Activities at The Manor Care Home
Our activities staff are here 7 days a week and are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we care for in a group or individual basis. From trips to garden centres, the theatre, and flower shows to personal shopping and attending family events. We also love organising Christmas fairs, our famous classic car show, musicians, entertainment, and pizza and pint evenings. The team encourage families to visit and work closely with our volunteers to ensure that our residents social care is a priority, so that they have a fun filled and enriched stay whilst here at The Manor.
Marc Chidgey
I have worked at The Manor since 2012, starting out as a kitchen assistant, where I replenished drinks and snacks and assisted in serving meals in communal areas. During this time, outside of the kitchen, I enjoyed meeting residents and took pleasure in seeing their engagement during activities. My interest in resident activities was evident, and I was offered the opportunity to transfer to the activities team.
I love to spend time with residents. I enjoy hearing their stories and finding out what activities interest them. I aim to keep them as active as possible, and my top priority is to instill fun and laughter at The Manor.
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 The Manor Care Home
Easter Celebrations!
We started our Easter celebrations with our Prize Bingo night and invited friends and families into our home. We enjoyed a fantastic evening playing one of our favourite games and winning some fantastic prizes donated by local businesses, families and friends. Our last fundraiser was for the Barchester Foundation. It was a great night - residents sat waiting for a special visitor not knowing who it was going to be! Lilly, the pet lamb, came with her lunch, so residents could join in and feed her. They thought it was fantastic and brought back so many memories for many of them. One lady couldn’t believe her eyes when Lilly the lamb walked into her room. She started telling me the stories of all her pet lambs and how she would sneak them into her bed without her mother knowing.
We have been busy making our Easter Bonnets ready for our Good Friday parade. With our lucky resident Mary winning a beautiful egg in a cup, she couldn’t believe it when our chef chose her hat for the winning Bonnet. We also decorated our Easter Cake with long conversations about the meaning of 11 marzipan balls and why not 12. Peggy enjoyed telling everyone the story.
Celebrating Easter with fun games, egg decorating then rolling them, first and second prizes awarded. The weather didn’t stop our egg hunt ! Lots of fun and laughter
Easter Sunday, residents enjoyed a quiet morning! Until the visit from the Easter chick. It was so lovely seeing residents laughing and having fun with special treats from us all. With another Easter over and special memories are made, on to the next event to make more Field House memories.
Brackens' Retirement
It’s been a very sad day today as one of our favourite furry friends, Bracken, has announced his retirement from pet therapy.
We will be forever in debt to Bracken for his amazing work and the sheer happiness he has brought to us all here during the last 7 years he has been with us. Winning the Make A Difference Award last year was the icing on the cake so deserved. Enjoy your retirement Bracken. You will be very much missed here.
Frosty Trip
We had ourselves two amazing trips out recently. One trip we enjoyed a lovely drive along the Somerset levels spotting all the varieties of birds around our amazing countryside.
On the same day, we took another group up to the Quantocks to look at the fantastic scenery.
It was the most perfect winter's day with the sunshine beaming down on us. We are so lucky to have this all on our doorstep.
Knitting Club
Our first launch of our new ladies knit and natter club has been amazing. One of our residents wanted to host and help others with being able to knit and what a morning it was.
It was so popular we had to carry it over to the afternoon. Its amazing seeing everyone get together and remember what joy it brought to them when they were younger.
National Activity Providers & Professionals Week
It is National Activity Providers Week, and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise and thank our wonderful Life Enrichment team, Marc, Sue and Lucy for all the fun and laughter they bring to the home.
We are proud of the dedication and creativity they bring to our residents every single day. They always go above and beyond their role and for this we are truly grateful.
Oh Yes We Did!
Did someone say panto? Oh yes we did!
Our annual staff panto was a huge hit this year. So many laughs!
Thank you to our trainer Shelly for the help organising the script and narrating the story.
A huge thank you to the our 'actors' for putting on an amazing show for our residents!
