Activities at Overslade House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our activities team is dedicated to organising a variety of events and activities and adapting them to suit the capabilities of those we support. Our goal is to improve quality of life by providing activities that are tailored to residents' own interests.
At Overslade House, we encourage local people and businesses to participate, as well as our staff and relatives, in order to keep them involved as part of a wider community. We strive to enhance the quality of both mental and physical stimulation through weekly minibus excursions, PAT dogs, quizzes, Zumba classes, arm chair line dancing, musical entertainers, pamper sessions and much more.
We definitely have something for everyone!
Julie Bateman
Hi, my name is Julie, and I'm the lead Activities Lead here at Overslade House. I've been an entertainer for over 25 years which has given me a great foundation for meeting people from various backgrounds, and has also helped nurture my social skills.
I love animals, and have two Dachshunds of my own who, like me, love meeting new people. I'm looking forward to bringing them in to meeting all our lovely residents here at Overslade.
I'm a bit of a social butterfly and enjoy visiting National Trust locations, attending the Theatre, singing and dining out. Over the years I've even been an 'extra' on TV!
Living life to the full is my motto, and I wish to instil this in all our residents, whatever your ability there is something new to learn or try. Life is for enriching and enjoyment. I look forward to getting to know you and your loved ones. We are always open to new ideas, if you'd like to contact me please call the home on 01788 522577 or email me direct on overslade.activities@barchester.com - New entertainers always welcome.
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 Overslade House Care Home
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
Overslade House got in to the Christmas spirit by having a Christmas Lights Tour on our mini bus
Residents and staff had a brilliant time starting off with coffee, wine, mince pies and cake at Hilltop Farm Café in Hunningham. The Farm overlooks six counties on a clear day and even the local livestock joined us hoping for mince pies. As we enjoyed our mince pies and wine, we waited for the sun to set and embarked on the second part of our trip.
There were lots of ooh’s and ah’s and “oh how wonderful” as we passed through the lovely village of Eathorpe where every house was decorated for Christmas. Our tour then took us through the village of Dunchurch famous for Guy Fawkes staying here to work on his gun powder plot and where some of the houses had gone totally overboard with Christmas decorations much to our admiration.
Maureen, resident at Overslade House said: “We have all had the most wonderful time visiting Hilltop Farm and the Christmas Lights. How lovely to be able to visit places like this and enjoy the atmosphere, it has made us all feel so Christmassy!”
Hark the herald angels sing
Heavenly voices rang out at Overslade House as the community came together to celebrate Christmas with a carol concert from Rugby Male Voice Choir
Staff and residents at Overslade House, got in the Christmas spirit by inviting the community, friends and relatives to come and join them with a carol concert to sing some festive Christmas favourites. The singing was led by Rugby Male Voice Choir
There was mulled wine, hot chocolate, and home-made mince pies, along with lots of other Christmas treats all prepared by head chef, Joanne Kolat-Furca to get everyone feeling festive.
Eve and John, residents at Overslade House said: “We love to sing Christmas carols so it was wonderful to hear all our old favourites sung so beautifully by the Rugby Male Voice Choir, there really is nothing better than a good old singalong!”
Dashing through the snow - Residents Meet the reindeers
Staff and residents at Overslade House got into the Christmas spirit by joining a festive live virtual experience led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets to visit a Christmas grotto where they got to meet some adorable reindeer.
Performing Pets is a family run farm that works with a wide variety of different animals for therapy and educational purposes visiting all kinds of different community groups from care homes to schools and everything in between. Des and Kelly also work with film and theatre companies so their animals have starred in all sorts of productions, there really is never a dull moment looking after all the animals down on the farm!
Christmas singalong with vocal coach Dan cooper
Staff and residents at Overslade House were treated to a fun-packed hour in the company of choir leader and vocal coach to the stars, Dan Cooper, who taught them to sing two feel-good Christmas classics: ‘Step into Christmas’ by Elton John and ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham!
In partnership with Biiah, Dan delivers regular singing events through their virtual platform which encourages people to sing for their wellbeing. A professional choir leader and vocal coach with over 10 years’ experience, Dan runs a successful choir; Love Soul Choir, and is co-director of a children’s group; Sound Pop Academy. In 2019, his choir performed with Take That. He’s also worked on TV shows as a vocal coach including BBC’s 'Little Mix The Search' and is passionate about the positive impact that singing in a group has on wellbeing. Dan truly believes in the power of singing and wants more people to experience the joy it can bring.
Fine festive dining
Overslade House got in the Christmas spirit with the first of their Christmas Dinner Outings.
Residents and staff had a wonderful time enjoying their Christmas Dinner at their first meal hosted by Princethorpe College. Staff and students at the college cooked all the meals and we were served with turkey, roast parsnips, pigs in blankets and some wonderful vegetables, along with mulled wine, sherry, tea, coffee, mince pies and Christmas pudding. The meal was delicious and were entertained by the school choir also singing Christmas Carols.
Wayna, resident at Overslade House said: “We have all had the most wonderful time visiting Princethorpe College. How lovely to be able to visit places like this, when we pulled up it looked like Hogwarts from Harry Potter, it has made us all feel so Christmassy!”
Salvation Army brass band
Corridors were filled with Carols at Overslade House as the community came together to celebrate Christmas with a Brass Band concert.
Staff and residents at Overslade House invited the local community, friends and relatives to come and join in with a carol concert with some festive Christmas favourites. The Carols were led by the Salvation Army Brass Band
There was mulled wine, hot chocolate, and mince pies along with lots of other Christmas treats all prepared by head chef, Joanne Kolat-Furca.
Dot, resident at Overslade House said: “That was absolutely wonderful, thank you so much, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the Salvation Army Brass band followed by a glass of wine and a mince pie”
