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.
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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 Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Rediscovering art
Resident, Sandra has found some of her old art skills with this beautiful pot owl. Despite having to paint left handed she is slowly relearning the water colour skills she adores. All our residents benefit from craft sessions finding fine motor control can help a shaky hand or their observation and concentration can be rediscovered.
Games afternoon
Life is like a game, Like snakes and ladders. Throw the dice and see the number, Up you go or down you fall. It all depends on the throw. Life is like that, It depends on your decision, It maybe right or maybe wrong.
Community coffee and cake
Residents enjoy attending the weekly coffee morning at North Preston Evangelical Church for the tasty tea and cakes and a good old natter...
It's great to get out and about and meet new people and even some of our residents have reconnected with old friends
Birthday celebrations
Yesterday staff enjoyed preparing and celebrating one of our residents birthdays. Patricia was 88 years young yesterday and celebrated her birthday surrounded by her family. She had a lovely buffet and wine party in our cafe area with those closest to her and a great celebration was had by all!
Wallace Collection
Our homes had a fantastic time joining members of the Wallace Collection for an amazing sensory session.
During the live virtual experience, our residents explored one of the museum’s most beautiful Dutch flower paintings and learnt new drawing techniques.
We cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and produce beautiful paintings of our own.
Everyone enjoyed the lovely talk, we all had lots of fun and it’s given us plenty of ideas.
Jack brings smiles to residents
Our residents absolutely loved seeing Jacks the sheep dog this week. Jack brought so many big smiles to our residents faces and he thoroughly enjoyed getting lots of fusses and strokes and even tried to get snuggled up on their knees
