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.
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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
Armed Forces Day
The staff and management team at Cherry Trees care home took time to salute our wonderful armed forces on 27th June 2020. The whole home got involved in the national #saluteourforces campaign.
Family Reunions
For a number of residents the long awaited reunion with family and friends became a reality as limited garden visits have now been allowed to commence in our home.
Residents and their relatives enjoyed getting together in the our beautiful garden with the sun shining for us all. Bottled water and ice-lollies were handed out to keep everyone cool and hydrated. It's a real pleasure to be able to facilitate such wonderful get-togethers.
Nails for all occasions
Our Activities coordinator Jo Anne treated our lovely ladies to a nail parlour pamper session within the home today. Even Gregg from maintenance couldn't resist getting involved!
Father's Day
Staff and residents enjoyed a day of fun-filled activities on Father's Day, 21st June including; virtual betting horse racing interactive game and an afternoon of savoury treats and a tipple of their choice. The residents spent time reminiscing about their earlier lives and talking about their fathers.
Royal Ascot Ladies Day
Several of our lovely ladies for all communities spent time hand crafting fascinators to wear on Royal Ascot Ladies day on 18th June, 2020. They spent the afternoon watching the races celebrating with a glass of buck fizz and fancy cakes prepared by our wonderful chef.
The Queen's Birthday Celebrations
On the 13th June, 2020 our Queen celebrates her second, and official birthday. This year there was an extra incentive for our Barchester homes to join in the festivities as we were invited to design, bake and decorate a cake (or cakes) fit for the Queen. Residents and our fantastic 2nd chef; Ayshat Gandova came together to design a showstopper of a birthday cake in the hope of winning £250 Bidfood vouchers.
Special thanks goes to Libby Osborne, daughter of the manager of Cherry Trees; Debbie Osborne who made and presented to the home a second beautiful cake in honour of Her Majesty’s birthday. Both of which have been entered into the competition.
Our residents were treated to a full day of fun-filled activities, cream teas and of course cake tasting. The Queen’s birthday was marked with a small celebration at Windsor Castle, where the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are staying in isolation. Some of our residents tuned in to watch a Royal Salute from the military, led by The Welsh Guard and massed Bands of the Household Division, which replaced the Trooping the Colour after it was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
