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
Art Therapy
Art sessions are really beneficial for wellbeing, they provide a calm and relaxing environment and enable the resident to express themselves. Painting is good for hand dexterity and our residents always love to show off their artwork around the home.
Bible Group
Volunteers from 'Open the Book' attend the home every Thursday morning to deliver an interactive story from the Bible. Residents and staff are involved in telling the story and the session finishes with saying prayers.
Elvis is in the Building!
Residents celebrated what would have been the King of Rock ad rolls 88th birthday with Elvis Tribute Tony Allgood. Tony donned his Blue Suede shoes and sequined boiler suit and performed dance moves the king himself would have been proud of. All of the residents had a wonderful time and can't wait to welcome Tony back again soon!
Lest We Forget
Residents in the knit & natter group had been very busy leading up to armistice day and created a magnificent display of knitted poppies. The display was hung on the homes sign to allow passing traffic to admire their handiwork.
Remember, Remember
Gathered in the warmth of the homes conservatory residents enjoyed a spectacular fireworks display. The display was all low noise as to not upset the animals in the nearby vets, lots of oohs and aaahs admiring the pretty colours filling the night sky.
Creepy Critters Visit
Residents loved a visit from Zoolab and a host of creepy crawlies, from a giant snail a snake and even a tarantula. Residents were very brave holding the creatures and finding out all about their habitat where they originate and what they eat from the zoolab ranger.
