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.
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
Unleashing our inner Elf at the Manor!
In aid of raising money for the Alzheimer's Society our residents, families and the team all dressed up as elves for the day with lots of elffing around! We also held a bake sale in reception which went down a treat for all of our visitors!
Christmas cake competition
Residents and the team all took part in making a spectacular Christmas cake all ready for the Barchester Christmas cake competition- we are hoping that this will be the winning cake!
Christmas Fete
Our annual Christmas Fete was a roaring success with over 25 stalls varying from hand made arts and crafts, gifts, sweet treats, Christmas cards, a tombola and an extensive raffle with many prizes. We also enjoyed pigs in blankets, mulled wine, mince pies and hot chocolate!
Christmas Light Switch on
We decided to go all out with our Christmas Lights this year- we counted down from 5 and Father Christmas pressed the big red button to unveil the masterpiece. We had a competition running of how many lightbulbs are on display which was a whopping total of 4570!
Father Christmas visits the Manor
The Manor had a very important visitor at the weekend- all of our visiting children got to meet Father Christmas in his grotto...he even had an early Christmas present to give them!
Somerset Sight give us an information session at the Manor
Holly Sutton from the charity Somerset Sight kindly joined us to give us an information talk using aids and demonstrations to help us understand sight deterioration. Holly also assisted some of our residents with useful aids and resources to assist with everyday life.
