Activities at Westgate House Care Home
Our role in the home is fundamental to ensuring that our residents enjoy a fulfilling quality of life. We strive to provide a stimulating, creative & varied range of activities & events in the home, which everyone can enjoy whether they prefer social group engagement or one to one interaction. Residents choice is what we aim to provide to the best of our abilities. We enjoy being creative, sharing projects and discussing with our residents the kind of activities they would like to enjoy. Both indoor and outdoor activities are offered to cater for all tastes as well as regular outings to local places of interest.
Kelly Meadows & Sandra Joseph
Kelly and Sandra have worked for Westgate House for over 12 years, so have many years’ experience. They love having fun with the residents and providing a variety of activities.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Westgate House Care Home
Fundraising event
On Friday 19th August our activity team and a couple of the residents set up a stall outside our care home selling picture frames, that we had accumulated over the years. It was a lovely day for it and created a lot of attention from passers-by. They managed to raise £148!! Which goes towards the residents activity fund. Well done to everyone involved.
Godwin junior school writes to us!
Godwin junior school made some beautiful cards for our residents to read. It was a nice surprise and put plenty of smiles on faces! So our residents made some thank you cards to send back in arts and crafts today. Thank you to Godwin junior school for thinking of us.
Walking Bentley
One of our residents dream was to walk a puppy so our activity coordinator brought her lovely puppy Bentley in so that he could oblige. She was so happy it really made her day!
Southend
Some of our residents went on a trip Friday 22 July to Southend. They had a nice ride in the min bus. They spent some time on the beach, had fish and chips and had a walk around the amusement park. Everyone had a nice day!
Happy Birthday!
One of our residents celebrated their birthday today. Rosemary is 89 years old, she has lived at Westgate House since June 2021. The staff decorated her room for her. She is looking forward to the birthday cake later with her friends. She was delighted with her gifts.
Summer Fete
We had our summer fete and refurbishment grand reveal yesterday. We had live entertainment in the garden with a buffet. A variety of stalls including a beauty bar providing beauty treatments. The sun was shining and everyone had a great time, lots dancing and laughter. The food was delicious. We managed to raise some money for our residents activity fund.
