Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Rikardas Cirunas
Hello, my name is Rikardus and I am the Activities Co-ordinator at Chestnut Gardens Care Home.
I have worked for Barchester for five years and was so excited to be part of such a excellent team at this beautiful home.
Every day I look forward to supporting our residents in living a full and enriched life and especially enjoy the outdoor activities that we arrange to the local attractions, even if the weather can be unpredictable at times.
We also hold loads of varied internal activities so everyone is catered for and the musicians and therapy animals are a very big hit.
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 Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Hampton Court Palace
Going to Hampton Court Palace was simply an amazing experience. Thank you to the organisers of this dementia based event where the usual busy Palace was closed to the public. Residents had the chance to go at their own pace and take in all the wonderful features inside and outside that Hampton Court Palace has to offer. The wonderfully generous staff had plenty of chances to teach us about the history of the place.
Exercise Classes
We have a full and varied range of exercise classes here at the home, these can be one to one or group activities. We can cater for all abilities and these classes bring so much joy and enrichment to our residents.
Community Café
Community Café Success
It was great turnout for Chestnut Gardens Community Café , it was so nice to see the residents and visitors enjoying an afternoon of singing and dancing in our wonderful home .
Corner Gallery Visit
Day out at the Gallery
Our residents had a lovely outing at the Corner Gallery next to Carlshalton Ponds .
They had an amazing tour of the vibrant works of local and national artists
Cat Day
Cat Day .
Not sure who enjoyed it the most , the residents, the staff or the cats. It was so nice to see all the smiles or everyone's faces and we know the cats enjoyed the fuss immensely and loved exploring our wonderful home and lovely gardens.
Zoo Visit to the Home
Residents at Chestnut Gardens were pleasantly surprised to see animals such as a Giant Snail, Bearded Dragon, Scorpion and large beetle come and visit them. All the residents were amazing brave as they were able to get up very close to these and even some were really excited to hold them in their hands. They also learnt about how they are cared for and where they come from in the wild.
Upcoming events
Last Community Café Before Xmas Break
Last Community Café before Christmas Break. We will have a Quaker Steel Band Performing
