Activities at Chester Court Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinator is dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Our aim is to make sure that our residents feel they had something to look forward to each day. We have a varied life enrichment programme, both in the home and in the community, and we always ask if there is anything different that residents would like to do. Residents and families approach our Activities Coordinator and comment on how much they enjoy what we do, so that we can continue to develop our programme to the benefit of our residents.
Lauren Corbett
Hi, my name is Lauren and I am the Activities Coordinator here at Chester Court. I joined the team in December 2020 and bring a wealth of enthusiasm to the role. I have just graduated from university in July 2020 and have previously completed work experience at another Barchester home. During this work experience I discovered how meaningful and important activities are for residents and how they can help enhance resident’s lives. Therefore, I decided to become an activities coordinator myself as I feel this is such a rewarding role.
I love working with our Residents here at the home and getting to know them and their families so that I can deliver and support in meaningful activities, keeping them socially stimulated and active as part of our extensive life enrichment calendar. The lifestyle and continued community links are also important.
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 Chester Court Care Home
The Wallace Collection
Residents across our services had a lovely time joining Emily and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to Reubens' Rainbow Landscape.
Residents truly enjoyed the sensory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings.
Everyone who joined had a wonderful experience and can’t wait to put their creative skills to the test by painting some landscapes of our their in the coming days!
Residents enjoy themed BBQ
The “King” has left the building…..
As the leaves begin to fall we enjoyed our last BBQ of the season with a fun theme – Blue Hawaii – in honour of the King himself. We had a fabulous afternoon enjoying each others company, delicious food especially prepared by our hospitality team, toe-tapping music courtesy of Dan Cresswell.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and we hope to see you soon!
National Grandparents Day
Here at Chester Court, we had a lovely time celebrating National Grandparents Day.
Some of our residents spent the day reminiscing about their grandparents and others remembered the moment when they were first told they were going to be a grandparent.
We enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea especially prepared by our hospitality team.
Fun facts at the Maritime Museum
Residents of Chester Court enjoyed a lovely afternoon with a trip to the Maritime Museum at Newbiggin by the Sea and it was great to have a breath of fresh air making the most of the bright weather.
Everyone found the museum interesting and full of facts and none of us knew about the fishing and rescue teams in the early 1900’s. It’s a great little museum and we highly recommend a visit. It was a smashing afternoon with the boys and the sun shone!
Chester Dog Show
We had a woof’tastic time at Chester Court when we hosted our popular annual dog show. The competition was fun and exciting with 10 fantastic participants and 10 fantastic winners!
It was fabulous day with the most gorgeous doggies joining us with their owners for a fun filled event. We would like to thank everyone who came along and joined in with making the afternoon such a success. You are all winners in our eyes with brilliant fun and frolicking behaviour. Until next year you lovely hounds!
Great company at the Memory Cafe
Here at Chester Court, we enjoy our regular visits to Newcastle NUFC Memory Café. It was another cracking morning at the NUFC with the boys, catching up and enjoying each other’s company.
This month’s guest speaker was ex-footballer and commentator, Jon Anderson who was full of stories of his time with Gazza and the team. It was a hilarious morning… thanks again NUFC as always!
Upcoming events
November
Hello November, as the leaves begin to fall we are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead. All welcome.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
Calling all emergency services personnel, come and take a break with us! There maybe a cake or two available....
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
Do you have any spare time? Could you make a difference? If you'd like more information on how you could volunteer we'd love to hear from you!
