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
Cotswold Wildlife Park
A Wish come true visit for one of our resident's Anne as we went to see the Giraffe's for a day out at Cotswold Wildlife Park. We had an amazing day looking and all the animals and exploring the park and even took a picnic along for the day.
D-Day Celebrations
White Lodge marked the 80th anniversary of D Day landing in style by throwing an afternoon tea party to remember. The home was decorated in red, white and blue and we all dressed up and enjoyed an afternoon of music and dancing. We were also joined by the D-Day Dollies who put on a special performance for us all.
Later in the party we had a special visit from a local community group "Swindon veterans" who shared their stories and memories with the residents. We love coming together as a community and putting on special events for the people we care for!
Garden Games
Residents at White Lodge care home played a game of croquet on the garden to celebrate senior health and fitness day! After some practice and a lot of balls hit, residents joined in with a friendly introductory game. Starting with the basic rules, residents played the games in turns in the home’s beautifully manicured gardens. The game was made accessible for all.
One of the residents added, “What a wonderful activity this was. I love getting the chance to learn something new and I had so much fun participating in a new sport, and I loved it too.”
National Biscuit Day
Celebrating National Biscuit Day the only way we can....by making and indulging in tea and biscuits all day! We got together in our activity room to do some morning baking before testing out our own work, whilst also enjoying some more traditional biscuits that Britain loves!
Garden Party 2024
It was Our Garden party at White Lodge. Thank you to Swindon Brass who joined us for the celebrations and put on a brilliant performance. A huge thanks to everyone involved, including staff, volunteers and our wonderful residents and relatives in making the part a great success! Role on the Summer Fete
A bit of retail therapy
We love a bit of retail therapy at White Lodge! We a wet day so couldnt get out in the sunshine so decided the best think to do was tea and cake and a bit of shopping in Swindon! We love seeing the residents getting out and picking new clothes and its always important to ensure we provide life enrichment opportunities every week in our home
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.
