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
We are one of the first care homes to receive a new dementia care accreditation!
Alice Grange has achieved accreditation for a new standard of dementia care after taking part in a 10 month pilot trialling a new programme developed by dementia care specialists at Barchester Healthcare.
The 10-60-6 dementia programme will replace Barchester's current dementia care programme in order to ensure that the care services provided by our Memory Lane communities for people living with dementia are the best in the sector.
A certificate and trophy were presented to us at a celebratory lunch on 15th August. The presentations were opened by Martin Green who is the Chief Executive of Care England, the largest representative body for independent social care services in the UK.
Lunch at the Brudenel in Aldeburgh
Resident, Mada, said that her greatest wish was to return to Aldeburgh and have lunch at her favourite hotel. So, we visited Aldeburgh and the hotel very kindly gave us a free meal and helped us make Mada's dream come true.
It was a wonderful day; the sun shone and we all came home full and happy. Thank you to the Brudenel hotel for their hospitality.
Pizza and Quiz Night
We had a Pizza & Quiz Night here at Alice Grange, hosted by the wonderful Michelle Medway, to say thank you to all staff for their hard work. It was so popular that we had to spread it out into two rooms!
Kesgrave Fun Day
On Saturday 11th June we enjoyed a trip to the Kesgrave Fun Day in celebration of the Queen's 90th birthday.
Flowers in the Sun
Residents of Alice Grange could not wait to get out and enjoy the wonderful weather. The day was spent in the glorious fresh air, arranging flowers for the home and socialising together.
CPR Training
Alice Grange is so lucky to have a team of staff that are so passionate about learning.
Here you will see some of us hard at work learning and refreshing our memories on CPR and emergency first aid work.
Exhausting, fun and informative.
Upcoming events
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Join us on Friday 27th September as we celebrate the worlds biggest coffee morning in support of Macmillan Cancer.
Car Boot Sale
Everyone is welcome to come along and join us at our Car Boot Sale on Saturday 5th October.
Harvest Festival
Everyone is invited to join us on Monday 7th October as we celebrate all things Harvest Festival.
