Activities at Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Paula Lourenco
Hello, my name is Paula and I’m the Activities coordinator at Tewkesbury Fields care home. I’ve joined Barchester healthcare in 2020.
As part of the lifestyle enrichment team, I will be organising daily activities, ensuring that residents have varied activities to choose from each day. I love enriching our residents’ lives, creating memories and be able to provide meaningful activities to each one of the residents living at Tewkesbury fields.
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 Tewkesbury Fields Care Home
Birds of prey
We've welcomed Jenny from Wren’s Birds of Prey who brought three beautiful owls.
Residents greatly enjoyed learning about the owls and how important conservation is for the UK to continue to have such incredible birds living in the wild.
It was such an incredible experience to be up so close, to touch, hold each of them, and to include bedroom visits.
Thank you Jenny for a great afternoon, it was a fantastic experience.
Gaia Exhibition
Some of the team members and residents got to see this marvellous exhibition by Luke Jerram!
"Internally lit, Gaia comes into its own during the evening when the light is low and there is a more profound sense of what it might be like to see Earth from space. A specially made surround sound composition by BAFTA award winning Composer Dan Jones is played alongside the sculpture. In Greek Mythology Gaia is the personification of the Earth".
A fabulous experience that our lovely residents got to enjoy.
A surprise visit from Santa and Elf
On Boxing day, residents received a morning surprise from Santa and the Elf delivering presents to everyone.
Each resident received a meaningful gift which they’ve enjoyed opening.
In the afternoon, there were a choice of mince pies, Christmas cake and shortbread biscuits, accompanied with tea, coffee and mulled wine, that was enjoyed by all.
The home was filled with the spirit of the Christmas season, and the joy and smiles on the residents’ faces were truly heart-warming.
It's Panto time!
Oh, no it isn't! Oh, yes it is!
Residents, families and staff have had a wonderful afternoon out watching "Beauty and the Beast", at the Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury.
One Resident, said: “It was lovely to see the different generations on stage and the interaction with the audience was wonderful to be part of. Having moved to the area to be near my family the sense of community spirit is evident to see in Tewkesbury and the trip to the theatre is one of many I have enjoyed living in the area." What a fabulous performance!
Happy 80th Birthday Pat!
A fantastic birthday wish was granted!
For the special day of celebrating a big 80th birthday, we've asked Pat what cake and meal she wanted.
Pat requested an Angel Food cake and KFC for her meal.
Well done to our Head chef who has never made this type of cake before! Pat commented that it was very good, and it has brought back many memories, as this was always the cake Pat used to have for all her birthdays.
Oh, and the dark chocolate bar
Together, the team and Pat's family, we made the wish come true and Pat has had a lovely day!
Mince Pie Anyone!
Anyone for a freshly home-made mince pie?
Rolling pin ready, all ingredients prepared, table all set up and residents excited to pull their sleeves up to make mince pies
Baking is one of the many residents' favourite activities at Tewkesbury Fields. So this month, it's all about involving all Christmas flavours.
We began with the famous and tasty mince pies. Ohhh, they were delicious.
Upcoming events
Memory Café
We support our local community by holding alternate monthly groups, specifically for those living with dementia and their carers.
