Activities at Westergate House 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.
Lee Austin
My name is Lee and I am the Head of Lifestyle here at Westergate House.
I support our residents daily to do the things they enjoy and it is extremely important to me that we are offering a premium and person centred service to each resident. I support our residents on a daily basis by providing meaningful and quality activities either in groups or on a 1:1 basis, to help encourage and build confidence while creating an enjoyable environment for everyone. Westergate House is the home of our residents, we as staff are working in it, so it is extremely important to me that we are respectful of that, while offering a premium and person centred service to each and every resident.
I am a trained actor and professional vocalist and not shy in making a fool of myself. If I do that every day to put a smile on our residents faces then I’m happy I have played my part, along with the rest of the amazing team, to brightening their day. If you hear someone singing along the corridor or see them dancing in the lounges, it will probably be me.
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 Westergate House Care Home
Pallant House Gallery Art Lessons
It’s been another fun packed week here at Westergate. Pallant House Gallery, who visit monthly to run our art classes, where here and residents got to make some beautiful 3D postcards this month. We were treated to wonderful music from Mitchell Armstrong and Jo Allam and our residents have been doing an amazing job at our walking challenge with our distance covered so far at over 110 miles.
Donkey Sanctuary Hayling Island
Lovely trip out this afternoon to donate the straw bales from our party at the weekend to the Hayling Island Donkey Sanctuary.
At Westergate House we sponsor a donkey called Poppy at the sanctuary so thought it would be great to give them the straw for their bedding, especially with how the weather is at the moment
Country & Western Summer Party
Our Country & Western theme Summer Party was an amazing success.
We had over 80 relatives and friends visit over the course of the afternoon. Entertainment from Jon Scott, Geoff Valenti and The Gainsbourgh Singers kept the music going all afternoon, Staff were all in western wear and Head Chef Chris and his team created a wonderful American lunch with Pulled Pork rolls and ‘Mac & Cheese’ and traditional desserts which all went down well.
We had superb skills shown on our archery and tin-can alley activities with top scorers of the day awarded prizes. Add on top a visit from the Ice Cream van and a great raffle everyone had a fun time. Thank you to all our volunteers for their help on the day and local businesses that donated prizes.
Cheque presentation to Sage House Dementia Support
A huge thank you again to everyone who came and supported our South Downs Challenge Walk here at Westergate House. We had a visit today from Lisa from Sage House Dementia Support in Tangmere with our final total.
An amazing £722.82 raised for Sage House and the Dementia Support charity!!
Thank you and well done everyone.
South Downs Challenge
Well, we did it!!!! Today, Saturday, in the final few hours we completed our 100 mile South Downs Challenge here at Westergate House.
As a home we have walked 2000 laps of our track, welcomed visitors and family members along the way, instigated new meetings between residents, and of course had quality time with loved ones. We have raised more than £500 for Sage House Dementia Support with the final total raised over £700.
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated both financially and with their time to put in some laps. We are very proud of our residents with what they and the staff have achieved. Well done everyone.
People who have taken part have said how the benefit of the challenge has helped them with their mental health and wellbeing which is amazing to hear. A breath in the fresh air, a fitness boost and the chance to help a good cause has been fantastic.
We all had so much fun and people didn’t want to stop that we are planning another challenge, and this one is a big one much bigger…. watch this space.
Pinks Vintage Ice Cream Van visits before going on an adventure
Another amazing day here at Westergate House. The wonderful Pinks Vintage Ice Cream Van made a visit to us today too, providing beautiful ice cream for all residents and staff. Even some of our residents family members got some too. After that it was a minibus trip for some of our house residents up and around Goodwood and through some of the beautiful villages that surround our area.
