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.
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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 Longueville Court Care Home
International Cat Day
We need to say a big thank you to one of our carers, Karen, and her lovely husband, who helped us to celebrate two special events: we celebrated International Cat Day (we admit a few days late) and one of our resident's birthday too!
It was a big secret and an absolute delight to interact with the three kittens they brought in! At only six weeks old, staff and residents alike fell for these little cuties!!
Pet Therapy
Our four-legged fur babies worked their socks off. They try and get round to see everyone who loves dogs. It's great to see wonderful smiling faces when they see the girls come running into their rooms.
Health & Nutrition Week
From start to finish, we made homemade vegetable soup, which was prepped in the morning, and then our Head Chef, Artur, cooked our creation at lunchtime, then we sat and ate it in the afternoon.
We also made a huge fruit salad that was kindly donated by Tesco. With so much fruit, we also made fresh banana and strawberry milkshakes, fruit smoothies, and fresh fruit ice lollies. It was just what we needed with the hot weather. It certainly went down a treat!
Sailability
Residents had a 45 minute trip around the lake and then went to the restaurant overlooking the lake for a hot coffee and cake.
Gardening Club
Great to see our residents helping Paul, our gardener, maintain the garden, wgucg are full of colour and they look “blooming lovely."
Royal Celebrations
To celebrate the Queen’s birthday, we had a proper English afternoon cream tea, which was definitely fit for a Queen. Fresh cream cakes were made by our wonderful chefs, Nasco and Artur.
We sat and watched the Queen’s birthday in style on our new interactive table, which was then followed by a documentary about the Queen’s life growing up.
