Activities at Ashby House Care Home
Activities at Ashby House
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to enrich peoples lives here at Ashby House. We stimulate people both physically and mentally by organising fun filled, group and individual activities to promote the well-being of those we support.
There are regular outings in our very own minibus and visits from PAT dog therapists, church services, musicians, dancers, and local school children. We also have our very own 'Good Life' gardening club, where we grow our own produce, which we then use in our cooking club. We also host weekly bingo sessions which are proving very popular and are growing in numbers.
Charlotte Arbon
I joined Ashby House in April 2022, I thoroughly enjoy my role as Activities coordinator and love coming to work and having chats with the residents and families.
I listen to the residents and learn about their interest and support them to be involved with activities. When I am not at work not at work I love spending time with my family playing board games.
We would love to have new ideas, if you have a skill you would like to share or would like to be involved with activities please email us at ashbyhouse.activities@barchester.com
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 Ashby House Care Home
Chinese Dining Experience
We held a Chinese Dining Experience here at Ashby House as part of our Chinese New Year celebrations.
Our Chef had made us fantastic Chinese Menu for our residents to enjoy, our Activity Team had decorated the Dining areas and played Traditional Chinese music for a truly authentic Atmosphere.
This event was a hit with our residents.
January Birthdays
This month we have celebrated many of our residents birthdays.
Here at Ashby House we make an extra fuss of our residents on their birthdays. With a freshly baked birthday cake from our wonderful kitchen team, birthday decorations in their rooms, these are the special days here at Ashby House that we truly make special. With events personalised for that special resident on their birthday, such as, Tea Parties with other residents, Pamper sessions, musical fun or exclusive use of one of our Lounges with family members for a private party.
Royal Parks London
Across our services our residents have enjoyed a wonderful live virtual talk about starlings, one of the UK’s most gregarious birds, hosted by Rachel Dowse from The Royal Parks London.
Rachel examined our long history with this bird and the importance of common species to our lives. Our residents had the opportunity to find out more about the great murmuration and why we need to pay special attention to these beauties before it's too late.
The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Christmas Party
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Christmas party and our party was so much fun.
We had relatives that came along to enjoy making happy memories with their loved ones, which is so lovely to see.
Residents enjoyed Christmas music playing that we all know and love and sang along to, and party games to enjoy, such as toss the ring on the reindeer antlers, balloon tennis and selfie with and elfie, we then finished off our Party with a scrummy Christmas Buffet made from our fantastic kitchen team.
Jack and the Beanstalk - Christmas Pantomime
Residents, friends and families had the opportunity to come along and watch a wonderful Pantomime performed by The Carousel Theatre Company. As you can imagine there was lots of laughter from all and it also bought back so many lovely memories for our residents. It was such a great performance and some of our residents have already been asking if they can come back and do another performance for our home next Christmas.
Ashby House Christmas Fete
This year’s Christmas Fayre was a success, we had a great turn out of visitors coming with their loved ones to enjoy the fun.
We had stalls from the community selling their goodies for last minute Christmas presents and treat bags that we had made here at Ashby House to sell.
This event is so welcomed every year, a truly fun festive experience for all to enjoy!
Upcoming events
Dementia Cafe
Join us for our dementia cafe, enjoy cakes, refreshments, activities & a warm welcome. Family / carers come along too, make new friends in a safe space.
