Activities at Tennyson Wharf Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Donna Jones
Donna joined the Tennyson Wharf Family in April 2023.
As an Activities Coordinator, Donna helps to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active to keep residents engage. The team take time to ensure they all know each residents' interests so that the team can deliver a person-centered program of events and activities.
Donna has a passion for helping others and is settling into her new role great!
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 Tennyson Wharf Care Home
Starlings virtual talk with Royal Parks London
We enjoyed a wonderful live virtual talk about starlings, one of the UK’s most gregarious birds, hosted by Rachel Dowse from The Royal Parks London.
Rachel examined our long history with this bird and the importance of common species to our lives. Our residents had the opportunity to find out more about the great murmuration and why we need to pay special attention to these beauties before it's too late.
The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Happy Hat Day” with the children from Caterpillar Music Newark
We took part in “Happy Hat Day” with Anna and the children from Caterpillar Music Newark
This happens every Monday morning at 11.15am a fantastic intergenerational workshop boosting many important needs for our residents.
Our residents actively engage, sing & dance in this wonderful activity… evoking many happy feelings.
Move-It Mobility
A fun morning feeling motivated by Chris from Move-It Mobility UK Ltd
Our residents look forward to him visiting us here at Tennyson Wharf, he always makes us smile.
A fun, social, physical & energetic morning with Movement to music boosting our residents esteem needs.
Friendly café
Our Tennyson Wharf residents have spent time engaging socially with each other in our friendly café.
A sensory flower arranging activity gave residents lots of enjoyment, evoking many memories of past hobbies and bringing out their creative talents, adding the finishing touches of colour to our communal areas.
We continued with an amusing game of traditional dominoes.
World Braille Day
World Braille Day is celebrated every year on the 4th January, the birthday of Louis Braille. Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers, and it is used by people who are blind or have low vision. The system was invented by Louis Braille when he was just fifteen years old, and it has been helping people to read and write for over 200 years.
On World Braille Day, we celebrate the life of Louis Braille and the incredible gift that he has given to the world. We also remember that blindness is no barrier to achievement, and we celebrate the accomplishments of all people who are blind or have low vision.
Happy New Year
A very happy New Year to all…. we couldn’t finish 2022 without a party and fun day with a live performance from Steve Barclay.
We are all looking forward to 2023 with our residents, staff and families here at Tennyson Wharf making lots of meaningful memories.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to Summer and we have lots of fun things planned - all welcome.
Coffee Morning - First Thursday of the month
Come along and make new friends, 1st Thursday of the month - all welcome.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Tennyson Wharf can offer you.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the impact a Volunteer can make on the lives of our residents, do you have any spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel - police, ambulance and fire services, district nurses - come and take a break on us, there maybe a cake or two available....
