Activities at Marple Dale Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Lewis Timperley
Hi, my name is Lewis. I joined the team in September 2021 as a general assistant and then moved to the activities team in January 2022. Most recently I became Activities Team Leader in December 2023, it has been a great journey here at Marple Dale and can’t wait to continue. I love my role as one of the homes Activity Coordinators, and love finding out new and exciting ways to engage residents with activities and each other.
Here at Marple Dale we try to do as many different activities as we can, to keep our residents as active as possible, as it is so important to keep active. I love what I do and love knowing that our residents have so much enjoyment from such a wide variety of activities.
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 Marple Dale Care Home
Berni Stubbs
Another Day at Marple Dale and another great performance by Berni Stubbs, nearly an hour and half of classic tunes including some love songs to get through Valentines Week, he hit us with some great mood lighting to get us in the swing, we can’t wait for another performance from him soon!
Bingo!
BINGO! That's what we were all shouting Saturday Afternoon, it was great afternoon and everyone loved bringing back the game that we haven't played in a few weeks. The room was silent with concentration as everyone wanted to win one of our brilliant prizes!
Exercise with Beth
A great exercise session this morning hosted by Beth, using some classic disco tunes we danced to the beat and got our bodies moving and ready for the rest of the day! We had Beth our new instructor come in and run our class. We had a really good session getting moving and grooving together!
'The King Has Swing'
Yesterday at Marple Dale we introduced one of our new shows that we will be having here, 'The King Has Swing'. He introduced to use a variety of classic tunes from all different types of eras including ‘My Way’ and ‘Sweet Caroline’, we really enjoyed the afternoon as it was a different experience of entertainers than we usually have but it was a great afternoon. We had a lovely afternoon surrounded by our friends and reminisced on our past and we can’t wait for the future!
Burn's Night
We started the week off with Burns night celebrations, we had a lovely time with a Burns Night Quiz, it was a very difficult quiz but we stepped up to the challenge and answered to our best ability. We enjoyed our evening surrounded by our friends, Shortbread and Whiskey which made it an enjoyable night to say the least, we went to bed feeling accomplished that we took on a very difficult quiz!
Happy 70th Birthday John!
We had a lovely day here at Marple Dale celebrating John’s 70th Birthday, John absolutely adores the Beatles so we decided to have a Beatles themed party with Music and a Beatles Quiz for John! The room was filled with snacks and drinks especially Guinness which was finished by John. John celebrated with everyone around him with laughter and joy. John opened his presents surrounded by all his friends that came along and he even finished his night off with a Chinese takeaway, Yummy!
