Activities at Ashlar House Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
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 Ashlar House Care Home
Message from Ellen accompany with Epping Tesco Champion – Claire
It was lovely to get out in the community with Claire our community champion at Epping Tesco and deliver some donations of lovely food and drink hampers to some of the local places such as Ashlar house who welcomed us to an shown around of the home and saw the 105th Resident in person after reading Joyce in the community Facebook. Thank you to the home manager Sharon and the team making care home a better place, we had also visited Open Box, St Clares Hospice and Princess Alexandra Hospital.
In times like the current cost of living crisis it is more important to support families to still have time together without the worry of can we get a cup of tea and a snack, hence why Tesco has reached out to support.
Welcome back to our little pre-schoolers from Bright Horizon Nursery
The Children say the most comical things. Many residents may not have any grandchildren in their life and would otherwise miss out on the fun of being in the company of children,
The children brought a warming smile and enjoyment to our house. A set project will be set monthly. This visit was creative thinking.
Happy 105th Birthday Joyce
Joyce Hunt 105th Birthday is following in the footsteps of her mother, who lived until she was almost 101.
Epping Town Mayor Councillor Christine Burgess and Deputy Town Mayor Cherry McCredie joined Joyce with the Wonderful Children from Bright Horizon Nursery.
Performing Pets Visit
We had our monthly visit from Performing Pets, who brought in 5 cute and fluffy bunnies! Our residents loved the bunnies’ company and we spoke of their habitats, different breeds and fluffiness! Our residents really enjoy Pet Therapy and their visits are always thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated!
Dog Competition
We hosted a Dog Competition within the home and wider community. We wanted to boost community engagement and create links between our home and the community. We had a lovely variety of entries! On Saturday 17th February, all of our residents, staff and visitors joined in to judge the winners for the different categories! There was 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes for dogs and owners for 6 different categories: Prettiest Pooch, Handsomest Hounds, Most Obedient, Best Trick, Waggiest Tail and The Dog The Judges Most Want To Take Home. Winners were announced on our Facebook page and were invited into the home on Tuesday 20th February, which was also National Love Your Pet Day to meet some judges and be presented their prizes! It was a furry good day, enjoyed by all!
Valentine’s Day!
Love was most definitely in the air at Ashlar House as we celebrated a day dedicated to everything love! Our whole home joined in with the celebrations and we all felt and spread the love!
Some of our residents were joined by their loved ones for a lovely couples lunch. We were also graced with Elvis’s presence who spent the afternoon singing both beautiful love songs and sing-along classics!
Throughout our Valentine’s Day, so much love, laughter and joy was shared, as well as fond memories created!
