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
Christmas party
Residents and staff had a wonderful time at our Christmas party. Wine, goodies and dreadful jokes were enjoyed by all; what goes ho ho ho bump,….................Santa laughing his head off!
Cards from friends
Thank you for the generosity of year 10 and 11 pupils at Our Lady’s Catholic High Scholl Fulwood for sending such beautiful Christmas Cards and gifts to our residents at Sherwood Lodge. We also send our thanks to Terry at Action Youth Group for organizing this wonderful event.
The reading of the cards caused one or two of our residents to weep with the well wishes and other residents to break out in the biggest of smiles. We look forward to welcoming the students here to meet the residents as soon as circumstances allow.
Christmas Jumper Day
December 10th , Christmas Jumper Day was celebrated by our wonderful staff at Sherwood Lodge in support of Children in Need. Lots of tinsel, flashing shiny noses, antlers and some dubious joke jumpers. The residents debated over who had the best jumper, lots of disagreements and a good time was had.
Magic of the Nutcracker
We experienced the magic of the Nutcracker with a special interactive workshop led by English National Ballet Associate Artists.
Our residents were able to take a magical journey thorough Edwardian London and to learn more about the enchanted Nutcracker characters: Clara, the Mouse King, and her valiant Nutcracker doll. The session included a chair-based dance workshop, clips of the ballet on stage and a Christmas carol sing-along, truly enjoyed by all.
Chocolate truffles
We had a lovely time joining Paul Hawkins and Steve Wilkes from Unilever for an exciting immersive Christmas experience.
Our residents were welcomed with chocolate treats as Paul and Steve took them on an exciting chocolate truffle making and biscuit decorating journey.
To finish off the Christmas special event, our residents enjoyed a themed quiz and a singalong.
We all had a wonderful time.
Elf Day
On December 3rd Sherwood Lodge staff and residents joined together for Elf Day in support of the Alzheimer’s Society. We listened to Elfis, sampled cocktails and shandy’s followed by delicious cream cakes. Suffice to say we all had a great time lots of laughs and singing.
