Activities at Longueville Court Care Home
Our activities coordinators are committed to organising a variety of activities that reflect the interests and capabilities for everybody we support ensuring a person centred approach.
The team have a flexible approach to our programme and we are constantly reviewing and updating our programmes to ensure we cater for everyone's needs and varied abilities.
The activities programme includes regular trips utilising the homes minibus, these include a number of destinations of local interest. We are particularly proud of the relationship we have built with Peterborough Sailability. This registered charity offers the opportunities to those with restricted mobility to enjoy the thrill of sailing on the open water and the sense of independence that brings in specially adapted boats.
Involvement in the local community is something that the whole team are very passionate about and we provide regular visits to a number of different facilities including local schools and churches. These activities also extend too visits from "Pat dogs" and local entertainers to aid in our ongoing quest to give each individual as much support and stimulation as they require.
Martine Ratcliffe
Hello my name is Martine and I'm the Head of Activities here at Longueville Court. I joined the team in 2009 as a carer and become team leader before moving into the Activities position 3 years ago.
I'm passionate about providing life enrichment to each of our residents, as a team we aim is to bring joy on a daily basis, and make their time with us special. We pride ourselves on bringing a mixture of activities that suit everyone.
I have one daughter and 2 grandsons, when not at work I love to spend time with them making memories, am a massive lover of music and dance.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Longueville Court Care Home
Memory Café Activities
This afternoon at our Monthly Memory Cafe we had fun playing various games from Connect 4 to Cards. The aqua paints and jigsaws were out, and our lady residents looked through some of the beautiful donated jewellery which brought back memories of dances and weddings they'd attended.
Flower Arranging for the Senses
Thank you to our local Coop who donated these beautiful flowers to us. Our ladies love flower arranging, as some of them used to do the local church displays. As you can see from the results, the display is absolutely breathtaking.
Thank you ladies for this wonderful display of colour and the aroma they're giving off in the dining room.
Memory Lane Garden Makeover
Some of you may know we won a competition for a free makeover at our home. And Wow…. Look at the result!
What can we say, its wonderful, a big Thank You to Tesco. These guys and gals gave up their own time to transform our Memory Lane garden. From weeding, potting and painting they did it all.
We had 16 volunteers as far away as Halifax, who were supposed to be here from 9-1. However, we bribed them with sandwiches and constant drinks and they stayed till gone 3pm to get it all finished.
The bulbs were donated from Morrisons Lincoln Rd, and the gorgeous flowers were generously donated by Brierley & Kids our local nursery in Orton Longueville's lay-by.
THANK YOU EVERYONE that helped make today a very special day, you will make our residents day when they see the transformation in the garden.
It’s absolutely breathtaking and the pictures don’t give it justice
Local Garden Centre Donation
A huge THANK YOU to Brierley&Kids the Garden Centre that is on the lay-by in Orton Longueville. I was telling Matty about our Tesco makeover that we won, which is happening tomorrow morning and he donated all these beautiful flowers to our Memory Lane dementia garden.
What a wonderful donation, our garden is going to look fab tomorrow!
Kick Starting Wimbledon
Today at Longueville Court, to kick start the first day of Wimbledon, we played our own version of balloon tennis, the ladies batted the balloon back and forth with Michaella as umpire!
Cookies Making Workshop
Our number one superstore Morrisons invited us to a free cookie decorating workshop, in their new community hub. Natasha & Jade (from Morrisons) helped our residents with ideas for their giant cookies. It was messy project with the icing but such good FUN, they also offered us free refreshments that went down well with our arty creations. These cookies were huge, so we took them back for other residents and staff to enjoy later on with a cuppa. Amazing afternoon with loads of belly laughs. Thank you Morrisons, you do so much for the community, especially our home.
Upcoming events
Charity Fashion Show!!!
We are thrilled to be hosting this event for such a good cause. Tickets £2 available from Longueville Court reception.
