Activities at Alice Grange Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Penny Allen
Hi, my name is Penny and I am the Lead Activities Coordinator here at Alice Grange.
I have many years of experience working in care homes in Activities, leisure and lifestyle roles.
I love being part of the Alice Grange team and supporting our residents to live their best lives with fun, interesting, and varied activities available every week. I always feel that the residents' input into our weekly planner is important as it gives all residents equal opportunity to explore new interests as well as keeping up with previous passions and hobbies.
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 Alice Grange Care Home
Making wishes come true
Making wishes come true is one part of the work that we do at Alice Grange that we really love the joy it brings to our residents and their families.
For our resident Caroline, her love of the music in particular The Jam and Paul Weller gave our lead activities coordinator Penny an idea as she has a connection to Paul Weller.
With this in mind Penny contacted her friend Nicky (Paul's sister) who arranged for Paul to send a personalised message and autographed a program from the recent This is a Modern World exhibition held recently in Brighton.
We think that smile says it all.
Midsummer Day
Its midsummers Day or as some people know it, the Summer Solstice. Either way it is the longest day of the year.
Our residents at Alice Grange welcomed local pianist Nick Raison for an afternoon of singalong and fun to the tunes of times gone by. I lovely long day was had by all in the sunshine.
Mini Concert for Charity
A Big Thank You!
We are pleased to announce that following our mini concert and barbecue in our gardens on Saturday 17th June where we raised £217.43 that we will be donating to The Treehouse East Anglian Children’s. Hospice to help support the wonderful work that they do in the local area.
We would like to thank Aldi Martlesham Health Aldi UK - Tesco Kesgrave Tesco - The Oyster Inn The Oyster Inn Butley - The Farmhouse Hungry Horse as well as our wonderful Alice Grange team, families and friends without whom none of this would be possible!
Sing-Along with Sally
It was another beautiful and sunny afternoon, we were treated to a lovely sing-a-long with Sally. Residents were singing,dancing,and foot tapping.
We find that music brings back so many memories of special events,people,and places from the past.
Trip to Woodbridge Museum
We had a lovely mini bus outing to Woodbridge Museum. Our residents at Alice Grange enjoyed reminiscing about times gone by.
The Museum was inspired by Ruby Hayward and made possible by the generosity of her relatives and was opened by Sir Ian Jacob G.B.E. C.B D.L. on 20th May 1982 which was on Market Hill but now stands at the new Woodbridge Quay development.
Alice Grange trials Rickshaw
Some of the staff at Alice Grange were treated to a Rickshaw ride around the local area after being waved off by some of the residents.
The Rickshaw is an experience that we were triall9ing for the first time. On our return residents were quick to ask when will it be their turn.
In the coming weeks, we will be taking residents out to enjoy the fun that the Rickshaw brings.
