Activities at Cepen Lodge 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.
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.
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 Cepen Lodge Care Home
Trip to Chew Valley Animal Park
Yesterday we had a trip out to Chew Valley Animal Park, we had a thoroughly enjoyable time seeing all the animals and having a lovely picnic. Special thanks to our volunteer Kevin for volunteering to drive the mini bus.
Trip to The Rowdy Cow
This afternoon we took more of our lovely residents out in our minibus. This time we visited The Rowdy Cow in Rowde where we sampled their homemade ice creams which we all agreed were delicious. While some of our residents stayed to have a chat the rest of us visited the animals. Everyone had a great time, staff included!
Dementia café with Wiltshire Police
We had a lovely visit from PCSO Cunningham and PCSO Staples today to launch our first Dementia Cafe session and to advise about the Herbert Protocol and dementia wristbands! Whilst there they got to meet one of our residents, who served as a PC for Wiltshire Police from 1965 until 1990, he was PC 576 Jennings and policed in Chippenham from 1966-1968. This turned into a fabulous reminiscence session, and Dave had a great morning! We will release further information on our next dementia cafe shortly, keep your eyes peeled! Chippenham Police will be joining us again too to discuss this important subject and share advice and support.
Granting wishes
Making wishes come true! We asked Stan if he could wish for anything, what would it be? His answer: a romantic meal with his wife. Our chef prepared a special 3 course meal for Stan and his wife, and they had a private dining experience together. Stan was so grateful and they both had a wonderful evening together. Tailoring our services to individuals needs doesn't just include their care, our residents wellbeing and understanding what is important to them is a priority for us. Our team will go above and beyond to support our residents.
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness for Chippenham Community Hospital NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB. Our Senior General Manager Jade and Activity Assistant Siobhan took residents to deliver beautiful bunches of flowers from this week's flower arranging session. Just look at the lovely smiles on our resident and Chippenham Hospital staff’s faces, it brightened everyone’s day. We also shared lots of information on the community clubs we are holding to support older people in the community to socialise, enjoy good food and learn new hobbies with us free of charge.
Butterfly World!
We had a great day out in the sunshine at Studley Grange Garden & Leisure Park yesterday, visiting the animals and having a walk around before a delicious lunch in the cafe! We admired the beautiful exotic butterflies in the Butterfly World, into the reptile house and then onto the farm park to feed the goats, sheep and farm animals. What a wonderful trip out! Many thanks to our wonderful volunteer Kev Thomson for driving our minibus and supporting us.
