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
Chriss' Mobile Toiletry Shop
Chriss visits Wimborne once a month with her Mobile Toiletry Shop. Residents and visitors love a bit of retail therapy in the mornings with her wide range selection of make-up, jewellery, skin care products, perfumes and toiletries.
Game of Bowls in the Sun
We had an afternoon of laughter and fun as residents played a game of traditional bowls with refreshments in the sun. The afternoon was thoroughly enjoyed by all who participated.
Veg Trog
The latest arrival to Wimborne is the new Veg Trog. Residents are super excited to fill and maintain the Veg Trog with all their favourite vegetables, herbs and spices. Head Chef, Alex is also looking forward to incorporating the freshly home grown ingredients into the resident’s meals.
Royal Tea Party
Residents, relatives and friends all got together to celebrate the Queen's birthday with a royal tea party. Everybody enjoyed a delicious selection of refreshments, cakes and sandwiches that were available, whilst reminiscing about the Queen's reign.
Trip to Mengham
Our most recent weekly wakj was into the local village of Mengham. The weather was lovely and warm and residents enjoyed refreshments at the local café in the heart of Mengham.
Care Home Open Day
Care Home Open Day is an initiative that has been coordinated with aims to change perceptions of care homes and invite local communities through their doors to experience life within them.
Here at Wimborne, we had a fantastic seaside-themed Care Home Open Day, whilst our wonderful staff were on hand to provide show rounds of our beautiful home and talk about the wonderful services that we provide.
We enjoyed pre-dinner cocktails and milkshakes and, in the afternoon, residents and visitors played seaside-themed games. We were also joined by Hayling Island Donkeys and The First Responders team, who set up a stall and gave CPR demonstrations.
Lynn & Kerry were in charge of running the traditional sweet and ice cream shop, where there were a selection of delicious sweets, candy floss, sticks of rock, ice cream and fudges.
The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all!
