Activities at Moreton Hill Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
Jackie Chillingworth
Hello. I am Jackie, the Lead Activity Co-Ordinator at Moreton Hill. I have worked for Barchester for over 10 years. Now, together with my team and the staff at our beautiful home, our aim is to help all residents live life to the best they can by bringing meaningful and enriching activities into their lives.
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 Moreton Hill Care Home
Zoolab Visit!
We welcomed George back from the Zoolab team to talk to us and show us a selection of his pets. The snake proved to be very popular. The rat and the spider were slightly less so, although Doris and Terry were both brave enough to have a hold.
After giving a fascinating talk to a large group of residents, George was kind enough to spend time going to visit residents in their bedrooms, giving everyone the opportunity to be included in the Zoolab experience.
Easter Parade!
Easter is always a special and very busy time in our home. In true Easter tradition, we have made simnel cakes and are very proud of our entry into the Barchester Easter cake competition. We didn’t win, but our cakes tasted delicious.
Fine weather over much of the weekend meant we were able to get out into our beautiful gardens. We were also entertained by the mini-concerts team, held our own Easter egg hunt and, with the help of professional florist, Katherine, made wonderful floral arrangements to decorate the tables in our dining rooms around the home.
Faith and Ruby
For many years now, our wonderful volunteer Gaby has been bringing her pet therapy dogs to our home. Now, we have a new addition to the pack, the very gorgeous Faith.
Faith completed her training and passed with flying colours. She is proving to be very popular with our residents, although unlike little Ruby she is too big to go onto the beds for a cuddle. Faith has a silky-smooth coat that is great for stroking and brushing.
Both Ruby and Faith bring huge amounts of pleasure to everyone here and their weekly visits are much anticipated. We all really appreciate Gaby giving up her spare time. What superstars they all are!
Mel's Tuesday Art Class!
Volunteer and local artist Mel has been coming to Moreton Hill for over a year and runs an art class every Tuesday morning. The class has grown in popularity as Mel is brilliant at bringing out the best in our budding artists, many of whom come to the class saying they ‘can’t draw or paint’.
In a few months, we plan to do our own Moreton Hill Royal Academy style exhibition. Our residents are getting their portfolios together and Mel has loads of ideas about curating the show.
Going, going - gone!
We were delighted to welcome the Managing Director of Wotton Auction Rooms, Joseph Trinder, to give a talk to our residents about his life as an auctioneer and some of the fascinating discoveries and auctions that he has been involved in over the years, the most amazing of which was coming across some Constable sketches when he was working in Sussex.
After his talk, Joseph was happy to look at and advise residents on items that they had brought along to show him. It was a really special morning, and we were very grateful to Joseph for giving up his time to come and visit us.
Spring has Sprung
What a joy to feel the warmth of the sun and watch the spring flowers come into bloom. A spell of beautiful weather, and we are out and about in our wonderful gardens and on minibus trips. A favourite place to visit for our residents is a drive to the lovely village of Frampton on the Severn.
The village green is famous for being the longest in the country. Frampton is also renowned for holding the Elver Eating World Championships each year.
