Activities at Cherry Trees Care Home

The morning was spent getting pampered and getting everyone’s nails painted pink and, in the afternoon, we had a lovely tea party, where we talked about residents' own experiences with cancer and how important it is to spread awareness about the subject. We also had a go at the Big Pink Quiz, which was lots of fun!

The residents and members of the team had a magical time at the homes Disney theme Day. We were all 'bibbity-boppty-boo' throughout the day as the residents listened to their favourite Disney songs and enjoyed playing games before an afternoon of Disney movies. Chef put on a finger buffet with lip-smacking snacks, and staff dressed to impress with a fantastic array of Mickey ears and Disney outfits.

We had a lovely time at our Macmillan coffee day. We had so many amazing cakes and treats donated by staff and freshly baked from the kitchen. We had a lot of fun just hanging out, drinking coffee and eating way to many cakes. We also had the Colin the caterpillar challenge up which was won by one of our great staff members. We made a grand total of £63 which will go a long way in helping support those with cancer and their families.

Our residents had great fun decorating biscuits for the McVitie’s and Napa competitions. The challenge was to pick a theme to decorate the biscuits and take some pictures and email them in for a chance of winning an afternoon tea worth £1000!

We choose garden as our theme as we love our gardens here at Cherry Trees and there was plenty of creative ideas we could pick from that. We had so much fun, and not too many biscuits were eaten "honest".

On the 22nd August, 2020 we had a fantastic time at Cherry Trees with our amazing Irish fete. Unfortunately, due to the weather we had the fete inside, but this didn’t dampen any spirits. First of all I would like to thank all the staff and residents who attended in person, all our wonderful volunteers and all the support we’ve had from everyone from our online community which in these weird times is so important.

Another big thank you goes to the fantastic growers at the Bidford allotments who helped us stock our Cherry Trees Growers Market with lots of lovely veg! The rest of the veg was supplied from our own garden which is maintain by the home as a whole. We are super lucky here at Cherry Trees to have such an amazing garden and such helpful local gardeners. We also had a lovely crafters corner selling handmade cards donated to us by a wonderful member of the public and team.

Our resident had so much fun today they got to enjoy a glass of baileys and some amazing Irish snacks from the Cherry Trees Arms’ Irish Bar (the cakes were amazing!!). The residents also enjoyed lots of games and had a fantastic sing song with our staff. We have some amazing singers at Cherry Trees, so Britain’s Got Talent better watch out.

We had a trot by from the beautiful Bubbles and George horses, smiles all round. All in all, it was a truly amazing day and everyone had so much fun. Just shows that nothing can stop the residents and staff at Cherry Trees for having a fantastic time!

 We held our first ever virtual pet show to celebrate National Dog Day. Our residents had an amazing time looking though all the pictures and reminiscing about their own pets.

We had entries from the community, staff and their families, relatives and friends of our residents, who were all eager to show off their pets.

This event was so popular we are already being asked to hold it again by both residents and staff. We had 4 winners in the end.