Activities at Sutton Grange Care Home
Here at Sutton Grange we work really hard at providing a range of activities to suit our residents needs. We understand that everyone is different and we enjoy supporting our residents in whatever activities they would like to take part in. With a dedicated Activities co-ordinator and a friendly team of volunteers we are always busy with activities. We have several clubs including; gardening, film, craft, music, puzzles, and singing. We enjoy live music and entertainment, both in and outside of the home, and have regular outings on the minibus to local places of interest. Residents take part in animal assisted therapy, afternoon tea, arts and crafts classes, and visits from local community groups and school children. We believe it is important to provide stimulating, meaningful and relevant activities for our residents in order to make friends, and build a warm community to live.
Alison Wareing
Hi, I'm Alison. I am the Activities Assistant here at Sutton Grange, I joined the team in 2016.
I grew up in the local area and started my career working with animals. After I had my daughter, and before I joined Barchester, I trained as a teacher and taught lipreading and communication. The skills I learnt have been invaluable in my role today.
Now, I fill my days spending time with our wonderful Residents, helping them to live their lives to the fullest. I try to make a difference in someone’s life each day.
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 Sutton Grange Care Home
Gardening Club
This week's Gardening Club brought some of the best weather of the week. So outdoors we went for vegetable week!
Residents and families chatted while planting our tomatoes in hanging baskets. It will be good to see how they grow as we’ve not grown them in baskets before. We also planted green beans, mini cucumbers, peppers and chillies. Who doesn’t love a Scotch Bonnet! All our plants were purchased at our local garden centre, Briarlee Garden Centre.
We can't wait to see how our hard work grows!
Alpacas Come to Visit
We had a visit from the wonderful Poppywood Alpacas!
We have learnt all about what they eat how to look after them, we got a chance to look at wool produced from the Alpacas. All 3 alpacas were boys, named Marmalade, Dobbie & Doubledecker and they all live at home with a total of 53 other alpacas!
Thanks to Vivian and her family for a wonderful afternoon. This was what Vivian wanted as a birthday present, so the birthday girl enjoyed her birthday treat, as did everyone else who was brave enough to come and see the three beautiful creatures. We had a wonderful time!
The 'Big Lunch' at our Local Hub!
We took a trip out to the local hub for their 'Big Lunch and Open Day' event for the community. There was lots of opportunity to meet new people and try something new, which our residents all really enjoyed. They also loved a browse of the stalls, and the various demonstrations!
Alison, our Activities Assistant, and one of our residents even got their faces painted and joined in the Zumba class! They had a great time. We, of course, finished the afternoon with an ice cream from the ice cream van which just topped off the day.
Beach House Bird Huts
Dementia Week Day 6 some of out resident’s painted this week. Bird boxes on Redhouse Gardens and flowers on Blossom Walk.
Redhouse have not finished the bird boxes they are a work in progress and people have already been asking to buy them.
Painting can be very relaxing, our residents certainly enjoyed themselves. Good job everyone!
200 Years of Cadbury's
Day 1 of Dementia Action Week was all about REMINISCING and sharing those precious memories that light up our hearts.
Our wonderful residents and dedicated staff gathered together for an incredibly special Live Virtual Event with chocolate giant Cadbury UK to hear about their incredible 200 year history, have a Cadbury themed quiz and take a trip down memory lane to reminisce of the nation’s most loved chocolate during Dementia Action Week.
A huge thank you to Cadbury for making the day even sweeter! We were thrilled to receive the Memory Bar Boxes, each filled with Dairy Milk bars wrapped in various designs celebrating Cadbury's rich 200-year history. It was not only a treat for the taste buds but also a beautiful bridge to the past for many of our residents.
Here's to more wonderful days ahead!
John's 105th Birthday
Congratulations to John who recently celebrated his 105th Birthday! Our residents all got busy making birthday cards especially for John to open on his special day, he was inundated with greetings and well wishes. King Charles & Queen Camilla even took time to send John a birthday card!
Here’s to the next 105 John...!
We think John has possibly been our oldest resident, so huge congratulations. Happy Birthday from Everyone at Sutton Grange. Enjoy your party with your family and friends!
Upcoming events
Coffee Mornings - Every Wednesday
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us for a cuppa and to make new friends - all welcome.
Gardening Club - Every Thursday
Each week our residents and families get together for some planting, seeding, and potting! We'd love you to join us for our Gardening Club, click below for more information.
