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
Mothers Day
We had a wonderful time celebrating our Mothers here at Sutton Grange.
Our residents and their families enjoyed afternoon tea in our bistro filled with delicious sandwiches and cakes.
Everyone had a wonderful time and our residents and families commented on how lovely the afternoon was.
Flower Arranging at Sutton Grange
Our residents had a wonderful time arranging the flowers into amazing bouquets.
As you can see from the pictures, everyone had a great time and were chatting about how they all really enjoyed arranging various flowers in their own homes.
Afterwards we had a cup of tea, then at the end of the session we took the flowers to all the dining rooms about the home and they smelled wonderful.
Songs of Praise
Our residents really enjoy Songs of Praise and we watched whilst enjoying a cup of tea/coffee.
We enjoyed singing along to the hymns and watching all the places the presenters visited.
Everybody commented on how they used to watch Songs of Praise when they lived at home and it brought back some fond memories.
Ukulele Buddies Playing
Our residents enjoy a dance and a sing to music,
We were excited to have been visited by the wonderful Ukulele buddies.
Our residents had a fabulous time singing along and dancing to all of the songs played by the band and gave them a big cheer and applause after each song had finished.
We all had so much fun we are going to invite them back soon to play for us.
Exercise
We enjoy our weekly exercise sessions with our friends from Oomph on Demand.
Our residents love getting involved going through the gentle warm ups and then into a little bit more movements guided by Rob our Activities and Tom from Oomph.
Everyone had a good time and needed a well earned cup of tea/coffee and a relax after working so hard.
Virtual Book Club
We had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
Upcoming events
March
Spring is on its way and so are more of our activities! Take a look at what our Residents have to look forward in March and we invite you to join us.
Emergency Services - Take a Break with us
We would like to thank all emergency services personnel - come and take a break with us!
Free Meeting Room
Do you need a meeting room? Look no further. Sutton Grange will happily facilitate your social, professional and networking needs.
Coffee Mornings - Every Wednesday
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us for a cuppa and to make new friends - all welcome.