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

Halloween Celebrations

Halloween Celebrations

The Gruesome Twosome - Sandra and John from Activities - entertained residents and their families with games and stories. A Halloween-themed lunch was available to all and everyone had a lovely time. 

Farewell, Christine!

Farewell, Christine!

Staff, residents and friends said a sad farewell to our Home Trainer, Christine Gray, who left us on Friday 28th October. One of our nurses, Amanda, composed a poem for her, which you can read by clicking here.

National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day

Resident, Margaret, wrote a poem to celebrate National Poetry Poetry - you can see her showing it off in the photo!

Shopping Frenzy Sweeps Across Wood Grange!

Shopping Frenzy Sweeps Across Wood Grange!

Staff and residents at the home caught the shopping fever, so spent a day out treating themselves in their local supermarket.

Gavin Burke

Gavin Burke

Singer, Gavin Burke stopped by to make everyone swoon at his delightful singing voice. Everyone had a great time!

Autumn Newsletter

Autumn Newsletter

The Wood Grange Warbler is back! Please click here to read our autumn newsletter.

Upcoming events

April Newsletter

See what we have been up to in April - we had such a great time

May

Join us for another a'MAY'zing month at Wood Grange

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.