Activities at Alice Grange 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.
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.
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 Alice Grange Care Home
International Nurses Day
As well as honouring our own nurses for their hard work, dedication and talent, we also wanted to understand how nursing has changed over the years.
We were delighted to host a talk by retired nurse Eileen, who was able to share some stories and thoughts on the changes she has seen in nursing over the last generation.
As ever we are very proud of our nurses and are delighted to celebrate International Nurses Day with them.
Celebrating VE Day
Victory in Europe Day was a huge occasion in the early life of many of our residents and they have celebrated it every year since.
This year at Alice Grange we celebrated together with music, dancing, cake and swapping memories of previous celebrations. With our very own Shirley on the piano, the whole home was up dancing and singing along.
Happy Birthday Margaret
Our wonderful Margaret had her birthday this week and we were only too happy to help her t celebrate turning..... 21!
Happy Birthday Margaret!
Fun In The Sun
We have been making the most of the sunshine to get out in the garden for our chair exercise sessions this week.
Our weekly chair exercise sessions are a lot of fun and very important for staying limber and mobile for as long as possible. We love being able to use the garden as well just to make the experience even more enjoyable.
It's the little things that mean so much
Our wonderful carers, nurses, activity coordinators, maintenance team, kitchen team, admin team and housekeepers work very hard to make sure that Alice Grange is a wonderful place to live.
Occasionally a resident or family member will drop in with a special thank you and these always mean the world to our team!
Easter Fun At Alice Grange
We had a brilliant Easter weekend at Alice Grange!
Some of our residents visited All Saints Church in Kesgrave to join the Easter services. Our wonderful chef Titus baked dozens of beautiful Hot Cross Buns to donate to the church service so that the whole congregation could enjoy a delicious bun after the service.
We also absolutely loved hosting the children from Grange Farm nursery who came to down to help us find all the Easter Eggs that the Easter Bunny had left in our garden!
The children had a great time gathering the eggs and enjoying a bouncy castle as well! Our residents enjoyed the noisy fun in the sun and some of them even raced the children to find the most eggs!
Upcoming events
Our Monthly Pudding Club
On the last Tuesday of each month we host our themed pudding club, providing a variety of delicious home made bakes and treat for everyone. Come along for free to see more.
Elf Day 2024
We celebrate Elf Day on Wednesday 4th December. Come in dressed up as an elf and join in the fun with staff and residents at Alice Grange
Santa's Coming to Town
On Saturday 7th December the big man himself will be at Alice Grange as we open up our Christmas Santa's Grotto.
Christmas Jumper Day
Get your Christmas jumpers out and ready for Thursday 12th December as we all dress up for the day at work.
Christmas Pudding Club
Join us on Tuesday 17th December from 3pm for a special festive themed Pudding Club to finish the year off in style.
Christmas Party
Join us on Monday 23rd December as we get fully into the spirt of Christmas with a big Christmas Party in the home. Everyone's invited!
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
Cheese and Wine Party
Join us for a New Years Eve Cheese and Wine and Jazz party on Tuesday 31st December from 2pm as we get ready to see in 2025
