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
Miniature Donkey Visit
Our friends at Mini Donkey for Well-being visited us in February for a morning of pet therapy.
Employee of the Month - December
Congratulations to our RGN, Hycinth, who was voted as Employee of the Month for December.
More Minibus Trips
The cold weather hasn’t stopped us from going out in our minibus every Tuesday. We’ve been visiting all the local garden centres to see their Christmas displays and trying out the cakes in their cafés.
Christmas Events
It’s been a busy Christmas at Woodside; we’ve had visits from the local Beavers troop, primary schools and the Baptist church. On Christmas Day, we received lots of new games and things to do for 2018.
Baking Club
We hold a baking club every other Friday with our volunteer, Denise. Residents really enjoy making lots of delicious treats.
Employee of the Month - November
Congratulations to Ashley Grief, who was named as Woodside House's Employee of the Month for November 2017.
