Activities at Stoneham Grove 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.

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.

Enriching life
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Iuliana Buican

Activities Coordinator

Hello, my name is Iuliana and I'm Activities Lead here at Stoneham Grove.

I worked as a History Teacher for 12 years before joining Barchester in 2017.  

I am passionate about my job and I love working with people. I enjoy planning and providing meaningful activities that make a difference in the lives of our residents, counting their hobbies and wishes.

In my free time, I enjoy travelling, dancing, quizzing and playing board games with my  family and friends.

I am looking forward to using my skills and experience to enhance the lives of our wonderful residents.
 

Life-encriching activities booklet Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.

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 Stoneham Grove Care Home

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Our First baking Club

It had to be chocolate muffins... as we celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day.... we are a couple of days early , but we wanted to test our chocolate muffin recipe before the big day. We're pleased to say the end result was delicious ! Thank you to our resident star bakers, Lillian, Len, Pat and Marie
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Burns Night celebrations

 2025 marks the 265th anniversary of the Scottish poet Robert Burns ..or Rabbie Burns and so we thought we'd celebrate the life and legacy of Scotland's National bard with a few Scottish traditionsThese included a getting to know Rabbie Burns with some interesting facts about him, followed by a knowledge quiz. This was followed by a traditional Scottish lunch of Haggis, neeps and tatties. This was followed by poetry club reciting his best loved poems whilst enjoying a warming dram of Scotch Whisky! Cheers
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Embracing the Power of the Flower...

Our residents spent a wonderfully relaxing day this week celebrating International Flower Day, which is celebrated on the 19th January.

International Flower Day promotes the psychological boost that flowers can give to people. from growing and nurturing plants and flowers, to gifting flowers to show love and appreciation, and sometimes just the simple act of admiring their beauty, flowers have the power to make someone's day. Our ladies took part in a range of flower themed activities including flower arranging, reminiscing about their own gardens and their favourite flowers and finally a flower petal quiz which they all very much enjoyed.

Their collective floral knowledge gained from years of gardening experience was very impressive - Well done ladies!

 

 

 

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A whole lot of Rock'n'Roll...

 Our residents had a fantastic time celebrating what would have been Elvis Presley's 90th Birthday this week as we were joined by singer Doug who entertained us with Rock 'n' Roll greats from the 50's and 60's. After all that singing and dancing the residents were ready to relax with a cuppa and a slice of cake whilst watching a special screening of "Love me Tender" in our cinema
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It's a full house for British Birds...

 It may be a very cold and frosty day today, but that didn't stop us from doing a spot of bird spotting!Until the Spring emerges and we can bird watch in our beautiful gardens, we have been spotting British birds with a great game of Bird bingo...  Congratulations to Len who won the game by gaining a full house ahead of his friends Len celebrated his win with a large cup of cappuccino and a slice of home made cake.... delicious 
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Our first christmas....

We celebrated our very first Christmas in style on December 25th.... Father Christmas delivered presents for all the residents in plenty of time for when they woke early on Christmas DayResidents, Relatives and Members of the Community enjoyed a first class Christmas Lunch, courtesy of our Head Chef Peter. You can’t beat Roast Turkey and Traditional Christmas Pudding followed by a choice of Christmas pudding or home made trifleThe day also included festive music, and games and was rounded off by a traditional festive movie 

Upcoming events

Open Day

 Join us on our Open Day for a chat about yours or your loved ones care needs and a personally tailored tour of our beautifully appointed home

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Stoneham Grove Silver Screen - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Join us for an exclusive cinema experience. Relax in our comfortable cinema room and enjoy this classic feel good film

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Cheese and Wine afternoon

We would like to invite you to Stoneham Grove to sample a selection of delicious cheese & wine in the surroundings of our beautifully landscaped gardens

 

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Stoneham Grove Social

Meet new people whilst enjoying a cup of freshly brewed coffee or tea and a delicious slice of home made cake 

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The Art of Papercraft

Join local crafter Fiona for a creative afternoon of papercraft, when she will be teaching us how to make and decorate a storage box for you to take home

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June - community Events

Join us throughout June for our varied programme of events

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Stroke Association Friendship café

Join us as we launch our first Stroke Association friendship Café

Everyone welcome

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