for us to countdown into Christmas and cant wait to welcome them back next year for another performance!.
At Iris Court Hosting events for friends and family members to join us is an essential part of our activities program and we are always looking for new ideas to bring the wider community into our home.
Upcoming events
Community Dementia Cafe
Join us for the morning with Alzheimer's society in attendance, and a talk from North Herts Bee Keepers Association over a coffee & croissants with friends.
