Activities at Chestnut Gardens Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
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
A trip to our new local, M&S
Residents and team members of Chestnut Gardens enjoyed a trip out on the mini bus to the brand new Purley, M&S store. Manager, Camilla and her team gave us a warm welcome and are going to come to host events at our home very soon! Watch this space for dates of our Fashion Show with "Colour Matching!" this summer!
Employee of the Month April
Sadie is an amazing part of our team! As an experienced Head of Housekeeping we're delighted to have her with us. She keeps our wonderful new home as beautiful as it was on day one! Sadie ensures all our residents laundry needs are met instantly too! Thank you Sadie and well done!
May Day!
We had such fun with the Northwood Morris Dancers celebrating Spring and rebirth! They delighted and entertained inside our home, outside our home and even in the street to the amusement of all passing! Bobbie the pooch came too!
Board Games
A wonderful afternoon of board and card games was had by all at Chestnut Gardens as we were joined by Mike and the u3a Caterham & District, brand new gaming club!
Ladies who lunch!
Chestnut Garden's General Manager, Gayane had a wonderful time at Sutton Mayor, Trish Fivey's charity lunch today organised and run by Councillor, Moira Butt at Oaks Park Golf Club. Many local professional ladies joined together to share ideas and experiences over a fabulous lunch and witnessed a smashing fashion show by Mary from "Lucindas" wonderful "boutique" in Purley
Lunch with Friends!
Chestnut Gardens extended a warm welcome to our friends at the Selsdon and Sanderstead Rotary today. The members meet every week and have to pay for their lunch at their regular venue. We're keen to not only be a big part of the local community, but to ensure we do all we can to help the great work of local charities. Lunch today was "on us!"
Upcoming events
April Outside Community Cafe
April Community Café will be held outside in April , depending on weather. Please come and join the afternoons entertainment and refreshments. Everyone invited.
Cheese and Wine Event and Evening Financial Planning Talk.
We Invite you all to a Cheese and Wine Evening at our home with an eveningtalk from Goddard Perry Consulting Ltd on Financial Planning.
