Activities at Cepen Lodge Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Anita Williams
Hello. my name is Anita, I have worked at Cepen Lodge for 5 years, I started as a Senior Care Assistant and now I am the Activities Coordinator which I really enjoy, I love the interaction with our residents and making their days enjoyable. I am always thinking of new activities and events, and ways to engage with our local community for our residents benefit. Cepen Lodge is a great team that I am proud to be a part of.
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 Cepen Lodge Care Home
Gentleman's Club with National Trust
We were joined by National Trust at our recent gentleman's club, for a special session on camera handling!
The team visited with a range of analogue cameras dating from the 1920s to 1990s, and to chat about our experiences of photography. Lacock has strong links to the story of photography, with one of its inhabitants Henry Fox Talbot capturing the first photographic negative in the Abbey - so the team from National Trust were able to give us lots of information on the history of photography.
Everyone agreed it was a really great informative morning, and we had lots of fun taking photos on the Polaroids too!
Make a wish...
At Cepen Lodge we have a special wishing well where our residents are able to "Make a Wish".
A wish from two of our lovely residents recently was a trip to the Cinema. Of course we had to make this come true! So we hopped on the mini bus and went along to the showing of the new "Bridget Jones" film.
It was a fantastic afternoon, we enjoyed some tasty treats and plenty of belly laughs! There is nothing quite like the sweet smell of popcorn...
Valentines Celebrations
Love was in the air at Cepen Lodge recently as we celebrated Valentines Day!
The theme for us was all about sharing the love.....Some of our lovely couples got together for a special Valentines meal prepared by our talented hospitality team. We also hosted a special 'Don't Dine Alone' for our local community, shared flowers, watched some brilliant entertainment and finished the day off with a special Valentines quiz .
It was a special day of celebrating Cepen Lodge style, jam packed and with our favourite activities!
Burn's Night
We celebrated Burns Night in style with a great performance from Ruby Darbyshire on the bagpipes.
We hosted a party in one community and Ruby then went round to visit our other communities and residents in their rooms to play special songs for them.
We then had a great Scottish feast with lots of haggis!
Beat the Blues
20th January was Blue Monday, said to be the most depressing day of the year, a day to acknowledge and address feelings of sadness and depression, particularly during the winter months.
This is a reminder to prioritise your mental health and seek support. On this day, we shared messages of positivity within the team and residents to lift each other's moods, and chatted over a brew with each other about the importance of checking in and connecting with each other.
Baby and Toddler Group
We are now hosting monthly Baby & Toddler Groups on the third Thursday of the month at 10am.
This is a great intergenerational session for our residents, who really enjoy spending time playing and singing along with the children.
