Activities at Wood Grange 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.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Ruby-Mae Walker

Activities Coordinator

Hello, my name is Ruby-Mae and I am the activities Co-Ordinator here at Wood Grange.

My background is working in dance education and production as well as experience in the mental health care sector. I am extremely passionate about my role here in promoting life enrichment within the home and I feel privileged to work alongside such amazing people, and to be a part of our residents lives, spending quality time with them on a regular basis. I work alongside Louise to plan and organise daily activities to suit our resident’s needs, Louise and I are very enthusiastic about our roles and the resident’s well-being is always at the forefront of our minds.

 I love to dance, keep fit by going to the gym and spending time with family.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Wood Grange Care Home

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Introducing 'The Rainbow Table'

Wood Grange Welcomes The Rainbow Table.

Introducing the new technology which is designed to enhance the lives of our residents! With its user-friendly interface and accessibility features, the tablet offers countless benefits from staying connected with loved ones through video calls to accessing entertainment and educational content, it fosters social engagement and mental stimulation. Embrace the future of life enrichment with our innovative tablet technology, empowering residents to live fuller and more connected lives.

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Easter Family Day

What an egg-ceptional Easter Family Fun Day we had at Wood Grange Care Home!

Our residents and their families enjoyed a delightful time filled with arts and crafts, games, an exciting Easter egg hunt, and mind-boggling riddles! And of course, we savoured every moment with hot drinks and scrumptious Easter treats!

105th Birthday Celebrations

Celebrations have been in full swing at Wood Grange Care Home, as one of its residents reaches her 105th birthday in style on the 2nd of April.

Ethel was joined by staff, relatives, friends for a celebration at the home and guests enjoyed a special birthday cake made by the home’s chef Radovan. Ethel also received a card from the King and local MP Gareth Davies. Ethel served in the RAF many years ago where she made friends for life, her colleagues, friends and family always called her ‘aunt happy’ because she was always smiling.

Wood Grange Care Home had asked the local community and businesses in the area to send a card for Ethel’s big 105th , in total Ethel received 65 cards one coming from as far as Scotland. Ethel and the home would like to especially thank Bourne Westfield Primary Academy, Sue Hutchinson Age UK, Paint a Pot Place, Card Factory Bourne, Rosedale Property Agents, and The Sweet Shop who all kindly sent cards. Ethel was also visited by Dr Pears and Denika Wilmot from Hereward practice as they came to celebrate their eldest patient’s birthday. 

Harrogate Chocolate Factory

We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.

Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.

The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.

Beat The Clock

We continue to celebrate a varied life enrichment programme and across our services we linked up with other Barchester care homes and hospitals up and down the country for some interactive Beat the Clock games. 

Our residents truly enjoyed solving word puzzles, conundrums and mathematical problems as part of Barchester’s very own game show series.

Everyone who joined had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

Nurse celebrates 10-years long service

Join us in celebrating a decade of dedication and excellence! Today, we honour Amanda, who has been an invaluable part of our Wood Grange family for 10 years. Her commitment, compassion, and unwavering dedication have touched the lives of countless residents and colleagues. Today we showered her with gratitude and appreciation for all the work she has done in making Wood Grange a warm and loving place. Here's to many more years of making a difference! Amanda made a comment saying, “Thank you everyone for your incredible generosity and for making me feel so special”

Upcoming events

Open Day - 20th April

We would like to invite you to meet our friendly and dedicated team and to find out more about the care services available at our home.

Newsletter - Easter Edition

We are delighted to share our latest newsletter - Easter edition.

April

Join us for a fun filled April - something for everyone! 

Memory Cafe

Join us at our 'Memory Cafe' and meet our highly trained dementia staff who will be on hand to answer any questions you may have or just to have a chat.

Looking for a place to host a meeting?

Looking for a place or venue to hold a meeting? For more information on what we have to offer please get in touch. 

Volunteers - Could you make a difference?

If you would like to become a volunteer or more information on volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.

Emergency Services - Take a break on us!

Come and take a break on us! Calling all emergency services personnel, district nurses, enjoy a warming drink and slice of cake on your break.

Dementia Support Group

Helping loved ones to connect - 3rd Thursday of the month from 1.15 pm. All welcome.

Gentlemen's Club

Come along and make new friends over a game of dominoes, games and enjoy a drink or two.

Knit and Natter

Are you a knitter?  We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our weekly knit & natter group - Every Thursday from 2.00 pm.