Activities at Ottley House Care Home

At Ottley House, we offer a person-centred activities programme, and aim to match residents' abilities and interests with meaningful activities of the correct degree of challenge that promotes their health and well-being. We also provide visual, tactile, audible and olfactory sensory experiences. There are weekly music/movement therapy sessions, 'Oomph' sessions, and arts & crafts classes to help improve, maintain and refine motor skills. We enjoy regular visits from entertainers, musicians and animal therapists, as well as pub nights, 'food from around the world' days, and minibus outings to places of interest.

Enriching life
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Cath Smallman

Activities Coordinator

Hi, I'm Cath, the Activities Coordinator here at Ottley House. My days are spent making sure that the residents in the home have an interesting and active social programme to enjoy each day. Residents individual preferences are considered all the time in a person centred approach and I welcome feedback from families too. 

Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Ottley House Care Home

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All the Fun of the Fair!

Residents had such a fun afternoon with games from the fair ground.  There was hook a duck, a coconut shy and ball games all great traditional games greatly enjoyed by all.  

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National Citizen Service Volunteers at Ottley House

Ottley House were delighted to welcome The National Citizen Service Volunteers.  This group of young people worked so hard helping with re-painting and digging to tidy up the gardens as well as maintaining the sensory gardens.  Thank you so much for all your hard work.  

St Patrick's Day Fun

Residents and staff had a great time celebrating St Patrick's Day at the home. Our wonderful head chef, created an Irish menu for lunch and we then held an Irish themed quiz in the afternoon. Happy St Patrick's Day all!

Fruit Tasting

Residents at Ottley House enjoyed fruit tasting. Everything was delicious!

Flower Power

On a walk around the garden, we tried to name the different flowers, but we couldn't quite get this one.

Butterfly Beauty

These are our butterfly houses that we made for the garden.