Activities at Ashcombe House 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.
Michelle Martin
I’m a fun, loud and outgoing individual who loves organising fun activities for residents at Ashcombe House (and staff, if possible). I’m very creative and keep the residents very active, both mentally and physically In my spare time, I love doing a lot of fundraising, which usually ends up with me sliding in mud.
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 Ashcombe House Care Home
Cooling off
The garden has been the place to be through this lovely weather with coffee mornings and quizzes on the decking. We even have our own pool to cool off on a hot day.
Summer Show
We were joined by the fabulous Carousel company who performed there Summer Show ‘Best of British’ it took us back through he times of the wireless and those first channels on TV, lots of singing dancing and clapping it was a wonderful afternoon enjoyed by all.
Keep Fit
Exercise is a regular class at Ashcombe and residents are given simple chair exercises and yoga movements to enhance mobility and movement, through gentle stretches and breathing techniques, residents have really noticed an improvement.
Creative with Clay
We had a sensory Art class with Clay modelling, residents enjoyed the texture and coldness of the clay although it didn’t smell very nice. Residents molded sunflower shapes using hands and a variety of tools to make patterns, we are looking forward to painting our finished designs for display.
Bible Stories
Every Thursday Morning a local group of volunteers from the church come into the home and deliver a live interactive Bible story. Residents are involved with props and really enjoy these open the book sessions.
Garden Centre Visit
It has been amazing to get out and about again on our minibus, residents love going out for a drive especially when we pop into a garden centre for tea and cake. Residents enjoyed browsing the shop, identifying flowers and plants before sitting in the café to enjoy some homemade cake.
