Activities at West Oak 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.
Dawn Davies & Helen Fagan
Dawn and Helen are at the centre of all the activities here at West Oak. They provide an interesting and varied activities schedule and ensure that there is something for everyone. They are passionate about the importance of activities and will go that extra mile just for a smile or a raised eyebrow, whether it's one-to-one time or a group session, inside or out, fun is had by all.
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 Oak Care Home
WOW Breakfast Club at West Oak
We threw open our doors and invited our professional contacts for breakfast in our brand new café area to celebrate the recent WOW refurbishment at the home.
From 8.30am, there was a steady stream of hungry local professionals placing orders for bacon sandwiches, fresh juices, coffees and pastries, with many ordering take-away breakfasts to take back to the office for their colleagues. The sun shone and so breakfast was even enjoyed in the garden.
Everyone was keen to take a look around the newly refurbished home and some people took the opportunity to catch up face-t-face with other teams over a working breakfast.
General Manager, Geoffrey Honour, said: “This was a fantastic morning. We specifically targeted breakfast time as we knew that our professional contacts are often too busy to leave the office during the day, so we wanted to catch them on their way to work.
In fact, the morning was so successful as a networking event that a number of people requested that we host the breakfast club on a regular basis.
West Oak's January Employee of the Month
Many congratulations to Louie Williams who is West Oak's January employee of the month! Manager, Geoff Honour, awarded Louie his voucher with Maintenance Manager, Ben Long. Geoff stated Louie won the award for his flexibility to support two other units as well as his own role. He is always being supportive and positive in all that he does. Ben Long commented saying that Louie deserves this award as he has worked hard and nothing is too much trouble! Everyone has said he is a pleasure to work with!
Employee of the Year Award
Employee of Year Award runs from January through to January each year. Manager Geoff Honour presented the award with a bunch of flowers to Yog Gaha for 2015. He said that Yog is an inspiration in her role, she has been a popular member of staff with her peers and the residents on the Cedars unit, her contribution has been inspiring to us all here at West Oak. Heads of unit Corrine Newland and Dorina Morariu both commented saying Yog completely deserved her award! She has been a big asset to the unit! Geoffrey champion who runs the residents forum said nothing is ever too much trouble for Yog, she always gives that bit extra! Well done Yog!
