Activities at Wykeham House 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.
Rachel Stevens
I joined Wykeham House in October 2022 but I have worked doing activities in care homes since I left College, I began volunteering in a local home when I was 15 years old and then took on my first job in a care home when I was 18. I have enjoyed extending my knowledge to improve my work and have a Level 2 in Dementia Awareness, Domestic Abuse Awareness and Mental Health Awareness. I have also attended courses on End-Of-Life Activities as well as Dementia focused Activities. I love what I do and for me it is important that every day is a new day for our residents with new opportunities and a smiling face to come with it.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Wykeham House Care Home
Deliveries to our local Nursey
Today respresentative's from Wykeham House delivered packages into our local Childrens Nursery,'fennies day nursery'. The packages included books for the children to take home, titled 'Grans New Home' and 'Grandads New Home.' An excellent read for any young person.
'Tis the season to be Jolly
The staff and residents had such fun 'decking the house with boughs of holly' and all that is festive. W are aiming to have the best Christmas here at Wykeham House. Our decorations are up. Let the fun begin.
Cool Christmas Cake's
Staff and residents at Wykeham House had so much fun decorating the homes Christmas Cakes. One was for the annual Barchester 'best cake' competition, where all Barchester homes take part with our residents decorating each cake. The cakes, of course, this year will be entered electronically . The another one was just for us, because we feel we deserve it.
Food Bank Donations.
Staff at Wykeham House collected and donated to the Food Bank in Crawley. Metro Cars delivered the donations to the local community that are either isolating or vulnerable in our current situation.
Santa has arrived early this year.
Santa has arrived early this year and is living in our Memory Lane Garden. The Residents and Staff are so looking forward to all the fun and events that are happening here at Wykeham House through out December we believe a very exciting time is ahead.
Armistice Day
This Armistice Day, Wykeham House held a small coffee morning whilst we watched the service on BBC TV and recognised 2 minutes silence.
