Activities at Arbour Court Care Home
Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a variety of activities and events for all residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus, visits from entertainers and musicians and small group and individual activities in quiet yet stimulating environments. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect resident individual interests as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Aimee Pickford
Hi, my name is Aimee and I'm the Activities Co-ordinator & Dementia Champion here at Arbour Court. In 2019 I received my Level 3 Health and Social Care and decided I wanted to help and enrich the lives of others.
I started working at Arbour Court in January 2021 as a Care Assistant and progressed to be a Senior Carer. In October 2023 I moved onto the activities team as an Activities Team Leader. I love my role as one of our homes Activities Co-ordinators and love to find new and exciting ways to engage our residents.
I am also a Dementia Champion and work closely with our General Manager, Lisa and other Dementia Champions to implement Barchester's Dementia Framework within the home.
Being part of Arbour Court's family is very rewarding and I feel lucky to work in a great environment.
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 Arbour Court Care Home
Halloween competition
Residents have enjoyed a selection of Halloween themed activities from pumpkin painting, arts and crafts and have invited members of the local community to enter their Halloween competition, sharing colouring sheets to their friends in local schools to enter with a chance to win a box of goodies!
Garden time
We have loved time in the garden looking at all the Autumn colours and doing arts and crafts to decorate our home so we get that autumn feeling. It’s nice to as our residents get to give Stephen our gardener some wise gardening tips
Helping hands
We encourage our residents with continuing their day-to-day chores and they can be often found helping around the home, they like pottering completing their jobs and sometime can be found in reception simply having a cup of tea and catch up with the team.
Home watch Care Awards
Arbour courts team went through to the finals at the Barchester Care Awards as divisional winners and won the finals as National winners. Staff and residents held a fantastic party whilst watching the awards virtually from the comfort of their chairs, spirits were high and all around there was tears of joy everywhere from everyone when the home was declared winner! It was an amazing time with one resident remarking “it needs to be all the news” The home has received many kind words and received a bouquet of beautiful flowers from sister home, Adlington Manor..
Team of the Year
Arbour Court has beaten all the competition to win National Team of the Year in the Barchester Care Awards 2021.
The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 12,000 residents living in Barchester’s 248 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’.
More than 2,900 nominations were received from homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and everyone at Arbour Court is over the moon to have been named the national winner in this category.
Creative writing with Mike Gayle
We had a great time joining journalist and novelist, Mike Gayle, for an intriguing virtual interview, during which he shared top tips for creative writing with our residents and read passages from his latest book, All the Lonely People.
We were thrilled to find out about Mike’s background, to understand what led him to become a writer and his creative process.
It was a lovely talk, enjoyed by all, especially by our keen writers at the home.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us as we step into the festive spirit!
