Activities at Chacombe Park Care Home

Residents enjoyed afternoon at the farm having plenty of cuddles with newly born lambs. Residents were greeted off the minibus by team members at Hadsham farm and were so grateful to be given a guided tour around the farm and all its animals, visiting the pregnant ewes, as well as the little chicks and piglets. Followed by delicious coffee and cake in the glorious sunshine after they finished exploring around the farm!

The home hosted a quiz night, to raise money for a local hospice Katherine House. The community support for the event was outstanding and after 8 rounds of quizzing it ended with a tie break question to decide the winning team. There was also a raffle to help raise more money for this wonderful cause, with our raffle prize winner taking home a fabulous hamper of goodies! All in all we raised an amazing amount of money £250 for Katherine House Hospice.

Residents were filled with joy to visit the Butterfly farm in Stratford upon Avon, Hatton Country world and Cotswold wildlife park. During their visits they were able to see animals and wildlife from all around the world, as well as see spring lambs that had only just been born. Residents had the chance to feed some of animals hold the little furies and get up close with some of the big five lions and Rhinos!

Residents had a fantastic afternoon of live music from the Rock Choir. Residents, friends and families enjoyed all genres of music, sang beautifully by all the members of the choir the choir sang two sets, with a break in the middle for delicious tea and cake! The afternoon ended with residents on their feet dancing to ‘I wanna Dance with somebody’ by Whitney Houston! A big thank you to the Rock Choir for an absolutely fabulous afternoon of music!

We have had two very special visitors today, lollipop and moomin. The Shetland ponies visited around the home, and even travelled in the lift. Residents were delighted to see the ponies visiting, they brought so much joy, what a great way to spend the afternoon!

Residents and staff have enjoyed a fantastic day out in Birmingham to watch the greatest of all romantic ballets Swan Lake, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia performing Tchaikovsky’s superb music. The story of this magnificent ballet tells the tale of Prince Siegfried who is out hunting one night when he happens upon a flock of graceful swans. When one of them turns into a beautiful woman named Odette, the Prince is utterly smitten – but Odette explains that she’s fallen under an evil spell cast by the dreaded Rothbart, which keeps her in swan form from dawn to dusk. Can Siegfried break the spell and smooth the path of true love? We travelled from Banbury to Birmingham on the train and enjoyed the spellbinding performance at Birmingham Hippodrome, it was a superb day out and we're very much looking forward to our next visit to the Hippodrome to see My Fair Lady in March.