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
Halloween celebrations
Residents and colleagues got in to the spirit of Halloween by decorating the home, creating Halloween decorations, holding a pumpkin carving competition, hosting a themed Halloween cinema afternoon with ghoulish treats, having a disco with Halloween-themed songs and party games.
Oktoberfest
Residents at Thistle Hill Care Centre enjoyed celebrating the world’s largest folk festival by taking part in an authentic German experience, the event began with a German themed quiz, before our residents enjoyed some German folk music, home favourite singer Rochelle Ayris had our residents up and dancing with a fabulous musical performance featuring ABBA’s greatest hits, finally, no Oktoberfest celebration would be complete with the famous German beverages and cuisine. Our head chef Paul put on a live cooking demonstration, grilling up some delicious German sausages and other themed snacks.
Virtual Cooking Demo at Thistle Hill
Residents had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Halloween-inspired virtual cooking demo.
Alex demonstrated how to prepare a few themed dishes, such as root vegetable tagine, roasted butternut squash mac-n-cheese, chocolate pots with piped biscuits and flapjacks.
Our residents were delighted to be a part of this lovely virtual culinary session by tasting the vegetarian dishes from the comfort of our home.
Virtual talk with journalist and novelist, Mike Gayle
We had a great time joining journalist and novelist, Mike Gayle, for an intriguing virtual interview, during which he shared top tips for creative writing with our residents and read passages from his latest book, All the Lonely People.
We were thrilled to find out about Mike’s background, to understand what led him to become a writer and his creative process.
It was a lovely talk, enjoyed by all, especially by our keen writers at the home.
Talent always shines through!
Generations appreciated each other’s many talents at a Karaoke show hosted at the Thistle Hill care home.
The home in Knaresborough held a Karaoke show as part of a celebration of ‘Musical Icon’s’ where residents and colleagues came to perform and watch their older counterparts showcase their party pieces and fancy dress, too.
The Afternoon saw a visit by home favourite singer Rochelle Ayris, as she entertained our residents with the songs by classic icons, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day and the Beatles.
General manger at the Thistle Hill care home. Care home, said “It is always wonderful to hold intergeneration events as everyone learns a lot and sometimes new skills are picked up by both groups.”
Virtual Cruise Experience at Thistle Hill
We had a lovely time joining Paul Hawkins and Lisa Richards from Unilever for an exciting Virtual Cruise experience.
Our residents were welcomed with mocktails as Lisa and Paul took them on a magical journey to 3 mystery destinations, which were uncovered after a few clues.
Paul demonstrated how to create a few of the local traditional dishes, which our residents had the opportunity to try too.
The event evoked lots of great memories and it was truly enjoyed by all.
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