Activities at Wimborne Care Home

It is time for our annual sunflower competition here at Wimborne. All staff and residents love to join in every year and this day was no different. Everyone lined up to pick their special sunflower seed, from a classic sunflower to king sunflowers and some more exotic species. 

Everyone planted their seeds with love, ready to keep watered in the conservatory until they are ready to be planted. Everyone has been keeping a close eye on their little sprouting seed and hoping they can take home the win this year for best looking, the biggest head and tallest sunflower. 

This has got to be the most important day of the year for our residents here at Wimborne. We have many residents that served in the war and others that remember celebrating this day with street parties and hearing Winston Churchill declare Victory in Europe. We didn’t just celebrate with one day, but the whole week, enjoying celebrations out in the community, taking 15 of our residents to the beach to enjoy a live brass band, meeting service men and even getting interviewed by ITV. 

Throughout the week, we headed out to attend our community centre celebrations and a college where we enjoyed a performance by the children. We then finished out the week with a 1940’s BBQ and party with our friends and family in our courtyard with live music, great food and lots of dancing.   

Now the sun is shining, it is time to head back out to sea! Inspired by our ex-marine engineer, Tim, as well as our resident, Colin, who used to own a boat and was at his happiest when at sea, we decided to get these men back out to sea. We partnered up with the amazing charity Solent Dolphins, who helped make this dream come true. We headed out on our mini-bus to the seaside town of Heath. As we boarded the boat, we enjoyed a gourmet packed lunch from our head chef and headed out to sea. 

We enjoyed seeing all the sights of the Solent, from luxury yachts to black swans. We got to see some wonderful sights and everyone can't wait for the next trip on the water.

The night finally arrived for a wonderful evening full of laughter with friends, family and colleagues. We were lucky enough to be joined by a group of hilarious comedians hosted by the one and only Marcus! 

The evening couldn’t have been better, with laughter all night, everyone enjoying jokes, music and a few drinks with all our favourite people! Thank you to all the comedians who performed and everyone for supporting our night. We can’t wait for the next one.

Here at Wimborne we have many residents that love all our furry friends, but one particular resident's favourite is Owls. Knowing this, we organised for a prestigious company to come in and bring a variety of these wonderful birds along with a falcon to meet our resident June and all the home. 

Everyone loved learning about these wise owls and met different species, from a barn owl to an African dwarf. Nearing the end of this educational session, we were honoured with a flying demonstration and feeding of the hawk. 

Did someone say Easter? This weekend was spent celebrating this religious holiday. Everyone participated in a variety of events throughout the weekend, from chocolate treats to Easter crafts. 

We were visited by our local church that held an Easter service following a traditional lamb roast and simnel cake. We participated in our big Barchester Easter Cake competition and enjoyed reminiscing this afternoon and sharing Easter traditions and stories.