Activities at Paternoster 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 specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Cathy Knowles
Hello, my name is Cathy and I'm the activities coordinator for Paternoster House. Living life to the full is my motto, and I wish to instill 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 01992 787 202 or email me direct on PaternosterHouse.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 Paternoster House Care Home
Wilson the Walaby Settles into Paternoster House!
Paternoster House had a very unusual Christmas visitor, Wilson the white wallaby! Performing Pets who bought along the special visitor explained the significance of white wallabies at Christmas, in Australia legend has it that Santa swapped his six reindeer for six white wallabies. Wilson enjoyed exploring, but was equally happy cuddling up to residents and staff. His fur was beautifully soft and like so many animals had real intuition as he calmly sat on residents’ beds and was very gentle.
Waltham Abbey Support Special Visit
Paternoster House residents had a surprise visit from Santa and his helpers. The visit soon turn into a party with everyone on their feet singing and dancing! Santa even managed to find time for some individual room visits for the residents who were unable to come out and dance. We would like to say a big thank you everyone from Waltham Abbey Support for making this happen and bringing some festive fun.
Christmas Party Fun!
We were delighted so many families could join us for our fantastic Christmas party with great company, a delicious buffet and the popular drinks trolley which went down a treat! Thank you so much to the talented U3A Singing for Fun Choir who entertained us and certainly got us all in the Christmas spirit.
Roller Coaster Ride For Residents!
It is day 13 of our Christmas Count Down and the excitement was building for our mystery tour for residents and what a treat it was. We visited the Lakeside Christmas Wonderland and with the help of the wonderful Paternoster House team we went on several rides! It is worth watching the videos on Facebook! It may have been wet but it didn’t stop us having so much fun and we soon warmed up with a lovely hot drink in a beautiful cosy café.
CD for the Winner!
Christmas Jumper Day was a great success and to top it all off we had the wonderful David Brierley to entertain us too. True to his word there was a CD for the winner! It really was a fun day with everyone getting involved with some great t-shirts and jumpers being worn. The Paternoster penguin is never far from the action!
Happy St Andrew's Day
Upcoming events
Open Day - All Welcome!
Join us on Saturday 21st June, meet the manager, and our residents to be reassured your loved one will be surrounded by caring people who value them for who they are.
Summer Fete & Sizzling BBQ
Join us for our Summer Fete with sizzling BBQ on Saturday 5th July from 2pm - Everyone is welcome! With live music, games and local craft stalls.
Professional's Networking Breakfast
Are you looking for a relaxed, inviting environment to network with local professionals? Join our General Manager on third Thursday each month for breakfast from 8.00am.
Community Coffee Mornings
Come along and meet new people while enjoying a chat over a hot drink and a selection of sweet treats every Friday from 10am-12 noon.
