Activities at Kingfisher Lodge 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.
George Tantrum
Hi, I am George and I am the Activities Lead here at Kingfisher Lodge. I have worked in healthcare for over 6 years and I have a passion for enriching the lives of the people in our home. We offer a wide variety of life enrichment activities within our home, from minibus trips and group outings all the way to spending some one on one time with our residents. If you pop into the home, the chances is you’ll find me, so come say hello!
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 Kingfisher Lodge Care Home
Large print New Testament Bibles
A few weeks ago we were contacted by Good News For Everyone (previously Gideon UK) and they offered us as many Large print New Testament Bibles as we needed free of charge for our residents.
They arrived this week and after making sure every resident who wanted one had one we had enough left over for one to go in each lounge so everyone can access them.
We understand that practising faith, whatever faith that may be is vital to someone’s spiritual well being so we are so grateful to have these beautiful gifts come into our home.
Fish and Chips Club
The success of our fish and chip club has been great. Its been lovely to see so many of the local community join our residents for lunch and a good natter.
We hold this the last Friday of each month. Our Residents love to see new people and usually have got something in common.
Come and dine with our wonderful residents for some good conversations and great hospitality here at Kingfisher Lodge.
There’s no charge, all we ask is that you give us a call to book your space so we make sure we cater for everyone’s needs.
Getting into the Chrsitmas Spirit
What a wonderful way to make all the residents and staff start to feel in the Christmas mood.
We had a lovely visit from our wonderful singer Shannon Kitchen, she got everyone moving to her beautiful voice and even stirred our Christmas party spirit with some Christmas songs …. No it’s not to early!!
Exercising to music as well as the singalongs makes a great afternoon.
Everyone was talking about Christmas afterwards , and we all cant wait to start decorating.
Fish and Chip club
Our Fish and chip club is on the last Friday of every month, OUR NEXT ONE November 29th 12-2pm.
Our residents love to chat to new people and make everyone feel very welcome.
Lots of the community have joined us and come along to our monthly fish and chip club.
You can meet the residents , staff and family and even stay afterwards and join in any activities going on.
If anyone is eating alone in our community and would like some company, please come along. Enjoy some freshly cooked fish and chips, compliments of our chefs Karen and Ali here at Kingfisher Lodge.
All we ask is that you give us a quick call so we can cater for everyone.
Arts and Crafts
We want to take this opportunity to Thank staff again at Flourish at Glenavon Farm for the hospitality we received on our second trip to their pottery painting barn.
Our residents love the trip just down the road to do arts, crafts, and pottery.
The weather was torrential and they let us park right up by the entrance so that our residents stayed dry and made sure we had hot drinks almost immediately to warm us up while we started our designs. Some of our residents opted for the Christmas items and made presents for loved ones. Picking the right piece of pottery or crafts to decorate is always the most exciting part with 100’s to choose from. One resident said “ I love this place I would like to come everyday, can we do this back at home”
Kelly is now putting more arts and craft sessions on the weekly planner for all to enjoy. I think there will a lot more trips to Flourish in the future.
We have planned our third trip … it’s definitely going to become a habit!!
Up, up and away!
Residents yesterday visited The Helicopter Museum near Weston Super Mare.
The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare is the largest dedicated Rotorcraft Collection in the world, with over 80 helicopters displayed inside the museum's iconic hangar! Favourites include two of the Queen’s Royal Flight helicopters.
Not only did they enjoy looking at all the different Helicopters there including a massive Heliliner they also had the chance to simulate a flight.
The wonder on the faces of our residents was wonderful to watch. One resident said “ I’ve never seen so many helicopters and I’ve never been so up close to one, makes me wish I was young again to learn to fly one”
The day was very interesting, and our residents really enjoyed themselves.
We love our Head chef Karen who gives up her free time regularly to volunteer on day trips here at Kingfisher Lodge. We know she really enjoys making these days special for our residents and it’s appreciated by all.
