Activities at Wimborne Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Zoe Freeman
I have been working in care since 2019 and love the industry. I came from working on cruise ships and running events and activities there which has set me up to be a successful activities coordinator in care. You will never see me without a smile on my face and always bring my fun and bubbly personality to my job. My favourite part of my job is making people cheerful and help make their wishes come true to show people that age is just a number and we can have fun no matter what!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Wimborne Care Home
Beauty and the Beast Pantomime
Here at Wimborne on Saturday evening we all enjoyed the pantomime Beauty and the Beast. The performers interacted with our residents by giving light hand held instruments and parts of the songs in which to play them. Everyone enjoyed the banter from the performers and the amazing costumes.
Christmas Crafts
Wimborne residents enjoyed an afternoon of producing beautiful center pieces for their dining tables for the festive season. Great enjoyment was had in creating them and also having others admire them over the Christmas period.
Christmas Fayre
On the 6th of December we held our annual Christmas fayre. Local handmade craft items were on sale along with a stall specially set up for our residents. This stall was created with donations from staff and families so that residents could enjoy doing a bit of Christmas shopping without the worry of cost.
Residents, families, staff and friends joined us for the morning whilst enjoying hot chocolate or mulled wine and tasty festive treats.
Special Birthday Celebrations
This month Wimborne celebrated the 109th birthday of one of our residents. Staff and residents joined Muriel and family for an afternoon of tea and birthday cake whilst Muriel enjoyed her favourite tipple, a glass of sherry which her family believe has helped her get to the grand age of 109.
Remembrance Day at Wimborne
The day began with a short service followed by creative talks on Remembrance Sunday, which included interactive pictures, video and music.
After lunch some residents joined Gary, Head of Maintenance, along with members of our care staff in the garden where they sowed poppy seeds and placed a wreath and handmade poppies that residents had been working on through the week to create their remembrance garden.
Armchair Travel to Germany
A German themed day was had by all residents. The chef created a menu of German dishes for lunchtime. Stolen Cake and German biscuits were nibbled on by residents in the afternoon whilst watching a musical and a German sausage in a roll for supper.
In the evening everyone got together along with Wimborne’s new manager Shelley to take part in a German themed Quiz and then enjoy a taste of German wine, beer and cheese to end the residents German armchair day travel.
