Activities at Ashchurch View 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.
Sarah Walker
Hello, my name is Sarah and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Ashchurch View.
I have always worked within the care sector and also have experience working with older people in the community. I have a particular passion for those living with dementia and enjoy being able to enhance their well-being as well as having as much fun as possible along the way.
I aim to provide a varied and interesting collection of events and activities for all of our residents and welcome new ideas from families and friends.
As a enjoy being part of a team who are committed to Barchester's Life Enrichment Programme, and strive to ensure we work with mind, body and soul.
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 Ashchurch View Care Home
Gingerbread biscuit making masterclass
Residents had a great time making gingerbread biscuits with our Head Chef, John. Residents mixed the ingredients following John's recipe and asked questions along the way. It brought back some lovely memories and they tasted absolutely delicious! Thanks John.
Christmas 2021
It was a month full of celebrations here at Ashchurch View with lots going on! Residents and staff had lots of fun with the Christmas photo booth as you can see from the photos! On top of all the Christmas celebrations, our resident ambassador continued to hold the weekly quizzes in our homes’ Café throughout December and we celebrated a number of birthday's too.
Gardening Club
Residents enjoyed doing gardening with our fantastic Gardener, Brendan,. Here are some photos of some plants that they have put together outdoors. Can’t beat a bit of fresh air and the wonderful colours of new plants.
Viva Espana
Our fantastic chef prepared a delicious Spanish-themed menu for our residents’ lunch; flavours were “interesting”, as a resident said whilst tasting the pork and chorizo.
We had a little party in the afternoon, by joining in with live music entertainment with Phoebe Appleby singing in our courtyard. Residents were particularly interested seeing the special Spanish dress that Phoebe was wearing for the occasion.
Memory Boxes
We've been decorating memory boxes for our Red Rose community.
Home Administration Champion
Katrina Perry has beaten all the competition to be crowned Home Administration Champion 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 Katrina is over the moon to have been named the national winner in this category.
