Activities at The Cedars Bourne 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.
Helen Hudson
Hello. I’m Helen, the Activities Coordinator at The Cedars. I joined the team in 2021 and I have lots of skills that I can use to create an interesting and varied programme of activities, events and celebrations for residents to enjoy. I am a qualified holistic therapist and offer an holistic approach to activities in the home, I love creating new activities that our residents enjoy, taking residents out on day trips and promoting wellbeing through lots of different activities. When I am not at work I love playing my clarinet, crocheting and art - I use all of these in my role.
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 The Cedars Bourne Care Home
A tiny visitor
Michelle from the Laundry Team at The Cedars Bourne brought her new puppy in to meet residents today. The eight-week-old spaniel (pictured with resident Paddy and Receptionist Claire) melted everyone's heart, especially Paddy who used to have two dogs of her own and said how much she misses them. We are hopeful we will be able to welcome our therapy dogs back for their regular visits again soon. We can't wait to see them again!
A 1940s weekend for VE Day
At The Cedars Bourne we commemorated VE Day with a full weekend of music and memories from Friday to Sunday. We started by welcoming Nicky Downs, a local singer, who entertained us in our lovely garden by singing some favourite songs from the 1940s. We all joined in and we are delighted we can enjoy outdoor entertainment again. On Saturday we watched wartime clips and music on a ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ DVD which brought tears to our eyes. On Sunday we had an afternoon tea dance, again with a ‘40s theme which brought back memories of times gone by. It was a wonderful weekend of shared reminiscence.
Enjoying our beautiful garden
We have truly beautiful gardens at The Cedars Bourne and residents love to sit outside with friends on a sunny day, admiring the plants, listening to the river trickle past and watching the ducks waddle across the lawn.
Enjoying our regular creative and crafting activities
Residents at The Cedars Bourne enjoy the range of craft activities offered every week. It is nice to be creative and chat with friends. Today we have been doing scratch pictures and making flowers out of coloured clay.
Restoring our beautiful fountain
The grounds at The Cedars Bourne have been enhanced recently with the restoration of our lovely fountain. Thanks to the work of Head of Maintenance Simon, Head Chef Rich, and Gardener Alan, we are all enjoying the tinkling of water as it falls from the fountain and runs back into the Bourne Eau River which winds its way through our beautiful garden.
Happy 90th Birthday!
Today we celebrated a very happy 90th birthday with one of our lovely ladies at The Cedars in Bourne. We enjoyed party games and shared a delicious strawberry-topped cake made by our Chef, Rich, and decorated with sparkler candles.
Upcoming events
May
May is the gateway to summer and we have lots of fun filled activities planned - all welcome.
Newsletter
We are delighted to share our latest newsletter and hope you enjoy reading.
Could you be a Volunteer?
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.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
For more information why not pop in and see what Cedars Bourne can offer you.
Coffee Morning
Come and enjoy a morning of good company, refreshments and a slice of home made cake.
Professionals Break room - weekly
We extend a warm invitation to professionals in our local community to join us each week and take a break on us.
Retired Nurses Club - 3rd Friday of the month
Once a nurse, always a nurse - join us for our monthly Retired Nurses Club - all welcome.
