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
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.
International Nurses' Day at Alice Grange
At Alice Grange, we celebrated International Nurses' Day with style. We enjoyed music from Martlesham Brass and every nurse received beautiful flowers. We are so lucky to have a full team of nurses and, with Barchester's excellent training scheme, watch them progress with their careers.
One of our nurses said, "I love my job. The management are excellent and the staff are always smiling and ready to help. Barchester provides excellent training and they encourage us to learn, teach and develop."
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
