Activities at Windmill Manor 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.
Sherry Owen
Hi, my name is Sherry, and I have managed the activities team since July 2015. I am very passionate about my role and encourage each residents to join in with activities as much as possible. We provide a varied programme to ensure that the needs of each individual are met.
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 Windmill Manor Care Home
Fish & Chip Day
Our local fish & chip van came to Windmill Manor to cook fresh fish & chips for all our residents on National Fish & Chip Day. This went down swimmingly well!
Community Engagement
What better way to wish our local businesses of our community a Welcome Back.
We delivered flower bouquets and wooden windmills to represent Windmill Manor, and to hand out literature about dementia as part of Dementia Awareness Week.
We visited Everyman’s Cinema, Café Papillon, Thai Pad, and Robertson's Tea rooms.
St George's Day
Residents and staff of Windmill Manor enjoyed a day of fun, celebrating St George's Day. We really enjoyed the live streaming parade from Trafalgar Square, with the dancing and singing. We then went on to celebrate a delicious East End favourite: pie, mash and liquor.
Close Encounters of the Furry Kind
Staff and residents were treated to an exciting virtual tour of Five Sisters Zoo, hosted by Head of Education, Adam Welsh.
Five Sisters Zoo is a family run zoo with over 160 different animal species from around the world. Originally a garden centre that helped to rehome unwanted pets, the animal collection grew and grew until the zoo was officially founded in 2005. Now Five Sisters Zoo is the most visited wildlife attraction in West Lothian.
Gone are the days when a visit to the zoo was merely a fun day out. Adam’s presentation showed all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at the zoo and explored the vital conservation, rescue and education work carried out at FSZ, and at most modern zoos.
The session explored the fascinating rescue stories behind four lions and five European bears, before highlighting the vital Eurasian beaver conservation work that is carried out at FSZ. Some other highlights included finding out about how and why FSZ helped to re-home two female snow leopards and discovering the captive breeding programmes FSZ are involved with.
Easter Celebrations
Easter colouring sheets were dropped to our local pre-school, Busy Bees. In return for their hard work and beautiful pictures, we delivered Easter eggs for children and Easter cakes for staff.
Vaccine Day: Part 2
Staff and residents received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on 31st March 2021.
