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
Green Fingers
Our chief member of our gardening club has won Wansbeck in bloom twice and Northumbria in bloom! So he’s sure to show us a thing or too! We all loved enjoying the glorious sunshine planting seeds of strawberries, cucumbers, herbs and flowers ready for our green house.
Commemorating VE Day
On this day 75 years ago most of our residents remembered the joy of their parents, feeling happy waving their flags as young ones at street parties. Four veterans remember the fight - feeling grateful for surviving and mourning for those that didn’t’, they remember the wait to return home drinking tots of rum with their comrades and the utter relief of seeing their families safe.
Today staff dressed up 1940s style and we had our own ‘street’ party decorated with bunting residents made. We celebrated the end, thanked those who fought & remembered those we lost. We read out poems & memories, we sang, we toasted. We may have been socially distant but today we were all united!
Postcards of Kindness
We have received postcards all the way from Wales! Bringing back many happy memories with them and the opportunity to connect with others at these strange times. They have sparked many conversations and they have enjoyed making cards in our craft sessions to reply to them.
Many thanks to those who have sent some, we would love more!
A Kind Donation
We have received a kind donation from Asda, Ashington, of toiletries for our residents and some face masks for our staff.
Fun in the Garden
There were smiles all round at Station Court as staff and residents came together for a ‘virtual’ garden party to take advantage of the glorious weather, and as part of the home's life enrichment programme during the current pandemic. The home is sharing their colourful and fun-filled activity stories and photographs to the residents' loved ones, along with news of what they have been doing.
It was the residents who suggested a garden party, and we were delighted to plan it. They love getting outdoors and we had been thinking about how we could do different things to keep them entertained and give them a wee bit of exercise.
It was a fun-filled afternoon for us all!
Residents Send Notes to Loved Ones
As well as keeping in touch with families and friends via skype calls, our residents also enjoyed writing notes to loved ones and sending to families which began many conversations between each other via email.
Residents of our pen pal group have also connected with people all the way from Cardiff by sending postcards!
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.
