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.
Martin Tilly-Reed
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.
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
Happy Birthday 'Maureen'
Happy Birthday to our Lovable and Funny; Maureen. We had a wonderful day celebrating with balloons, cake and happy smiling faces all round. Lisa, Maureen's daughter joined us to celebrate with mum and thanked us all for making Maureen's day so special. Happy Birthday Maureen from all at Collingtree Park.
Christmassy Trip to Garden Centre
Over the weekend, Mick and Barbara enjoyed a trip to the garden centre, where they started to get into the festive spirit! They enjoyed looking at the gifts selection and smelling festive scented candles. Barbara said "Apple and cinnamon just smells like Christmas, doesn't it?".
Autumn Crafts and Reminisce
Yesterday we enjoyed an evening of 'Autumnal crafts' on Daisy Lane. We also enjoyed using our reminiscing materials, to talk about baking and making cakes. Iris taught Barbara all about the ingredients needed and the cakes she used to love to bake. We'll have to get you in the kitchen for the next Collingtree Birthday Iris!
We then enjoyed singing and dancing to our favourite songs and rounded the evening off with tea and sandwiches.
Mental Health Awareness Day
Music is a great way to improve our residents' mental health! So, to celebrate we invited Pete from Nice N Easy Activity Show Community Group to join us for a good old fashioned sing along in the community lounges.
Residents enjoyed singing and dancing to the classics of their time, and some banter from Pete and staff too. Keep dancing, singing and smiling everyone!
Pink Bakes for Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and on Daisy Lane, we have kickstarted the month with our lovely ladies in Pink last week with some pink cake decorating. As you can see, our residents loved the decorating, but the eating more!
Hairdresser Delights!
At Collingtree, we recognise the importance of making sure we look good in order to feel good too. So, for #MentalHealthAwarenessDay we would like to thank you to our resident's hair dresser Bev for making our residents feel a million dollars. Mick said he felt 20 years younger, while Barbara said she loved being pampered.
Upcoming events
Call-in Café
Feeling isolated? Looking to meet with others in your community. Come along to our Call-in Café . Meet new people in our warm welcoming environment.
Don't Dine Alone
We know company at mealtimes can boost wellbeing. That is why we are inviting the elderly community to join us for a hearty mid-week roast dinner and some good company.
Monthly Dementia Cafe
Join us for our Monthly Dementia Café which takes place on the 1st Wednesday of every month 2.30pm - 4pm.
