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
Carers Week
During Carers Week, General Manager, Michelle Medway, treated all carers to sweets and thank you cards as a way of showing her appreciation for all their hard work and support.
Sun Cream and Showrounds
On Saturday 16th June, we held our Open Day. We were blessed with beautiful weather that brought residents, relatives and visitors out en masse. We celebrated with teas, cakes and the odd shandy or two from our very own bar. We opened up our home to newcomers and raised some money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation too.
The Great Barchester Bake Off
Residents took on our bake off challenge and created some delicious masterpieces that were judged by our very own GM. Our 3 teams supplied us with some very tasty red velvet, zesty lemon and coffee cakes, which were soon devoured by both residents and staff.
Our Divisional Winners
Congratulations to Carer of the Year, Emily Birt, and Memory Lane Champion, Kathy Holmes, who were both named as Divisional Winners in the 2017 Barchester Care Awards.
Kesgrave's Big Lunch
We met with local politician, Dr. Dan Poulter, at Kesgrave's Big Lunch. We also met with people who were interested in coming to the home to live and work. Every woman in Kesgrave now has a Barchester tote bag!
We have received a lot of positive feedback about our community presence.
Afternoon Tea
At the request of residents, we had a morning of making sandwiches, scones and jam tarts, ready to enjoy with an afternoon cup of tea. These were enjoyed by many here at Alice Grange - not a crumb was left!
We plan to repeat this activity in the following months, maybe with a glass of Pimm's for Wimbledon.
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
