Activities at White Lodge Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators here at White Lodge enjoy the fulfillment of helping residents feel important and a part of something. Meaningful moments are created through laughter and comfort. A varied activities programme is offered for the betterment of residents' bodies and minds, including music for health, 'Oomph' sessions and chair Zumba, in addition to coffee and cake groups that all inevitably lead to giggles and old fashioned singalongs. Also, we organise parties, trips out, walks in the country, bus outings and wonderful entertainers to visit our home. A sneaky tipple is always welcomed with cheese and crackers and, at the end of the day, it is important to go home knowing our activities have made a difference.
Shayla Sharmeen
Hi my name is Shayla and I'm the activities coordinator here at White Lodge.
Prior to taking the position, I joined White Lodge as care assistant in 2022 and loved every minute of my role. My passion is very much in supporting the day to day lives of the people we care for, it is important to me that our weekly calendar offers rich experiences with music from live entertainers, as well as arts and crafts tailored to individual abilities.
Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular family and friends’ meetings we can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining White Lodge that will make for an enriched activities program to be developed, one that keeps them at the heart of the local community. I look forward to getting to know you, and your loved ones.
We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here to contact me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
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 White Lodge Care Home
National Ice Cream Day
Who doesn't like an ice cream day?
Today we celebrated ice cream day by making sundaes in different flavours and toppings. We had strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, kiwi, mango, cherry, walnut, chocolate chips, sprinkle, jello, chocolate stick and so many more toppings to choose from! We even made a banana split with the help of the team! We couldn't wait till tea time to eat our sundaes, we finished right after we are done making them!
Around the world with Pudding Club
At White Lodge we promote and respect diversity. We have team members from different countries around the globe. We celebrated Puddings around the world, where we had puddings from different countries. Please do comment and let us know which is your favourite puddings…!
Teddy Bear Picnic
We had great fun celebrating our teddy bear picnic with a spectacular performance by The Cast of Stage Struck. The residents loved selecting their favourite teddies and taking them into the beautiful grounds of the home to enjoy a delicious picnic. The hospitality team put together some lovely picnic including cupcakes, sandwiches, fresh fruits, jam donuts for each of our residents to enjoy. It was a wonderful afternoon and our residents had a great time!
Dementia Choir Fun
We headed back to the Dementia Choir in RWB. It’s been a pleasure to join the Choir in recent months, and is a great opportunity for us to make new friends. We were greeted and welcomed by Lisa Williams and the volunteers. Today's session was themed as around the folk world where we sang folk sings from all the different countries which was a lot of fun.
World Chocolate Day
We had a delicious time celebrating world chocolate day, surely one of the best days of the year!
Our head chef prepared delicious chocolate fountain with lots of strawberries, marshmallows, pineapple, grapes, sponges and hot chocolate on the side!
Peartree Pealers
We spent a lovely afternoon with the peartree pealers handbell team from Purton. The team was surprised to see how well the residents were singing with the tunes! A huge thank you to coming along to see us. We loved seeing everyone involved.
Upcoming events
Love to Move - Senior Fitness Day
Join us on 18th June from 11.30pm for a session with Corrine from Wiltshire & Swindon Sport as she provides us with a fun Senior Health & Fitness workout.
Royal Ascot Ladies Day - All Welcome!
Get your glad rags on and join us for all the fun of the races on Royal Ascot - Ladies Day, we'll be studying the form and placing our imaginary bets, prizes for the best hat!
Open Day - Exciting Changes Revealed
Join us on 28th June from 10am to take a tour of our newly refurbished communities. We have been undergoing exciting changes and can't wait for you to see them!
Fabulous 50's Summer Fete
Shake, Rattle & Roll to White Lodge for a 1950s celebration at our annual summer fete on 5th July 2-4pm. Classic Cars, Buffet, Games and Live Music!
Celebrating Age Wiltshire - Summer Concert
Join us on 25th July from 10.30am to be entertained by the amazing singer 'Frankie' courtesy of Celebrating Age Wiltshire!
Newsletter - Spring to Summer Edition
We're happy to share our latest newsletter, please download to enjoy!
Enjoy a meal on us - Don't Dine Alone
Don't dine alone we're welcoming older people to join us during the week; Monday to Friday for some friendly conversation and a delicious meal - Booking is essential.
