Activities at Woodside House Care Home
Activities at Woodside House
Our activities team deliver a wide variety of mentally and physically stimulating activities and events for those we support, including coffee afternoons, which we hold every month for the local community, regular outings in our minibus, and visits from entertainers and musicians. Monthly resident meetings help us to ensure that those living here are getting the most out of our activities programme, and that our social events reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible. From growing our own vegetables to making giant paper-mâché animals, there is always something fun going on at Woodside House.
Sam Lake
My name is Sam and I lead our Activities Team at Woodside House.
I have been at Woodside House since 2004 and I love it here. I am responsible for ensuring that the residents are able to participate in sociable, fun and rewarding activities. My team and I are very passionate about our work and love putting smiles on the residents' faces.
We involve the residents in the planning of our activity calendars and encourage residents to continue with the hobbies that they have enjoyed throughout their lives. We will support every resident to try new things and we love learning from our residents every day.
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 Woodside House Care Home
Cool Treats
On our very hot days we have been keeping cool by having an ice cream or two. Residents really enjoy picking what ice creams they would like and we reminiscence about how much ice cream has gone up in price and how there are so many these days to choose from.
Garden Visits
Our ongoing garden visits are proving to be very popular and our residents are enjoying being reunited with their love ones. Pictured is our resident, George, enjoying a visit from his cousins to celebrate his 97th birthday.
Beach Day
When we had our resident meeting, they said that one of the things they miss was getting out on the minibus and wanted to go to the seaside, so we had a day at the beach.
Furry Friends
We are very lucky here at Woodside; we have had a lovely morning with a visit from our furry friends!
World Chocolate Day
We celebrated World Chocolate Day with a tasting session, which our residents really enjoyed. We reminisced about how the chocolate paper has change over the years and which chocolate was our favourite.
Royal Celebrations
As part of the celebrations surrounding the Queen’s birthday, residents and Kim, our Head Chef, spent the morning reminiscing about her and planning an iconic feel to a cake for Barchester’s cake competition.
