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
Make a wish come true!
Here at Woodside we made a wish come true! One of our residents used to ride horses throughout her child hood. Her wish was to go and see some horses, so, we took a trip to Redwings Horse Sanctuary. Our resident was delighted to spend the morning exploring the horse sanctuary and meeting all the lovely horses and their carers. Our resident was so happy!
Flower arranging
Woodside house took a visit to the local supermarket to pick up flowers so that we could create some lovely bouquets. A very therapeutic afternoon had by all.
Pet Therapy
Here at Woodside house we had a lovely visit for our pet therapy dog buddy we all really looking forward to these vits and a lovely cuddle from our four legged friend.
Elvis is in the building!!
Here at Woodside House we had a special visit from ........ Elvis.
Just look at our lady’s faces Elvis is a firm, favourite Lots of toe tapping and clapping.
Music is always the best therapy .
A walk in the fresh air and a trip to the shop
We had a wonderful day today, taking our residents out on a walk in the fresh air and popping in to our local shop. We all had a lovely time and our residents said how nice it was to get out and about and do normal things.
A visit from the Miniature Donkeys
What a wonderful visit we had here at Woodside House from the miniature donkeys. It was so lovely to have you back and to see what a difference animal therapy can make to the lives of our residents. We can't wait to welcome you back again soon.
