Activities at Tyspane 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.
Jacqui Conroy
Jacqui and her team devise and plan fun group activities and events for all our residents, including pamper days, gentle exercise classes and music therapies. Regular one to one sessions and smaller groups are tailored to residents specific needs and hobbies with gardening and crafts amongst the most popular.
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 Tyspane Care Home
Flower Arranging
The creative juices were flowing during our flower arranging session, flair & imagination were in abundance, as our ladies enjoyed creating their beautiful flower baskets!
Celebrating 25 Years
Maura Johns celebrated her 25th year at at Barchester recently. Here's to another 25!
Musical Magic
Terry Bond joined us to host one of his magical musical sessions, and everyone had a great time!
Summer Fete
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Tyspane Care Centre to enjoy a summer fete that was held at the home in July 2019.
Tyspane hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, the fete was opened by Barnstaple Town Majorettes and entertainment continued thoroughout the afternoon with Nadine Morrish’s Dancing Feet Accademy and musical entertainment from Dog Leg a local singing duo which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.
Staff at Tyspane made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as cold drinks and cream teas prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!
Resident, John Spear, said, “I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was surrounded by lots of great people, and the refreshments kept flowing. The weather held out until we finished. Staff did a great job, not just on the day, but organising the event and getting everyone together.”
Sara, General Manager at the home, said: “Staff at Tyspane are dedicated to making sure that the home is a hub of the local community, and this event, along with all their hard work, has definitely paid off. It was a resounding success!”
Cadenza Alpacas
The sun was shining at Tyspane on the 20th of June, when we welcomed a visit from the Cadenza Alpacas and Sue - their handler. The residents had a great afternoon interacting with the Alpacas and learning lots about their care, and history.
There were many photo opportunities and also lots of petting and feeding opportunities. This activity was well received by residents, families and also our nursery children that visit us weekly, got the chance to say hello.
Dinner and Dancing
After honouring our local veterans at the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, residents and staff had Dinner & Dance on 15th June at Braunton Parish Hall, music & merriment followed throughout the evening. Everyone had a fabulous time, dancing & singing to the sounds of the Golden Coast Big band, especially our two lovely residents, whom we accompanied to the dinner dance.
The ladies were presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, not only in remembrance & honour their late husband’s heroic actions during the war, but also for their own unwavering support throughout the war. Both of them said it had been an honour to attend the event, and that they had really enjoyed the evening.
