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
Little Acorns Nursery Visit
Residents at Field House enjoyed their visit from Little Acorns Nursery. Residents enjoyed helping the children decorate biscuits which our chef had baked fresh that morning. The children used coloured icing and sprinkles, then the children sang old nursery songs to us all, residents sang along to farmers in the den, Incy Wincy Spider and more. It was a wonderful afternoon for everyone, and we can't wait till next time.
Our residents have invited the children to lunch next time, and we will host a Sports Day afternoon because most of the children will be off to primary school in September, so we wanted to make our last visit extra special.
VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations!
We had an amazing day here at the Manor celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE day.
Residents, staff and guests of our home spent the morning enjoying music from our talented singer Ian, and he sang for us at our in-house street party where our amazing chefs put on the most incredible buffet.
Trip to the farm
Making the most of the beautiful weather this week, so we went on our travels to find animals and the sea.
We had a great time feeding the animals at Donniford farm and finished the day off with a trip to Minehead to see the sea and have some refreshing ice-cream.
Trip the Rocking Horse Cafe
We packed up two of our gentlemen, and we had a lovely afternoon out at The Rocking Horse by J & J Catering. This is one of the most beautiful places to go and enjoy a cream tea. The gardens are just spectacular and have lovely views all around.
We sat in the sunshine and enjoyed the most amazing cream tea where the scones were as big as our heads and could barely move after them. We could also hear the whistle from the steam train as it was doing its rounds back to Bishops Lydeard.
Mothering Sunday
We had a lovely day celebrating Mother’s Day yesterday. It all started with flowers and chocolates on our breakfast trays.
In the afternoon, we listened to one of our favourites, Nigel Reader, and had an amazing cream tea to finish the day off.
Trip to Doniford Farm
We have been making the most of this fantastic weather and took a trip to Doniford farm to see some of the adorable animals they have there.
We then took off to Minehead beach to enjoy our picnic and then followed it off with a delicious ice cream at Blue Anchor.
