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
Residents enjoy ‘Knock at the Door’
On an autumn afternoon residents settled down to enjoy a game of bingo hosted by activities coordinator, Rob Fraser in the home's conservatory. Residents enjoy playing bingo as it’s a familiar game to everyone and creates lots of excitement around the home. To add some friendly competition between the group, prizes are occasionally added to the game, giving residents the opportunity to win something special.
Bingo sessions are usually hosted weekly as it’s a fun way for the residents to come together as a group as it’s so popular, Rob tries to fit in games in between other activities. Everyone who wishes to take part gathers in the conservatory and Rob begins reading out numbers as they are selected.
Local Entertainer
Residents at Sherwood Lodge enjoyed an afternoon of singing and dancing as they welcomed a local entertainer into the home for some musical entertainment with popular performer, Eric Jones. Residents enjoy his regular visits as they take a step back in time with his medley of hits from the 50s through to the 70s.
Charlene Porter, General Manger, said: “Everyone had a lovely time singing their favourite songs. When they weren’t singing they were dancing. It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon.”
Residents Enjoy Music from the 60s
Residents, relatives and staff danced to the sounds of the 50s and 60s as they hosted an afternoon of musical delight with performer, Poppy Holiday and special guest, Dave the monkey puppet.
Poppy performed a medley of musical classics for the party-goers who sung along and tucked into delicious home-made cakes and refreshments throughout the afternoon. Shirley Leach said: 'A great time was had by all'.
Rob Frazer, activities coordinator said: “Poppy performed all sorts of music from the 50s and 60s which makes our Residents reminisce and it was a lovely way to spend the afternoon and we look forward to her return”
Local Care Home Supports Local Young Footballers
The team at Sherwood Lodge Care Home in Preston recently presented local football team BAC Under 8’s with a new kit for the value of £800.00 to support the under 8s football team.
The home presented the kit to the local team on behalf of the residents at the home, who wanted to sponsor the local team using their own comfort funds, which they decided to use to support members of the local community.
The care home welcomed Gavin, the team’s Football Manager to a grand unveiling evening drinks reception and also a tour of the home.
Celebrating 10 Years
Congratulations to Victoria Gaille on 10 years of dedicated service at Sherwood Lodge.
Grand Dame Theatre
The Grand Dame Company treated us with an original and exciting theatre, Cinderella. The performance was engaging, entertaining and had lots of opportunities for the residents to participate in it. Everyone enjoyed it so much that we might put our own panto at Christmas time.
