Activities at Chacombe Park Care Home

We held a Macmillan coffee morning in our home yesterday, a great way to raise funds to support those living with cancer.

Many members of the public join us alongside pupils from the local Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy to take part. As well as refreshments we had a selection of tasty cakes baked by our chefs. The school children had fabulous fun running off all their sweet treats running around the home grounds before heading back to their studies.

The residents enjoyed being involved in the event, chatting with everyone including the children. Donations are still being accepted, we will announce the total raised as soon as possible!

Fabulous as always... Every week our residents enjoy the benefits of regular and significant exercise. Armchair fitness is voted one of the Chacombe Park residents favourite activities as it helps them all stay active, healthy and smiling together!

Bringing our residents wishes come to life is such an important way to provide tailored life enrichment. This week a few of the resident's had a trip out to Banbury to play a few rounds of 10 pin bowling at The Light Banbury.

It was a fun and highly competitive game with Activities Coordinator; Melissa the clear winner! Then everyone decided they wanted a McDonald's... so that's what they got! It was great trip enjoyed by all.

Open day at Chacombe Park was wonderful. We'd like to send a big Thank You to all those who joined us to meet the manager and take a tour of our newly refurbished home.

Our guests and residents enjoyed live entertainment with singing sensation the lovely D'Artagnan with his range of musical styles that had us all up and grooving! In the afternoon they took part in a bit of archery, guided by instructor Helen from Integr8Archery. 

The residents and family members and of course our General Manager and the staff got involved with the arrows of fun!

A few of our resident's enjoyed a Tea party in our home today. They enjoyed some wine and delicious freshly made cakes baked in the home by our talented chef Summit. It was a lovely way to spend the afternoon, relaxing, treats, and some wonderful conversation amongst themselves and our staff.

A Friday treat for some of our residents today. We took a few of them to our local pub, The George and Dragon in Chacombe village. It's always nice to see our residents in a different environment, having a bit of banter and relaxing together over a lovely pub lunch.

Happy birthday to one our lovely residents, the delightful Denise.

The staff and residents all made a fuss of her throughout the day and sang Happy Birthday as the cake arrived. It was beautifully baked and decorated by our newly appointed Head Chef John.

Everyone agreed, after tasting it, we can't wait for the next birthday! 

A few of the resident's enjoyed a trip to Barn Farm Plants in Wardington. It's a wonderful garden centre with a Cafe where they enjoyed coffee and delicious cake. They also enjoyed a bit of a browse around the Antiques shop, and loved admiring the flowers whilst taking a stroll through the relaxing aroma of all the beautiful lavender plants

A few of the resident's enjoyed a trip to our local pub for lunch to celebrate resident John's birthday.  After enjoying  their choosen pub grub lunch we all sang Happy birthday to him as he was presented with a lovely cake baked by our lovely chef Gillian!

We are delighted to announce that our residents, their families, friends, and staff have chosen Jebciya as Chacombe Park’s Employee of the Month for August 2025.

Jebciya has been recognised for her kindness, compassion, and unwavering dedication. She goes above and beyond in caring for our residents and is always there to support their families during challenging times.

We are so thankful to have you on our team, Jebciya! Congratulations on employee of the month for August 2025!

Another trip out to our weekly dementia choir at Winchester House School. It was another amazing session run by Laurence and the team. The residents had a wonderful time singing a variety songs from Elvis Presley to John Lennon.

One classic tune "Is This the way to Amerillo" caused a debate as to who wrote the song, this was resolved during refreshments!

Sunday morning saw some of our residents take a trip to church for Sunday service which they look forward to each week.

After the service they had a bit of chitchat with fellow parishioners over a cuppa and biscuits. Keeping, and making new community connections is so important for our residents continued wellbeing. 

In the afternoon they enjoyed a walk around Chacombe village where they were greeted by a few local people and their four-legged friends who stopped to introduce themselves.

The residents in our home today were treated to a bit of animal therapy with Herbie the dog. 

He visited residents in their rooms and around the home, he loves all the attention and brought so much joy to the residents. Margaret said Herbie had made her day!

At Chacombe Park we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends. Today qe got our gloves on for a bit of garden maintenance. Some of our residents enjoyed getting hands on with a bit of weeding as others did a little general tidying up of the garden area. 

John was in charge of explaining to the fellow residents which were flowers and not weeds!