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
Sunflower fields
The weather has been beautiful her at Tennyson Wharf. Perfect weather for growing our Sun flowers, we planted the seeds back in March and some are now towering over our residents.
We also enjoyed looking at the gorgeous wild flowers that are in full bloom at the front of our home which were planted by our fantastic gardener Derrick.
Farm life for Tennyson residents
Tennyson Wharf was full of animal mischief on Wednesday when our residents took a trip to the local farm.
Residents at Tennyson Wharf Care Home were pleasantly surprised to see animals such as donkeys, geese and rabbits roaming around their garden at the Bransby Horses Farm and cafe
General Manager Sarah Noutch said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their unusual visitors today. We knew that having the farm here would be a bit of fun for all our residents, especially as some find it difficult to go on many outings in our minibus. We are always looking for new activities for the residents and today we have seen the seen the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people.”
Chippy Teas all around at Tennyson Wharf
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Tennyson Wharf care home in Burton Waters had a fantastic time celebrating National Fish & Chip Day on ‘Fryday’ 2nd June, surely one of the best days of the year!
Head chef Dawn whipped up a selection of different flavoured batters for residents to try along with some home-made tartare sauce and mushy peas, everyone had a great time guessing the different batter ingredients. The sun was shining so residents took to the garden to eat their fish and chips.
Fun at the Beer Garden
As the summer sun shone down on Tennyson Wharf, our wonderful residents and colleagues headed to the beer garden.
We enjoyed a lovely afternoon courtesy of hosts at the Woodcock's Pub.
Our residents laughed and reminisced together as took delight in enjoying their favourite beverages and pub snacks.
We look forward to visiting our favourite local again in the near future.
Local artist visits Tennyson
We had a lovely relaxing, creative afternoon this week when a local artist Louise Earnshaw L Earnshaw Artist came in.
We were taught how to use watercolours to paint some beautiful spring flowers. We all enjoyed being creative and were very proud of our paintings.
Close Encounters of the Furry Kind
Residents and Colleagues at Tennyson Wharf Care Home in Burton Water, Lincoln were treated to a visit from a pair of beautiful therapy pets.
Therapy Dogs have a wonderful calming effect and the residents love to stroke them, talk to them and play with them.
The home was visited by Jazz and Jueves, two beautiful therapy dogs caused a great deal of excitement. All of the residents enjoyed the visit, they petted and fed the animals who seemed to appreciate meeting their new friends.
Upcoming events
April
As we step in to April and a fun filled month ahead we hope you can join us - all welcome.
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....
