Activities at The Wingfield Care Home
Here at The Wingfield our activities team provide a varied and interesting range of activities for all residents. We are registered with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) and we take pride in delivering activities that will enhance residents lives and bring happiness and a sense of purpose. Our cooking activities are very popular, as well as the regular book clubs, coffee mornings, skittle matches and bus trips. We provide one to one support for those who are unable to attend activities and we have tea dances, musicians, quizzes, music and movement, as well as our giant scrabble board! But most importantly we have fun! Relatives are always welcome and there is always much laughter and smiling faces during our activities. We take pride in what we do and we continually strive to enhance residents lives through meaningful activity.
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 The Wingfield Care Home
Magic Table
The Wingfield are proud to have recently had a Magic Table installed, which is an interactive light projector, designed to support residents living with dementia by keeping them engaged through specialised games. To celebrate, we launched the Magic Table with members of staff from Wiltshire College Health and Social Care and Alzheimer’s Society joining in in with residents.
Trip to Dilton Marsh
We all enjoyed a lovely afternoon trip to Dilton Marsh Fairways Café. We were spoiled with delicious cakes and enjoyed the scenic drive back.
Songbirds Choir Performance
A resident’s wife sings for the Songbirds Choir who kindly came to The Wingfield to showcase their musical talent. Their whole performance was uplifting and everyone enjoyed socialising and an afternoon tea afterwards.
Children Bring Joy Through Penpal Scheme
Siblings, Grace and Jacob wanted to do an act of kindness and have started writing to residents at The Wingfield. After the residents wrote back, Grace and Jacob came in to the home to meet them in person and residents were thrilled!
Gardening Project
A group of National Citizen students kindly came in to the home to create various wheelchair accessible flowerbeds. Their project was followed by an opening ceremony and an afternoon tea. Not only do they look wonderful, but residents will enjoy maintaining them throughout the year!
Muddy Boots
Wiltshire Equine Assisted Learning were recently awarded a grant from the Big Lottery to run a three year project, offering animal interactions and outdoor activities to people leaving with dementia.
We have been fortunate to obtain a space every Friday, where participants can enjoy working with horses and a variety of other animals including alpacas, guinea pigs and dogs. Participants also have the opportunity to take part in planned activities overseen by a qualified facilitator and volunteers who support the project.
It is well documented that interactions with animals and being outdoors can be very therapeutic.
Upcoming events
The Wingfield Open Day Saturday 27th April
Moving into a care home doesn't mean you lose who you are, in fact we hope it's the opposite as we support your interests and passions join us at our open day to find out more.
The Wingfield Later Life Planning Event Friday 3rd May From 3pm
Join us at The Lodge at The Wingfield as we welcome the Private Client Team from Goughs Solicitors to talk about all aspects of later life planning.
