Activities at Canmore Lodge Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Canmore Lodge care home, in Dunfermline, are looking forward to celebrating spring with a fantastic Spring Fayre taking place on Friday 3rd April 2026.

The home will be hosting a variety of seasonal activities for residents, families and the local community to enjoy, including a raffle, spring crafts, Easter egg hunt, stalls, refreshments and live music. The Spring Fayre promises to be a wonderful opportunity to welcome visitors into the home and celebrate the arrival of spring together.

Residents at Canmore Lodge are excited to take part in the preparations and festivities, with activities ranging from creating handmade decorations to baking treats for the big day. Guests attending the fayre will also be able to enjoy a selection of delicious food and drinks prepared by the home’s head chef, Davis Mathai.

General Manager, Kimberley Laird, said: “We’re really looking forward to welcoming everyone to our Spring Fayre. It’s a lovely way to bring the community together, celebrate the new season and showcase all the wonderful things happening in our home. We hope it will be a fantastic day for everyone who joins us.”

Canmore Lodge is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Canmore Lodge provides nursing care and residential care.

For Mother's Day this year, we organised an afternoon tea for residents and their loved ones to enjoy. We served scones, cakes (including cupcakes made by our baking club), sandwiches, prosecco and hot drinks.

We had such a lovely afternoon celebrating together, filled with smiles, laughter, and meaningful moments. It was wonderful to see everyone come together, and we hope it created some truly cherished memories.  

Our Knit and Natter group, which meets every Wednesday, has been busy knitting newborn baby hats for the local maternity units across Fife. 

Our residents have really enjoyed working on these special creations, sharing conversation and memories while knitting together. Here are some of the beautiful finished hats – all set to be delivered to support local families and their new arrivals.

A wonderful way for our residents to give back to the community and share a little warmth with the newest members of our local area.    

Residents had the opportunity to share memories and chat about teams and matches from past and present. Ronnie Kerr brought in some old footballs and kits to bring the memories to life.   

We are just so happy at Canmore to welcome our wee friends from Lauriston Nursery back to the Care Home. The children came and met with some of our residents and completed some colouring together. 

The residents just loved seeing the children in the home, and we can't wait to welcome them back again on their regular visits.   

Residents at Barchester Healthcare’s Canmore Lodge care home, in Dunfermline, celebrated Mother’s Day with visits and video calls from family members near and far. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.

Staff at Canmore Lodge arranged an afternoon tea for residents and their loved ones, beautifully presented with flowers and prosecco. Head chef Davis Mathai prepared a special menu of sandwiches, freshly baked scones, and delicate pastries to mark the occasion, alongside a selection of cakes lovingly made by the residents’ weekly baking club, creating a warm and celebratory atmosphere for everyone in attendance.

General Manager, Kimberley Laird, said: “We’ve all had a really lovely day.  It has been so good to see family members who were able to visit in person and to have video calls with those who are further away. Our residents and families enjoyed a fantastic afternoon tea prepared by our brilliant chefs. Days like these are so precious.”

Canmore Lodge is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering high-quality care across its care homes and hospitals. Canmore Lodge provides nursing care and residential care.  

On Wednesday 25th March, we had a virtual movement class with The Scottish Ballet. The workshop included gentle, seated exercises set to music. 

We were guided through our exercise via zoom with members of the Scottish ballet team. At the end, we had the opportunity to look at costumes from their production of ‘The Snow Queen’. 

We had a great morning and the residents commented on how great it was to be able to dance again.   

We spent some time painting flowers using watercolours. Everyone was absorbed in what they were creating and found the sessions very relaxing.  

Andrew Morrison at Canmore Lodge in Dunfermline has beaten all the competition to be crowned National ‘Volunteer of the Year’ in the Barchester Care Awards 2025.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,500 residents living in Barchester’s 268 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Team of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’.

More than 5,250 nominations were received from homes and hospitals across the UK. All entries were a very high standard and Andrew is over the moon to have been named the national winner, beating hundreds of other nominees to the coveted title.
 

Residents had an absolute blast going on a trip to the adapted boat ride at South Queensferry with Wet Wheels. Set in the Edinburgh water sports centre Wet Wheels Edinburgh is one of the newest ventures from Wet Wheels Foundation. With the aim to ensure everyone can have access to water in a safe, Barrer free and enriching experience Wet wheels has programmes up and down the country. 

Two of our residents enjoyed a lovely sunny day out on one of the boats at South Queensferry where they had a amazing time. 

In celebration of National Plant a Flower Day, our residents enjoyed a wonderful hands-on gardening activity, planting a variety of flowers and herbs around the home. The session provided a great opportunity for everyone to get involved, spend time outdoors, and connect with nature.

Residents took pride in choosing what to plant and caring for their creations, making the experience both meaningful and rewarding.
Activities like this not only brighten our outdoor spaces but also support wellbeing, encourage gentle physical activity, and create a sense of achievement.

It was a joyful day filled with conversation, teamwork, and plenty of smiles, and we look forward to watching everything grow in the weeks ahead.   

We used the final arrangements on the tables for our residents in the dining room and also as a decoration for Valentine's afternoon tea. We had a great morning doing some flower arranging in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Here are some of the final designs — a lovely way to start the day! 

We used the finished arrangements on the tables for our residents in the dining room, and they also made beautiful decorations for our Valentine’s afternoon tea. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying the colours and creativity, and the flowers really helped create a warm, cheerful atmosphere throughout the home.

A big thank you to everyone who joined in and helped make the morning so special!   

Residents love having the children from Lauriston Nursery into visit, we have enjoyed doing some crafts and singing together! Such lovely afternoons spent together.   

We welcomed the ladies back to the home from Happy Hoofbeats this month. 

They brought along some of their hoofed friends in their Shetland ponies.  

Claws and Jaws! Animal handling at Canmore Lodge with Callum from Cool creatures. 

Residents got some hands-on experiences with some weird and wonderful animals in the comfort of their own dining room. Callum bought a whole range of his fluffy (and not so fluffy) friends for the residents to meet and learn all about.