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 Co-ordinator 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
Kristina Performs
Residents here at Sutton Grange love it when we have entertainers come and perform for us. The wonderful Kristina visited and filled our Bistro with music, fun, dance and laughter all afternoon.
Kristina performed a medley of hits from good old sing along song to some traditional Christmas songs as we approach the most wonderful time of the year.
Employee of the Month - November
Congratulations to our November Employee of the Month, Lynsey Latham.
Lynsey leads the care on our Memory Lane community, Blossom Walk and ensures Residents health and wellbeing are looked after. She oversees the day to day running of the community and liaises with health professionals to ensure Residents receive the highest quality of care.
Lynsey goes above and beyond her duties for our Residents and is very much appreciated by her colleagues leading to her being nominated Employee of the Month.
WELL DONE Lynsey, everyone at Sutton Grange appreciates your consistent hard work and dedication.
Festive Baking
Head Chef, Dean is never too busy to spend time with our Residents and has been out and about in the the home getting Residents into the festive spirit by helping them to make Christmas cakes.
Everyone agreed that it was a real treat and that they enjoyed reliving memories of making Christmas goodies at home for their families.
Bonfire Party
We all had an amazing time at our Bonfire Party.
We started off the day by making some chocolate sparklers on our communities which were very tasty indeed and enjoyed a pamper afternoon to prepare for the evenings party.
In the evenings our residents partied the night away with some of their friends and family and our friends from the local community came and joined us for the celebrations.
We had entertainment from the fabulous Rachel Rose who as you can see from the photos had us dancing throughout the evening.
Everyone loved watching the low noise fireworks that we set off and there were lots of cheers as the bright colours cascaded from the fireworks.
Baking Session
Yesterday we had a practice run at baking some Halloween themed cakes for our Masquerade Ball.
Our residents had a wonderful time making and decorating the cakes, especially enjoying cutting them into the spooky shapes of ghosts and pumpkins.
We also chatted about baking and Halloween whilst watching this weeks Bake Off program, our residents said that they enjoyed duck apple and putting the apples on strings too.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
We had an amazing time at our McMillan Coffee Afternoon.
It was lovely to see Sutton Grange's bistro filled with chat and laughter as our residents and their families enjoyed, tea/coffee a slice of the various cakes available, which were made by our talented kitchen team and one of our activities coordinators Alison.
All our residents said they had a wonderful time and that we should hold afternoons like this more often.
Upcoming events
April Open Day
Join us on Saturday 20th April for our Spring Open Day. Take a tour of the home, meet our amazing team, see the quality care and enriching lifestyle our Residents lead.
St. George's Day
Join us on Monday 22nd April as we dedicate the day to celebrating our patron saint with musical entertainment and refreshments.
April
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us throughout April as we look forward to a fun filled month ahead.
Free Meeting Room
Do you need a meeting room? Look no further. Sutton Grange will happily facilitate your social, professional and networking needs.
Emergency Services - Take a Break with us
We would like to thank all emergency services personnel - come and take a break with us!
Coffee Mornings - Every Wednesday
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us for a cuppa and to make new friends - all welcome.
