Activities at Sherwood Court Care Home

Here at Sherwood Court, residents have enjoyed a visit from some fluffy friends. The residents were greeted by guinea pigs and rabbits which warmed their hearts. “Fluff ball”, and the others thoroughly enjoyed the attention and treats given by the residents.

After spending time with all the fluffy friends who visited the home  and reminiscing over their previous pets in which they had with all old memories too, after this trip all of our residents wore the happiest of faces all day long.  

Here at Sherwood Court, residents from both The Memory Lane Units embarked on a trip over to our local football stadium, Preston north end, where they were able to gain more football knowledge which they didn’t know before. They looked over old and new football teams.

Michael, who was our guide around the stadium, allowed us to even have a walk around the pitch, which allowed our residents to have a full understanding of how far the players actually have to run. Our residents truly enjoyed the trip and even asked for us to take them over again.  

Here at Sherwood Court, our lovely resident Peggy has gone viral! She enjoyed her 103rd birthday bash with her own butler in the buff, which Peggy said “isn’t he marvellous?"

We had a German TV show come into the home to interview for TV!! Peggy talked about her life and her amazing birthday party. Both staff and residents enjoyed listening to Peggy’s background and found out so much more than they already knew. Her son (Paul) and friends enjoyed snacking on the cakes and coffee  which was provided and everyone had the most amazing evening full of joy and laughter.   

Here at Sherwood Court, residents, family members and staff had a wonderful afternoon, enjoying Al Harts 'Music in Minds' performance. Al comes to visit us once a month and always blows the roof off the building, using different instrument's, amazing music and some good humour, which always has everyone laughing and over all a fully entertaining time.

Here is activities coordinator, Hayley, having a ball with resident Pat, who is always up for a boogie.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents have enjoyed a time in the garden enjoying the beautiful morning sunshine. The resident were greeted by Tilly the chocolate Labrador who warned their hearts. Tilly is 10 years old and thoroughly enjoyed the attention and treats given by the residents. After spending time with Tilly and reminiscing over their previous pets, we residents were served tea, coffee and delicious treats from our talented kitchen staff.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents have enjoyed an afternoon of animals and fun. The residents were greeted by baby guinea pigs and fluffy rabbits which warmed their hearts. 

The team from “Paw some place petting farm” visited the home in order for our residents to feel fulfilled. Both residents from the Memory Lane unit and the nursing unit enjoyed their time with these little fluffballs, which brought back a lot of childhood memories for many of our residents. The team which came in gave our residents lots of knowledge of the animals. Our residents really enjoyed this session and are excited about their next visit.   

Staff and residents from Barchester’s Sherwood court care home, in Preston, Fulwood had a fantastic time organising a summer fayre in order to raise money for their residents, where they all enjoyed taking part in playing games, working stalls and tucking into homemade cakes.

Residents and staff had a brilliant time. This event was an amazing delight and allowed family members and residents feel closer to loved ones, enjoying laughs and quality time together.

General Manager, Liz, said: “We absolutely love being able to support and encourage our residents to partake in these events. It allows us all to take time for the residents and allows us to work hand to hand with the families which make our home. We’ve all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and allowed our community to be a part of such an incredible event.”

Here at Sherwood Court, resident Peter, made the most of the dry afternoon spending some time in our garden. Peter noticed the apple tree was blooming and got himself a tub and began picking red and green apples, he was in his element and reminded him of his allotment days.

Peter gave our chef Carol his collection and is very much looking forward to tomorrows apple pie. Delicious.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents have been treated and indulged in a lovely coffee morning, supplied by the Spar Shop from James Hall.

We hold great connections with the group and always enjoy our visitors coming to share their time with our residents and reminisce on favourite past times.

We do love a community morning.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents from both our Memory Lane unit and Nursing unit embarked on a real life D Day tour, in Fleetwood. Activities Coordinators, Hayley and Morag, planned a trip to Fleetwood Memorial park, where the community held a D Day event. We got there just in time for the service held by the Mayor, which was followed by the Last Post tribute. We then went around all the stalls where there was replicas of war vehicles, weapon systems and even a spit fire, safe to say our residents thoroughly enjoyed their day out, even the picnic on the mini bus.

At Sherwood Court, we enjoyed getting out and about. This week, we took our resident, Liz, and others to our local pub in which they all enjoyed a pint. 

We had many laughs and even life stories from our local community which were present at the Sherwood pub, and we were able to fully engage and have a chat with our residents. Liz enjoyed talking to our local community and reminiscing with younger ones about her own younger years. We truly had an amazing time.       

Here at Sherwood Court, residents from both the Memory Lane Unit and the Nursing unit embarked on a trip out to Manjushri Kadampa Meditation centre, in Ulverston. Activity Coordinators, Tamara and Morag, planned a trip to the Buddhist temple in order for residents to understand different religious perspectives, and how other people may express their faith throughout day-to-day life. 

This trip really surprised some of our residents. Tony and others were truly mesmerised by this trip and how many beautiful artifacts in which this temple had. 

Here at Sherwood Court, resident Pat enjoyed a true birthday party. Pats family had provided an Elvis tribute for all our residents to enjoy alongside the birthday lady herself!

Residents, family members and staff thoroughly enjoyed the experience alongside Pat and her family, and we are so lucky to have family members like hers to have all our residents engaged in a wonderful afternoon.

Our kitchen staff made and supplied a delicious birthday cake, candles were lit, and Elvis had us all singing happy birthday, followed by divulging on the tasty cake! 

Here at Sherwood Court, our home was visited by Gabby, who is a ABBA tribute act from Mini Concerts.

Residents, family members and staff, enjoyed an hour performance, singing and dancing away with each other, family members also engaged with other residents encouraging them to get up and dance as well as wheel chair dancing.

Music really does bring joy and happiness to our home and we are very much looking to our next entertainer.

Here at Sherwood Court, we have kick started our week off by having Mini Concerts performer, Gabby, come and put on a ABBA tribute performance for us. It has been 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision contest back in 1974, and what a performance Gabby put on for us. We went through all of ABBA’s greatest hits including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, MAMMA MIA and many more, our resident’s absolutely loved it. Kathleen from our nursing unit and Liz from our memory lane unit, sat next to each other, their hands where in the air the whole time, bellowing out the words to all the songs Gabby sang.

Mini Concerts always provide the best entertainment for our residents.