Activities at Paternoster House Care Home
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.
Sandy Phillips
Hello, my name is Sandy and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Paternoster House. I have worked at the home for just over a year starting as part of the hospitality team, but when the opportunity to work as part of the activities team I jumped at the chance. I have a background in working as an activities coordinator for children's activities at the local leisure centres, along with craft clubs after school and Messy play for toddlers.
I am creative and working wit the team we are all bringing new ideas for activities and events as well as still running firm favourites! My passion is about enhancing the lives of the residents from individual time through to big celebratory events. We ensure we plan a varied and interesting programme of activities and events.
As a team we are committed to Barchester's Life Enrichment programme ensuring we work with mind, body and soul.
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 Paternoster House Care Home
Amazing George
Paternoster House were delighted to support 5 year old George as he took on The Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk. The Home were so pleased to present the cheque for £250 from the proceeds of a raffle held at the home along with kind donations from family, friends, residents and the Paternoster House team.
This donation will be added to over a £1000 already raised by this amazing 5 year old. George said “I walked for my nanny and all the other nannies and grandads with sore heads” Maddie presented the cheque to George, Sarah O’Toole, George’s mum and Nanny Lesley who is a resident at Paternoster House.
George also wanted to say a special thank you to Sandy Phillips, the home’s Activities Coordinator he said his wish come true by taking part in the 5k walk, they were photographed in front of the Paternoster House wishing tree. The tree is for residents to put their dreams and wishes onto a branch and the amazing team will do all they can to make these a reality.
Raising Our Glass for International Sherry Week!
Paternoster House residents greatly enjoyed celebrating International Sherry Week! We raised a glass every day before dinner and the residents agreed that this will be on the shopping list for Christmas tipples!
Joyful Entertainment
We started this week with a wonderful performance from one of our many talented entertainers, David. He got us up dancing and tapping our feet as well has waving our hands in the air. The power of music to lift mood and our general well-being is shown by how happy the residents are when we have entertainment.
A dream Come True
One of Paternoster House's special couples had a dream come true when Shirley was able to visit Barry downstairs instead of Barry going upstairs. With the support of the team Shirley has been able to move into a chair and it filled our hearts to see how happy they both were.
Halloween Treats all Round
Paternoster House have been busy over the past couple of weeks crafting with autumn leaves to make vases for our beautiful flowers that we arranged today, along with making sweet treats for the local nursery that visited us weekly in the summer.
It has been a truly special Halloween with so many children in the home and with the amazing pumpkin carving creations we just couldn’t choose a winner so everyone is a winner.
Spooky Pudding Club!
Our residents, families and staff definitely had a treat with our monthly Pudding Club.
This month we spoke with the children who visit regularly their Nan’s, Granddads, great Nannies and Great Granddads and they too wanted to treat their love ones with these delicious puddings, so the activities team gave Chef Sam the brief.
Halloween was the theme and yet again Sam didn’t disappoint with amazing puddings from Toffee Apple Sponge, Salted Caramel Spiders Web Tart to Chocolate Cupcakes with Orange Buttercream. Maddie and Sandy had the trick of taking the Halloween Pudding trolley around to all the communities without dropping these wonderful puddings and they succeeded with everyone enjoying the treat!
