Activities at Sherwood Lodge Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
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
May Day Celebrations
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Sherwood Lodge care home in Preston celebrated May Day in style with a garden party and a whole lot of springtime fun! There were homemade bakes, music and singing and of course dancing around the May pole. The home welcomed Sherwood Primary school children to join for the afternoon and take part in all the fun.
Residents had been very busy for weeks making the May pole and crowning it and also making garlands for the day. Everyone enjoyed involved in the festivities and getting the home and garden ready for the big day.
Sherwood Lodge Music
It's a well-known fact that music brings people together, and we have certainly proved that at Sherwood Lodge this week.
We have welcomed a new entertainer into our home, Johnny North, and what a wonderful time we all had.
Residents, staff and visitors were all up on their feet to the melodies of Sir Cliff, Elvis and many many more.
Thank you Johnny for helping us all relive our youth.
Mad Day Preparations
Here at Sherwood Lodge residents have been busy preparing for May Day by making garlands.
Traditions often include crowning a May Queen with we will be doing and wrapping the may pole in colourful ribbons is a joyous tradition.
Living Eggs
Here at Sherwood Lodge Residents family friends and staff have all been looking after the living eggs it has been a joy to all the whole home, and so much fun to see life grow and how happy it has made everyone at Sherwood lodge feel ,Easter has been so much fun from the church services to the Easter bunny cake making and the chicks thanks to every one for all their help in making this time magical.
G Fitness with Angelica
We have had our monthly well-being fitness class this afternoon with Angelica from G Fitness.
Every month this exercise class is attended by residents who love to take part and exercise to music.
It boosts their wellbeing , self-esteem, lifts their mood and builds their confidence as well as boosting their physical health.
The exercises promote coordination of the limbs and increase's their agility benefiting conditions such as arthritis.
Thank you Angelica for providing such an important class each month.
Decorating the May Pole
Residents have started to prepare our May Pole for decoration.
The Maypole dance is a ceremonial folk dance performed around a tall pole garlanded with greenery or flowers and often hung with ribbons that are woven into complex patterns by the dancers.
The home staff will be performing a Maypole dance for our residents on May Day
