Activities at Collingtree Park Care Home

Our specialist activities staff are committed to organising a mix of activities and events for residents and the local community to get involved in, including trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and visits from entertainers and musicians. It is important to us that each individual who we support can get as much from these as they can, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join in with activities and events as often as they can.

Enriching life
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Activities Coordinator

Martin Tilly-Reed

Activities Coordinator

Hello, my name is Martin, I'm the activities coordinator here at Collingtree Park

My role is to ensure that our activities, outings and the entertainment we provide is stimulating and inclusive of all our residents no matter their challenges. It is important to me that our weekly calendar offers enriching experiences with music from live entertainers, visits to various locations outside the home, as well as arts and crafts tailored to individual abilities. 

Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular family and friends’ meetings we can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining Collingtree Park that will make for a richer activities program to be developed. 

I look forward to getting to know you, and your loved ones.

We are always open to new ideas. If you would like to get involved in any of our Life Enrichment activities or have a skill, or project you'd like to share with our residents, please click here  to contact the activities team direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.

Life-encriching activities booklet

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Collingtree Park Care Home

Barchester ‘Barchy’ Bear

Barchester ‘Barchy’ Bear

Barchester Bear ‘Barchy’ paid a surprise visit to the residents at Collingtree Park on children in need day. Barchy went around the home giving smiles, cuddles and had a little dance with our residents. Barchy Bear never fails to put a huge smile on everyone’s faces!

Bentley Our PAT Dog

Bentley Our PAT Dog

Pet Therapy is always a huge hit with the residents here at Collingtree park, Bentley has been coming for a while and knows his way around the home very well! Especially where the treats are!

The residents love having a stroke and talking about dogs they have had themselves. We always look forward to visits from our four legged friends.

Knit and Natter

Knit and Natter

We love our Knit and Natter at Collingtree. We have some very talented knitters so we thought we would put this to good use! We have all been knitting squares, which we will sew together and make into blankets. Our knitting group is a great way to get our ladies together and have a good ‘natter and giggle’. We all enjoy to reminiscence about how we learnt to knit and the ladies especially love teaching our Activities Coordinator Rachel their special skills.

Christmas Crafts

Christmas Crafts

Christmas has well and truly arrived at Collingtree with our Christmas tree’s delivered only a few days ago and decorated with the help of our residents! The home is looking magical and everyone is especially impressed with our singing Santa in the heart of the home. We are all in the Christmas spirit and have been Christmas crafting, our residents thoroughly enjoyed making snow men which we created by using only men socks and rice!

Gentlemen’s Club

Gentlemen’s Club

Our monthly men’s only evening is always a hit. This month the men of Collingtree park had a relaxed evening playing cards, dominoes and snooker and of course the evening wouldn’t have be complete without a nice cold beer in hand! We can’t wait to see what the gentlemen of Collingtree park will be up to next month.

Pottersheart Craft Group visit with a donation of Twiddle Muffs

Pottersheart Craft Group visit with a donation of Twiddle Muffs

Activities for our residents living with dementia can often become ineffective as the disease progresses into the late stage. It can be common for our residents to have restless hands particularly if they have been accustomed to performing manual activities such as knitting or playing a musical instrument prior to living with dementia.

Twiddle muffs provide an engaging entertaining way to occupy the hands of our residents with many finding them calming, having something to keep their hands busy with the bits and bobs attached help focus attention and reduce agitation.

Collingtree Park cannot say a big enough thank you to the Pottersheart Group for their kind donation. We are so grateful to them all for all their hard work put in to make these twiddle muffs, I can’t tell you how much it benefits our residents here at Collingtree. 

The Christmas season as well and truly begun here at Collingtree Park and what a better way than to share the season of goodwill with this wonderful donation.

Upcoming events

Christmas Fayre

Come along and enjoy a range of stalls and festive fun with our residents and staff as we celebrate all things Christmas on our Open Day. 10am - 4pm.

November Open Day - All Welcome

We warmly welcome you to join us for our homes open day event on Saturday 30th November in conjunction with our Christmas Fayre! 

Key Workers - Take a Break!

If you are part of the emergency services or a community healthcare professional in need of a break, drop in at any time complimentary refreshments and a warm welcome await you.

Community Church Service

Join our Monthly Church Service on the first Wednesday of each month at 10.30am courtesy of Vicar James from Church of St Columba, Collingtree, Northampton.