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.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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
Moira and the King
On the death of Queen Elizabeth, our Resident Ambassador, Moira, wrote to our new monarch on behalf of all our residents expressing our condolences on the passing of his mother. Quite unexpectedly, Moira received a card from Charles thanking us all for our sympathy and kind wishes. Moira read the message to everyone and sent the card around Moreton for all to see. It is now framed and on display in our Reception areas.
Wildhogs
Whenever we have a raffle or fundraiser, our residents choose a charity they wish to donate to. This time it was a local charity called ‘Wildhogs Rescue’, who as the name implies and the pictures show, rescue hedgehogs who have been injured and who need help. As well as bringing in lots of lovely picture boards – sadly no live hedgehogs – the Charity gave a talk to our residents about hedgehogs and how to protect them. A great afternoon for everyone
Pet Therapy
Here at Moreton Hill we love our animals. We are lucky enough to have 3 ponies grazing on our land and 3 resident cats, not to mention all the fabulous wildlife we see in our grounds. Our therapy dogs, Lizzi, Ruby and Suki all play an important part in our lives and come in a couple of times a week to visit. Everyone makes a big fuss of them and loves having them around. In a couple of weeks, Caroline, one of our Activity Co-Ordinators, whose husband is a famer, will be bringing in some lambs for us to see. We can’t wait!!
Art Exhibition at Moreton Hill
Here at Moreton Hill, our Senior General Manager, Roxana, has been inviting local artists to come along and display their work. We have started a small art exhibition in our home and would like to invite everyone to come along and see some of the work created by local talented artists. Residents here at Moreton Hill have enjoyed seeing all of the lovely new artwork appearing around our home, and are enjoying spending time taking a good look at it all.
Gentle Exercise Session
Here at Moreton Hill, residents enjoy our regular keep fit sessions with Martha. We invite resident's family and friends to join in with these sessions too. Residents have really enjoyed this activity and are already looking forward to our next keep fit session.
Fall Fighter
The University of Gloucestershire School of Health and Social care value the relationship with our partners at Barchester Healthcare. We have worked together providing placements for Health and Social Care students for a number of years, and including our students in this initiative is fantastic.
