Lanercost HouseBarchester Healthcare

Activities at Lanercost House 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.

Our dedicated Activities Coordinators offer a wide range of mentally and physically stimulating activities for residents and families to enjoy. There are regular outings in the minibus to places of interest, such as local cafes, garden centres and parks, as well as visits from entertainers, musicians and singers - and also from PAT dogs. We host various events, such as themed days, cheese & wine evenings, in addition to offering one-to-one activity sessions, including pampering, games and puzzles. Our activities staff strive to ensure residents participate in any way they can with activities that reflect their capabilities and interests.

Read our brochure ‘Life-enriching activities’ for more information about life in our care homes.

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Emily Stubbs

Head of Activities

I joined the Lanercost House family in June 2021 as a Care Assistant and then joined the activities team in May 2022.

I love bringing joy and fun to residents, relatives, and staff on a daily basis as well as planning and organising themed days, events, and celebrations.

I think the activities’ role is very important for Residents' well-being. Whether they like to keep active with armchair exercises, join in with our weekly quiz or hop in the minibus for a day out - there is something for everyone. I aim to ensure that each Resident's interests and hobbies are supported.

I am passionate about creative and sensory activities and I love to sing and dance together with Residents. I love my job!

Celebrating life at Lanercost House Care Home

Pen Pal visit and Magician

What a wonderful afternoon we have had, the children from Newtown Primary School came for their last visit until September, and we had an amazing magic show from the talented Erwin. Everyone was smiling, clapping and laughing along. It really was a magical time!

The year six children said goodbye for now as they leave for secondary school, the children all got a gift from their pen pal and some of the residents got a gift too!

Newtown Primary School Fete

We were happy to take our residents to see their pen pals at Newtown Primary School summer fête. The residents had a lot of fun watching the children running around, chatting with their pen pals, dancing and enjoying some food!

We also took our donation towards the year six leavers party for them to enjoy! A lovely afternoon had by all. Thank you to Newtown school for inviting us!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream…

We enjoyed celebrating national ice cream day Residents could choose from different flavoured ice creams and delicious toppings, which they then enjoyed together. Everyone enjoyed cooling down with some refreshing ice cream.

We really don’t need an excuse to eat ice cream!

National biscuit day

To celebrate National biscuit day, we had some delicious biscuits to share, along with a biscuit-themed quiz, some word searches and some biscuit colouring!

What a lovely day had by all.

Solway Aviation Museum

We thought to commemorate the D-Day Landings' 81st anniversary, we would take a trip to the aviation museum. We had a look at all the World War Two memorabilia and went in the air raid shelters. It was an interesting afternoon!

We were well looked after by the people working in the museum and had a delicious coffee and cake!

Tour de Barchester

We welcomed the cycling team to Lanercost at their second stop of the day. The children from Newtown Primary School met them on the street and cycled down into the grounds with them.

They had a big welcome from residents and staff outside the home with cheering, clapping, pomp poems waving and a homemade banner. Everyone enjoyed meeting the cyclists, especially our resident ambassador, Kaye!

The ladies from the Lookout Hub, who have received a grant from the Barchester foundation in recent years, came to meet the cyclists, chatted with the team and joined us for our BBQ! It was a wonderful afternoon had by all!

VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations!

Today we enjoyed celebrating VE Day in style. We had a delicious BBQ made by our chef, James. It went down a treat.

Then we had the talented Darren singing his way through the old songs. There was a lot of singing, feet tapping and dancing!

We all had a lovely day.

World Cocktail Day!

What a wonderful day to celebrate world cocktail day. The sun was shining, and we had our new bar to show off. There was strawberry daiquiri, mojito, piña colada and other refreshing drinks to sample, all while listening to our favourite music.

The residents enjoyed the day so much, and we are already planning different activities for our bar!

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!

What a glorious day we have had today. We chose a beautiful day for a trip to sunny Silloth. Our residents enjoyed freshly made fish and chips with a sea view, followed by a delicious ice cream. Everyone had a lovely day.

Norma, a resident here, said “Well, I’m glad I came, as I heard Silloth’s fish and chips were the best, and they weren’t wrong! Thank you for a wonderful day!”