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.
Skye Summerton
Hello, my name is Skye and I'm the Activities Coordinator here at Collingtree Park care home. My role is to enrich the lives of our residents by providing stimulating and person-centred activities. We offer something for everyone, including arts and crafts, games and live entertainment including visits to places of interest in the local area. I love to provide one-to-one time and sensory activities with residents who need a little more support.
Getting to know our residents better is so important, and through regular meetings with family and friends I can gain a greater understanding of their loved ones' interests and life prior to joining the Collingtree Park community.
We are an animal friendly care home with a resident cat called 'Bella' and daily visits from our residents' family dogs. We understand the power of PET Therapy and welcome animals of all sizes from mini beasts to the quarterly Alpaca visits a local farm.
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 me direct. New entertainers and community links are always welcome.
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 Collingtree Park Care Home
Celebrating All The Amazing Women
Today is International Women's Day 2024. It’s our opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of women.
Our lovely residents enjoyed sharing stories about the women who have inspired them, including women in history and women within their own families - and even themselves!
When we inspire others to understand and value women’s inclusion, we forge a better world. When women themselves are inspired to be included, there’s a sense of belonging, relevance and empowerment.
March Dementia Cafe - Pie Week!
This month our Dementia Cafe celebrated British Pie week; with residents and volunteers coming together to make our own lemon meringue pie! As well as making the pies, we spent time sharing our own baking stories, reminiscing about the good old days and as Pam said, "making everything from scraps and scratch!".
Our dementia cafe is hosted on the first Wednesday of every month, and we welcome you to join us for tea and cake and to gain an insight of the care and support we provide to those living with dementia.
Happy birthday Joyful Joan!
On her birthday, Joan enjoyed a visit from her family, staff and fellow resident and home neighbour Nannette. Chef Jennifer baked and decorated Joan’s scrumptious cream sponge cake decorated with fresh fruit and chocolate chards.
We all enjoyed a good old sing-a-long to Happy Birthday and sharing a piece of cake with our afternoon tea.
Happy St David's Day
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
Our fabulous residents had a fantastic day celebrating St. David's Day with Andy Salter. We enjoyed an afternoon of music and dancing from our residents, with one Jean on the keyboard and another showing off her dance moves with staff trying to keep up!
Both communities, friends and family came together for an afternoon of singing, dancing and most of all making fabulous memories.
Bingo Bonanza!
This week we joined fellow keen dabbers from over 250 Barchester care homes and hospitals across the whole of the UK, including Wales, Scotland, Jersey and the Isle of Wight, to compete in the biggest game of bingo Barchester has ever seen!
The inaugural Barchester Big Bingo Bonanza took place on 27th February 2024 when Collingtree Park got super competitive and took on its sister homes from all over the country to find out which Barchester home or hospital was a dab hand at bingo. It was eyes down for a full house as the homes battled it out to find out who would prevail.
General Manager, Nikki Allen said: “We’ve got some real bingo fanatics at our home, we are very competitive - our residents love taking part in anything where winning is involved, you could hear a pin drop in here when we were all playing.”
Our participating residents said: “It was such a fun afternoon, we love a game of bingo. It's amazing how competitive everyone gets especially when there's sweet treat prizes involved!”
Parish Council Coffee Morning
Rosemary, Pam and Skye from Activities had a lovely morning with Collingtree Parish Council for their fortnightly coffee morning. We enjoyed talks about community plans for Collingtree Village, as well as upcoming events in our home. We were excited by the reintroduction of "Knit and Natter", though we were better at the nattering part! Pam said "The village hall is the perfect place for a dance class" so treated us to a lesson in the Waltz too!
Rosemary said "It was nice to go out and speak to interesting people. We had a laugh and I look forward to seeing everyone again".
Thank you to the parish council for having us, we will see you next time!
Upcoming events
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.
Dementia Friendly Cafe
On the 1st Wednesday of each month we hold a complimentary cafe for those living with dementia or caring for a loved one. Call 01604 763 623 to reserve your place.
