Activities at West Abbey Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, as well as visits from the Donkey sanctuary, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our Cheese & Wine evenings and BBQ's in the summer, that we encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained. We encourage our residents to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can to ensure that life at West Abbey is fun and active for all.
Ryan Palmer
Hello, I'm Ryan and I joined West Abbey in 2018 in Hotel Services team where I was nominated 2 years running in the Barchester Care Awards by residents and their families. I moved to Activities in June 2021 which suits my outgoing personality. I know our residents well and love seeing their enjoyment of the entertainment we provide plus going out into the community on our mini bus, I have lived in Yeovil all my life so know all the best places to visit. The team call me the 'IT hero' as I'm always able to resolve the connection issues with our virtual events and our computer / tablets!
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 West Abbey Care Home
Mothers Day
Here at the West Abbey we celebrated Mother’s Day with a delicious home cooked roast prepared by our in house Head Chef. The lovely food was followed by afternoon tea and a sing along! Our residents were celebrated by their children and it was great fun for all.
Networking Business Breakfast
The team here at West Abbey have begun there monthly Networking Breakfast today and with it being International Women’s day we had the very inspirational Amanda who is Yeovil’s town Clerk. If you would like to join us for the next Networking Breakfast here at West Abbey on Friday 5th April then you can just pop along or give us a call.
Mini Bus Trip
Our residents here at West Abbey we have been busy on a mini bus trip was to Nine Springs cafe and country park! We took a lovely scenic walk down along by the water and encountered some friendly ducks. The residents loved every minute and we cannot wait to go our our next trip.
Fundraising
Residents and staff here at West Abbey put the ‘fun’ into ‘fundraising’ with their community bingo’s, afternoon tea’s and other events, along with raffle’s and tombola’s to raise money for The Lords Larder food bank in Yeovil. The Lord’s Larder Food Bank is a local ‘bank’ of non-perishable in life ambient food operated by volunteers from churches in and around Yeovil.
Bingo Bonanza
Here at West Abbey Residents were keen to get involved with Barchesters first Live Virtual Bingo Bonanza, playing with other Barchester Homes from around the country. We were so excited that one of the residents teams won the full house a massive congratulations to them.
Pub Trip
Here at West Abbey we have taken a trip to our local pub The Prince of Wales! At our recent resident meeting it was mentioned they would love to take a trip to the pub so we implemented this and it was so thoroughly enjoyed!
