Activities at Station Court Care Home
Activities make up the most important part of all our days, and at Station Court we ensure there are a variety of social events that reflect the individual interests and capabilities of people we support. All group and individual activities are designed to not only mentally and physically stimulate the people we care for, but to enhance their life skills and feelings of purpose and self worth. All of our team are committed to supporting a full activities programme within the home.
Carly Chesney
Hi, my name is Carly and I am the homes Activities Coordinator. I joined the home in 2011. I am passionate about our enhancing our residents daily life and delivering a person centred life enrichment activity programme is very important to me to ensure that our residents continue to lead fulfilling lives doing things that they want to and enjoy. Our programme is varied from excursions out on the mini bus ensuring our residents are connected to their local community, hosting events here in the home, virtual events and themed days – no day is the same!
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 Station Court Care Home
A coffee with NESCAFE
We had a fabulous time joining NESCAFÉ’s virtual coffee experience.
We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, to have a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.
To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz, and to the delight of all to taste the signature Sweet Cinnamon Shaken Iced Coffee cocktail.
Love is in the air for Valentine's
Residents and couples who reside at Station Court Care home, in Ashington celebrated Valentine’s Day together. Colleagues at the home were delighted to assist Ronnie in treating his lovely wife, Jean to a special 3 course lunch especially prepared by the homes hospitality team, making this Valentines as special as all of the rest that he and his wife have spent together.
The pair shared a private dining suite, with colleagues catering to their every wish.
They loved-up couple enjoyed their 3 course meal, glasses of prosecco and chocolate treats before sharing gifts with each other. They listened to their favourite songs by Frank Sinatra, bringing back memories of their wedding day.
Century celebrations
Celebrations have been in full swing at Station Court Care Home as one of its residents reached her centenary in style.
Betsy Lightly was joined by staff and relatives as she opened special gifts and received a telegram from the Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday.
She then joined her party to a prosecco reception with all her friends in the home and popular entertainer, Michael Stevens performing her favourite rock and roll hits, which had everyone on their feet dancing. Celebrations ended on a high with a special afternoon tea party provided by our hospitality team.
Valentine's inspired cookery demo
We had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Valentine’s-inspired virtual cookery demonstration. Chef Alex created some delicious Valentine’s Day-inspired vegetarian desserts, which our residents had the opportunity to try too.
First, our residents sampled a wonderful sticky toffee pudding, which was absolutely heavenly. Then they tried hazelnut truffles which were a huge hit and finally they were treated to a chocolate orange cake which everyone adored.
Choc-tastic day!
Residents had a ‘choc-tastic’ day celebrating the sweetest day of the year! Creating a chocolate masterpiece 2 tier cake along with chocolate cupcakes topped with melted chocolate and frosting and extra chocolate toppings for everyone to enjoy at tea time
Birthday celebrations
We had an amazing day celebrating a special ladies 90th birthday! The birthday girl spent her morning with family in our visiting suite before joining friends in the home for a special party with Michaela from Musical Memories entertaining us all! Our dancing queen never sat down until it was time for afternoon tea, prosecco and of course cake!
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to summer and we have lots of fun illed activities planned - all welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, fire, ambulance, district nurses - come and take a break on us! There may be a cake or two available too....
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time? Could you make a difference? For more information on Volunteering please do get in touch we'd love to hear from you.
Community Cafe
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly coffee cafe, come along and make new friends - all welcome.
