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.
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 White Lodge Care Home
Jubilee Lake Trip
We took a mini bus trip out of Barchester White Lodge and visited beautiful Jubilee Lake for a nature walk. We are very fortunate to have such lovely places to explore so close to White Lodge.
Please enjoy some photos of our mini adventure! It's great to be able to take our residents on trips again and they look forward to many more trips this summer.
Celebrating Age Outdoor Concert
What a fabulous week! How lucky were we when Bob and Peter came to visit us at Barchester White Lodge and sang some lovely melodies. Their singing voices were wonderful and our residents really love musical events. Our huge thanks and gratitude to Celebrating Age Wiltshire Outdoor Concerts who arranged this event as part of their 'doorstep concert' programme.
Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the performance which brought back many happy memories as they enjoyed singing and dancing. Please come and visit us again Bob and Peter!
I'm in the Mood for Dancing!
Our residents were treated to a wonderful outdoor concert this week, performed by Jessie Fay. She sang beautifully and our happy residents sang along, danced away and even shed a couple of tears when some old time favourites reminded them of happier days past.
Thank you Jessie for a fabulous performance, we all loved hearing your songs. With homes being able to welcome performers again we look forward to seeing and hearing Jessie again soon.
Thanking White Lodge Carers
It is Carers Week and Barchester's White Lodge wanted to treat their fabulous carers with a surprise. Our chefs made this wonderful cake and prepared a buffet lunch for the team to enjoy. Jeanie, Resident Ambassador spoke on behalf of the residents paying tribute to all the staff for their dedication and hard work. Jeanie then went on to present each member of the team with chocolates and a thank you card. We cannot thank our carers enough for all they do.
Al Fresco Dining
With all the beautiful sunshine we've enjoyed this week, we thought we would give our lovely residents a nice surprise. So at Barchester White Lodge, we created an outdoor restaurant so they could enjoy an al- fresco luncheon.
As we moved all the dining furniture outside, one resident caught us in the act, however she was keen to join in and help lay the tables. It was a big success and everyone agreed it was a welcome change from eating indoors. They said it was something they'd like to do more often, so watch this space!
White Lodge Welcomes a Very Special Visitor
We had a very special visitor to Barchester White Lodge this week. Please let us introduce Louis, standing a little over 15 hands and what a polite, handsome horse he was. Our residents adored him and he got thoroughly spoilt with lots of carrots, bread and his favourite treat custard creams!!
Our special thanks to Amy and Clara for bringing him to visit us, he brought so much joy to everyone! Louis - you're welcome back any time and we'll be sure to have a pack of your favourite biscuits and other treats ready for you.
Upcoming events
Pudding Club
Join us for our brand new event 'Pudding Club' hosted by Jenny. Indulge in delicious delights together every 3rd Wednesday of the month.
