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
National Activity Providers Week
Chestnut Gardens recently celebrated National Activity Providers Week by presenting our Activity Coordinator, Claire Jones and our Divisional Activities Lead, Lucy Perkins with a beautiful bunch of flowers and a home made, luxury afternoon tea. Claire and Lucy both work hard as part of Barchester's Life Enrichment team to create meaningful and person centred activities and events for our residents.
Chestnut Gardens VIP opening Day
Chestnut Gardens was officially opened in style by Councillor Jason Perry, Executive Mayor Of Croydon. Barchester's CEO, Dr Peter Calveley, and General Manager Krystyna Bosko hosted the event and invited guests to view our beautiful new care home which is now welcoming its first residents.
National Buy a Book Day!
Today is "National buy a book day" (National Buy a Book Day was created in 2012 to educate people to the importance of books to our culture and civilisation as a whole). To that end, Chestnut Gardens and the Book Club members have decided to try "Lord of the Rings!" Join us every month on the second Tuesday at 11.00am.
Waitrose, Sanderstead
Chestnut Gardens had a smashing day at Waitrose in Sanderstead today meeting many locals and chatting about their lives and those of their loved ones and how our wonderful home and team may help. Joan and Sue pictured here are lace makers and really excited about coming to share their skills with our friends and residents! Thank you ladies!
St Marks Memory Cafe
We were delighted to be invited to St Mark's Memory Cafe this week. St Marks, Purley offer a regular cafe on a Friday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm for people living with dementia and their carers. The "Place to be!" cafe. This time we met and mingled with all and brought our famous Chestnut Gardens cup cakes! A quiz, game of bingo, musical interlude and other activities made for a great session!
"Schools Out"
The summer holidays can be a stressful and financially draining time of year, however there is no reason why these weeks can't be jam packed with fun and happy times with your little ones. Here's to taking a break from bedtime battles, school traffic and stepping into endless snacks, sunscreen and fun! Chestnut Gardens have met many retired people who are worried about the safety of their dear grandchildren and so please find some hints and tips by the "British Swim School" from us to help!
Upcoming events
Last Community Café Before Xmas Break
Last Community Café before Christmas Break. We will have a Quaker Steel Band Performing
