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. 

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Marc Chidgey

Life Enrichment Lead

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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 The Manor Care Home

Space Week

Our residents here enjoyed our space corner we created in our lounge. They enjoyed lots off virtual tours and talks on space throughout the week.

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Thank you Monkton Beavers

This week we recieved some beautiful decorated pebbles from west Monkton beavers, The pebbles had all been hand bainted but the group and we can wait to paint some of our own to send back to you .

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Friendship Day

Our residents wanted to send out thank you cards for everyone who has helped us during this time. We had some great cards made by Barchester

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Cheese an Wine Day

We recently had a delicious "Cheese and Wine" afternoon here at The Manor.

Residents sampled different cheeses as we tried the traditional way of wine tasting

This is something we will definitely be doing again here

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Fun in the Sun

We have been delighted to get out into our beautiful garden here at the manor. The weather has been great. This week we did a spot of gardening and an outdoor crafts class

Social Dining

Over recent weeks we have re-introduced social dining in our beautiful dining room. It has been so lovely to join with other residents and enjoy good food and good company