Activities at Cherry Trees Care Home
Our activities team are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual social events for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, including the local theatre, as well as visits from Pat dogs, musicians and entertainers. We also host bingo, quiz and knitter natter afternoons that we encourage relatives and the local community to attend. Our Gentleman's Club is also open to non-residents every Thursday afternoon from 2:30pm, join us for a tipple of your choice, we have plenty of snacks and chats. For the ladies, our beauty salon provides; hairdressing and nail pampering, you too can enjoy a drink and some well-deserved 'me' time. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Cherry Trees is fun and active.
Carly Marshall
Carly joined Cherry Trees in March 2023. Her whole life has been working in the care sector and now as lead activity coordinator, Carly said ‘ I absolutely love my role here. I have a real passion to enrich the lives of our residents and make them as special as they can be. I really love to see the faces of our residents when we make these ideas we have come to life, it’s just a magical and rewarding job and I can honestly say I’ve found my forever home’
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 Cherry Trees Care Home
The Magic Table
Residents have been enjoying their new Magic Table 360, provided to us by the wonderful people at Social-Ability. This is part of their 'Happiness Project', and we are very happy to be using it.
The Magic Table 360 works by projecting light on to a surface – this could be a table, floor, ceiling or even someone’s bed; as hands, arms or feet move through the light, the games that are projected begin to change and move.
Valentine's Day
In the morning, we had our normal Sunday service by the wonderful Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, which was all about love.
After that, everyone enjoyed their lunch in the beautifully decorated dining room. Everyone also received a Valentine’s gift bag full of lovely treats.
In the afternoon, we got to watch the amazing Ben Thompson as Elvis, which was put together by the wonderful people at 'Stormz Community for Musical Arts' and 'Music Is The Best Medicine'. Everyone had an amazing time and we all joined in.
Year of the Ox
On Friday 12th February, we had a wonderful time welcoming in the Chinese New Year. We watched some amazing traditional dragon and lion dances. We also learned about the Chinese zodiac and found out what animal we were all born under. To finish, we all got lucky red envelopes wishing us a Happy Ne Year.
The Vaccine Arrives
On Saturday 16th January, the residents and staff at Cherry Trees were delighted to receive their first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine in the bid to protect themselves against COVID-19.
Everyone at the care home would like to say a huge thank you Dr. R. Lambert and Dr Bexfield from The Arrow Surgery in Alcester for all their fantastic work in delivering the vaccine to us and to everyone who helped and supported to achieve this.
World Religion Day
On 17th January, residents at Cherry Trees celebrated World Religion Day. The aim of World Religion Day, held on the third Sunday in January every year, is to promote inter-faith understanding and harmony.
We took this opportunity to learn about a religions we as group decided we didn't know much about and asked the wonderful people at Birmingham Buddhist Centre to help us. The fantastic Shaddakarti gave a fascinating virtual introduction talk about Buddhism which the residents really found interesting.
International Flower Day
Residents had a fantastic time on 19th January celebrating International Flower Day. Residents on our Memory Lane community had a lovely time creating a large display of flowers during a flower arranging workshop, which has been displayed where everyone can see it.
In the other community, Young at Heart, the residents decided to make individual displays to add a lovely personal touch to their rooms. Residents on both floors used so many amazing flowers, which smelt absolutely amazing and have brought a bit a spring early to the home.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
