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
Johnny Cash Tribute Jax and Co
We welcomed this delightful duo to Alice Grange. Our residents ask for many entertainers all of different kinds who delight us with many songs from the past.
Jax and Co are local based and the residents feedback was phenomenal. Music is something of a personal taste but everyone was foot tapping hand clapping and singing along to the famous songs that so many of us know. With request like “A Boy named Sue” “I Walk the line “and “Ring of Fire”
Visit from The Mayor at our Open day
We welcomed Councillor Mayor Lynn Mortimer Councillor John Fisher and Dan Cobbett Civic Secretary to our Open Day at Alice Grange.
Our home was a hive of activity with live entertainment from Nick Brown. Our residents and their families along with a flow of visitors enjoyed the music and talking to staff while enjoying a finger buffet made by our Chef Titus.
The Mayor and Councillor John Fisher cut the ribbon to our new cafe area which in the future we will be holding regular monthly community coffee mornings and we look forward to welcoming more visitors to our lovely home.
Woodbridge Museum and Long shed Educational visit
Our residents are really enjoying the visit to Woodbridge Museum and Long Shed this is always a very educational trip and it just shows you are never too old to learn something. All displays tell the story of Woodbridge and its surrounding area by focussing on the lives of a selection of people from Tudor times to present day.
The museum is set in Woodbridge Quay and has lovely walks along the river. We took a short walk along the River Deben and ended our trip with refreshments in the lovely weather.
Enjoying a cup of coffee
We are fortunate enough to live opposite The Farmhouse public house and what better way than to spend a morning socialising over a coffee or favourite tipple. Our Residents really enjoy the social aspect of going for a short walk to the local pub.
Sitting in the fresh air on one of the rare summer days that we are experiencing.
Indian Independence day
At Alice Grange we celebrate and respect all cultures and nationalities. On the 15th August 2023 We celebrated Indian Independence day with a sensory taste of all things spice followed by a traditional Indian themed lunch with Curry, Naan bread poppadum’s onion bhajis and samosa’s made by our Head Chef Titus.
Staff wore badges of the Indian flag and a fun day was had by all.
One of our Nurses Rashmi who is currently on holiday in Indian and no doubt celebrating with her family left a quote on seeing our Facebook post which is nice to know that her heart also lies with Alice Grange while away.
Rashmi Quoted Wow!! At the end of the day it's all about respect for each other being human. And Alice Grange has proven that. Equality and diversity at its best. Thank you Penny for organising .
Traction Engine
We had a mini traction engine visit us today. Our residents enjoyed an afternoon of fun and laughter. It wasn't just our residents joining in the fun, staff and visiting families took the plunge and had a ride around our gardens.
Thereafter there was a Q and A session with Kim and Stuart Hart and 10-year-old Tony answering questions from the residents.
The smell of the traction engine with its steam is what took many of our residents back to the days when there were steam engine trains.
