Activities at Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Our Activities Coordinator is constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. We have regular outings in the mini bus to nearby places of interest including local garden centres and parks as well as musicians and entertainers. We also hold bingo evenings which are helped out by our residents families. We also have a local pub nearby which the residents enjoy visiting from time to time for a spot of lunch or sitting in the gardens in the summer time. We try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests as best is possible. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Emma Powers
Hi, my name is Emma Powers; I am the Activities Coordinator here at Sherwood Lodge.
I have worked in the care sector for over two decades; prior to this I was a soldier in the UK Armed Forces where I gained exceptional powers of communication, organisation and teamwork. During my time as a carer I have gained my NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care and have been employed as a Senior Carer. I chose to switch professional roles to activities as I find supporting both residential and dementia residents very rewarding.
I have been employed within Barchester for over three years, I love working for this company and am really excited to continue to care for all of its residents and their families.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Anyone for a Mocktail?
As part of nutrition and hydration week we have been promoting the importance of keeping well hydrated with a little holiday theme twist with our Mocktails.
With stripey straws and cocktail umbrellas and a sprig of fruit garnish the home brought the holiday feel into Sherwood Lodge.
From blue lagoons to margaritas our residents couldn't wait to give them a try.
Poor hydration in the elderly can lead to multiple health conditions including deterioration in mental function, enhanced confusion and increase the risk of skin damage and deterioration.
As you can see our residents thoroughly enjoyed them
Mother’s Day tea Party
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our wonderful and much loved mothers!
We have had a lovely day celebrating this special day in our home today with families of our residents.
They have had a beautiful afternoon tea together laid on by our hospitality team.
Mother’s day is a celebration of motherhood and maternal bonds and there was certainly an abundance of love in our home today.
International Women's Day
Here at Sherwood Lodge we would like to say Happy Women’s Day to all the incredible women out there. Today we are celebrating every women’s strength, resilience, and courage. May you feel empowered and appreciated for all that you do every day. Here's to a bright and Beautiful future.
Residents and School Children celebrate World Book Day
Bookshelves are bulging at Sherwood Lodge where book worm residents were keen to get involved in World Book Day. We welcomed children from our local school, Sherwood Primary school to mark the occasion.
Staff and residents at Sherwood Lodge care home decided to invite the local school children along for the afternoon. Everyone got involved by dressing up as characters from their favourite books and reading excerpts to each other. It was wonderful to see the variety of books that everyone was reading, and to listen to all the different topics being discussed.
Emma Powers, the Activities Co-ordinator at the home, commented: “Our residents all love to read and to talk about their favourite books so World Book Day is a fantastic opportunity for us all to spend the afternoon with our noses in our favourite books. Having the children come to visit us made it even more fun, we all loved seeing their costumes.”
Tracy Lyons General Manager, dressed as Cruella de Vil said, “It has been a brilliant afternoon and we have all enjoyed swapping our must-reads. Our residents love getting lost in a good book so they very much enjoyed reading excerpts from their favourite novels and discussing what they love about them. There are so many wonderful books to discover, everyone enjoyed finding out about new titles to put on their reading lists.”
St David's Day
March the 1st is St David's Day celebration of St David's Day ,we're we celebrate the whole of Wales, from music food and daffodils.
Here at Sherwood Lodge we have been enjoying making Welsh cakes and eating them with a cup of tea also listening to Tom Jones and having a dance, we also have been up to arts and crafts making Daffodils.
Sherwood Lodge leaps for joy!
Happy Leap Year day from all of us here at Sherwood Lodge. A leap year gives us that extra day to dream and to achieve and make a leap towards our goals. Here at the home all of our colleagues got together to leap for joy as we marked the occasion. A leap day exists to ensure our calendars align with Earth’s orbit, which in turn ensures our calendars aligns with seasons.
