Activities at Thistle Hill 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.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Thistle Hill Care Home
Virtual trip to the Donkey Sanctuary
Across our services, Residents enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of the Donkey Sanctuary Manchester. Residents were thrilled to meet the lovely herd of donkeys, including Henry and his best friend Tiny Tim and to learn more about their every day care. They were introduced to the sanctuary’s work and the impact they make to the lives of donkeys in need worldwide. The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This weekend around our home, the Christmas decorations have begun to fall into place as we look ahead with excitement to the festive season.
Mark was ably assisted by some of our wonderful residents in decorating our Christmas Trees. Elsewhere Jean and Don enjoyed a trip to Skipton Market with Adrian and Ibrahim.
The group had a lovely walk around the famous canal, taking in the wonderful scenery.
A walk on the wild side
Our residents took a walk on the wild side today, with a visit from Tzarkan, a triple morphed carpet python.
He is six years old, measuring about 6 feet and his exotic name is pronounced Zar-Kan whose morphs are zebre, caramel and tiger.
Our residents and colleagues were enthralled by our visiting reptilian friend. Our residents on Ripley and Farnham carried on with our Christmas decorations as we continue to look forward to the festive season.
Skittles art
We'd like to begin by thanking the friends and relatives who attended today's meeting, your suggestions, thoughts and ideas are invaluable to us as we constantly strive to give our residents the happiest and fulfilling lives possible.
In the home Daria and her residents continued the Christmas decorations. As our wonderful colleagues and residents on Memory Lane, took part in some festive themed arts and crafts. Also our residents took part in and had lots of fun with 'Skittles Art'
Skittles Art is mesmerizing variation of the popular rainbow skittles experiment, this dissolving candy art & science activity uses a variety of colorful candies to make pictures and designs that quickly fill in with color from the dissolving candy.
Residents celebrate Barchester's 30th anniversary
This year marks Barchester’s 30th anniversary and celebrations are taking place in all Barchester care services up and down the country across the month of November.
At the Thistle Hill Care Centre. Our activities coordinator Daria hosted a special coffee morning to celebrate this momentous milestone. Our home GM Mandy was on hand to cut the cake, marking our momentous anniversary.
We’ve loved getting to know our residents over the years. Each day is filled with the things that matter the most to them and our care is always tailored to their unique needs and preferences.
We would like to take this lovely opportunity to say a big thank you all families, friends, our local community and our amazing staff for all their dedication and support over the years and always.
The afternoon saw a very energetic weekly exercise class with Chris, Daria and Carole.
Our fabulous resident ambassador Margaret donated a collection of stylish pants to the home, which were expertly modelled by Isobel and the team on Ripley.
Remembrance Day
On Remembrance Day our residents and colleagues joined the nation in remembering those who made the greatest sacrifice and gave their lives across all conflicts.
A group of our residents including two former RAF servicemen joined the local community in paying their respects at the Knaresborough Castle War Memorial Service.
