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
St Patrick's Day
We celebrated St Patrick's Day this week with plenty of Guinness, live music, dancing, home made Irish pastries, Baileys Irish Cream and a lot of fun.
We will happily use almost any date as an excuse to have a party!
Labra-doodle Fun!
We had a lovely volunteer Maggie visiting with her Labra-doodle Betty. Betty is 3 years old and she is a lovely girl with a gentle manner.
Maggie and Betty visited us for a first time this week and have been truly spoilt by the love, joy and kindness from residents and families.
Maggie and Betty are looking forward to visit us regularly and becoming a part of Alice Grange family.
Random Acts Of Kindness
Yesterday we celebrated Random Acts Of Kindness Day by handing out chocolates and kindness cards throughout the day.
We all took time out to to chat and share a quick laugh together. The whole team was pleased to get a lovely and unique message in their card, and everyone appreciated the chocolates!
Kindness and teamwork ensure that Alice Grange is a happy home.
Valentine's Day
Dress making, painting and various other artistic activities. Our residents have been using their creative skills to decorate the home and show off their abilities in the run up to Valentine's Day.
Big Garden Bird Watch
Our residents are getting ready to take part in the #BigGardenBirdWatch, celebrated on the 28th of this month.
The residents are having lots of fun preparing the garden and enjoying the spring sunshine in our beautiful gardens.
Relaxing Post-Christmas
Our festive season was full of numerous live music performances, animal therapy visits, expert-led cooking demonstrations, competitions, great food, games, fun and laughter.
As the year winds to an end, we have been relaxing and eating the last of our Christmas chocolates. Some of our residents have been using their skills to create beautiful flower arrangements with which to decorate the home, whilst others have been listening to (non-Christmas) music and playing games.
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
