Activities at The Spires Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Angie Smith
Hi, my name is Angie and I am an activities coordinator here at The Spires. We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within the home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active.
We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents and their families and friends.
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 The Spires Care Home
Games afternoon
Another glorious Monday here at The Spires today, we have been watering our newly planted herbs and bedding plants on our lovely terrace.
We got competitive playing matching games on our tiny tablet then enjoyed reading to one another in the dementia book club after which we had a group discussion about the contents which
reminisced mainly about old fashioned slogans for TV adverts like; “A Mars a day helps you work rest and play” “For mash get smash” and not forgetting The milky bar kid and the goodness within.
Birthday celebrations
Today was all about our lovely Irene’s 92nd Birthday celebration, she received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her family had a fantastic cake made by our wonderful Chef Polly. We spent time singing and dancing together which we all know Irene loves.
To make the day extra special we took Irene out on a trip in our mini bus to the Heart of the Country Village with her friends. Time was spent making wishes under the wishing tree which was magical.
Cars in the Park
We have had a brilliant day out today to the cars in the park event at Beacon Park in Lichfield. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the different types of cars including the classic and vintage ones that were on display.
One of our residents faces lit up when he saw the Lambretta Scooter, which he told us was very similar to the one he used to have back in the day, this generated lots of conversation and wonderful memories.
A trip to the local pub
Residents at The Spires Care Home have enjoyed a trip to their local pub to celebrate the arrival of the warmer weather! Residents and the activities team at The Spires Care Home had a lovely afternoon sat in the beautiful beer garden of their local, The Hedgehog Pub enjoying a drink together. All our residents enjoy getting out and about as part of our regular trips out and we particularly enjoy spending time in our local area.
RAF Hendon
Across our services we had a lovely time joining Rhiannon Watkinson from the RAF Museum London for an interactive talk exploring the exciting and innovative aviation history of Hendon.
Our residents were able to learn about the first flights from the fields at Hendon, the creation of the London Aerodrome and Battle of Britain pilots who flew from RAF Hendon.
The talk also included photographic and film material from the Museum’s archive. Residents across our homes had a fantastic time and we truly enjoyed the virtual experience.
Home joins community project
The Spires care home in Lichfield have recently joined forces with local group ‘Nurture Communities CIC’ as part of their Growing Communities Project. The Growing communities project aims to bring together isolated communities in Staffordshire through the love of gardening, creating and cooking.
This project provides an opportunity for the residents at The Spires to meet others of all ages to work together in growing their own vegetables to later be used in cooking meals to share together.
Upcoming events
April
We are looking forward to a 'cracking' month during April. We hope you are able to join us - all welcome.
Knit & Natter
We would love you to join us for our weekly Knit & Natter. Enjoy friendly company whilst knitting away. There will be tea, coffee and cake on offer too!
Emergency Services - Take a Break with us!
We would like to thank all emergency services personnel - come and take a break with us!
Free Meeting Room Hire
Do you need a meeting room? Look no further. The Spires will happily facilitate your social, professional and networking needs.
