Activities at Balclutha Court Care Home
At Balclutha Court our resident’s happiness is extremely important to us. We all know that a large part of this is keeping active and continuing to enjoy your interests and hobbies. At Balclutha Court, we have regular activities including arts and crafts, music, entertainment, trips to local attractions such as canal trips, safari parks and many more. Our activities team are always busy organising events, entertainment and excursions with the broadest possible appeal and many of our residents see living at Balclutha Court as an opportunity to develop a new skill or interest. 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 their interests and capabilities 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.
Karen Dillon
Karen Dillon is our Head of Activities and has worked within the home since 2005, starting out as a Carer. Karen is very outgoing and full of fun. She has many hobbies, with arts & crafts being her favourite, and her passion for this can be seen in our life enrichment programme.
Karen is supported by Kay Millar and Anita Marsh, between them they ensure that residents are happy and have loads of fun.
They are very keen to involve the residents in the decision making within the home to enhance their experience. They take part in the residents' meetings, catering forums and assist the General Manager in interviewing new staff members.
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 Balclutha Court Care Home
Easter Community Event
We always have a great time when our friends from neighbouring homes join us for our community events in the local church hall.
This month was our annual Easter get together, and we had a fantastic day enjoying homemade food, live entertainment and a good old-fashioned knees-up.
Bake Sale
There were lots and lots of tasty treats on offer at our bake sale this month. We raised money for the Barchester Foundation and had so much fun doing so.
Family members and staff donated delicious homemade baking and staff and residents tended to the stall. What a lovely afternoon for a great cause.
Scrabble Afternoon
We love when our friends come to visit for games, especially when it’s one of our favourites (Mega Scrabble).
Our pals from our local daycare facility unfortunately beat us on our home ground, so we need to get some practice in before their next visit.
St Patrick's Day!
St. Patrick's Day is one of our favourite celebrations here in Balclutha. We love to decorate, get dressed up and have a good old-fashioned party.
This year we had live entertainment from the fabulous Gerry Everet, who never fails to get us all up dancing and singing along. Gerry was over the moon to meet our resident Paralympic champion Edmond.
He was a little star-struck!
Day Trip
We enjoyed a trip to one of our local day care centres for a game of Boccia. We had a fantastic time playing and enjoyed socialising. We met new friends and old over a cuppa and a chat.
On our way home, we tucked into some ice cream at the waterfront and reminisced about swimming in the River Clyde. We do love a wee day out.
Play your cards right
Higher or lower, that is the question! We love games here at Balclutha, especially Guessing games.
We decided that May has special powers as she could just seem to put a foot wrong in this game, and she promised she was not cheating!
Upcoming events
April
We hope you can join us in April as we look ahead to our Easter activities and community events in the home.
May
We extend a warm invitation to you to join us throughout the month of May. All welcome.
Looking for a place to host a meeting?
We have a meeting room available to local professionals and community groups. For more information contact the home.
Community Cafe - Last Thursday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly Community Cafe, come along and make new friends! All welcome.
Calling all Emergency Services
Calling all emergency services personnel and district nurses, come and take a break with us! There maybe a cake or two available....
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time? your time could make a difference to someones day! For more information on Volunteering we'd love to hear from you.
Respite - Are you looking for a little care break?
If you're caring for someone, a short stay at Balclutha Court coluld provide the rest and relaxation that you need.
