Activities at Worplesdon View Care Home
Activities at Worplesdon View
The activities team at Worplesdon View organise and run activities and events for large groups, small groups and individual residents. We include relatives, volunteers and the remaining staff whenever possible and encourage choice and participation from everyone we support. Our programme is planned in advance and is is designed provide tailored, meaningful activities for residents to participate in that will stimulate all senses, whist encouraging mental and physical well-being. We have an activity plan for all residents, and of course, this changes with the needs of each person to keep it up-to-date and useful. Worplesdon View is a fun and dynamic place to live and work, and the secret to this is that everyone is encouraged to see activities as part of their role in the home so that residents are happy and always have something to do.
Marsha Bevan
Marsha comes from a past of organising and planning workshops for school groups and running her own business, with lots of connections to different entertainers, she has undertaken the challenge of managing our busy events and activity schedule. Organised and smiley, you can find her filling in spreadsheets, chatting to residents or playing word games - her favourite activity!
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 Worplesdon View Care Home
Mr Magic Hat
Thank you so much to Mr Magic Hat, who visited us in February, you held us utterly, spellbound! We cannot wait to have you back! Charismatic and slick, Mr Magic Hat is the ultimate showman, he wowed us, made us laugh and we're still scratching our heads over his illusions!
Pet Therapy with Stanley
We love animals at Worplesdon View, so we were very excited to have Stanley and Nicky visit us. Stanely is a therapy dog (check the official bandana!) and all round goodest boy! Never have we had so many people enquire about an activity! Needless to say, we are counting down the days until their next visit on Easter Sunday!
Cornish Pasty and Cider Tasting
We had a great time yesterday celebrating Cornish Pasty week, to complete the experience we sampled some ciders too! The tasting went down a treat! We had a mixture of sweet and dry ciders to try so everyone was happy. We followed this with some informational videos and a quiz, do you know how to stop cider turning into vinegar? We do! We now consider ourselves Cornwall experts! Perhaps we should do cream teas next!
Burns Night
Again, we transformed our Bistro into a seasonal community hub, with tartan bows and excerpts from ‘Tam O’ Shanter’ for Burns Night. We were also treated to vegetarian haggis and gravy, a Scottish lingo quiz and Robert Burns Poetry. Every Scot (and Sassenach) was offered haggis, the good news is – it was delicious, that bad news - unfortunately it didn’t hang around long enough for a photo!
Classical Violinist
At Worplesdon View our residents love music, and we make a special effort to make sure we have lots of varied acts visiting us every month. We were very lucky to host Annabel Sheridan this month, classical violinist and pianist. She took us through some of her favourite pieces and created a sense of tranquillity for all present.
Michael Lack Concert
Just because Christmas was over we didn’t want to the January blues to get the better of us, so we kick-started 2024 with a rocking party with Michael Lack – singer and saxophonist! He had us singing and dancing along, we haven’t been able to stop talking about him since! We hope your New Year’s Day was as fun as ours!
