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.
Lucia Pivetta
Hello, my name is Lucia and I'm one of the Activities Coordinators 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 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.
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
Thinking about our feathered friends
At Collingtree Park we had a quiz all about birds. This was a great way to get our memories active. All together we came up with a list of 69 bird species that we had seen or heard of, either at home or on trips to wildlife parks or holidays abroad. Noel did particularly well and was top of our class.
Enjoying fish and chips in the garden
Residents enjoyed fish and chips on Friday. Not quite beside the seaside, but it was a lovely day, and sunny enough to enjoy the lovely garden at Collingtree Park.
Enjoying a sensory walk in the garden
Residents at Collingtree Park were overjoyed to walk around our lovely garden in the sunshine, smelling the blossom and some of the flowers that are starting to spring up. We rubbed lavender between our fingers to enjoy the fragrance, and picked dandelions to blow the seeds into the wind. We laughed and chatted about our own gardens.
Cultivating some vegetables
Graham and Pamela, residents at Collingtree Park, got their hands dirty repotting some of our vegetable seedlings into larger pots. We are getting our young plants ready to deliver to the Hope Centre next week so they can plant them on in their allotment. We had a great time and Pamela, who is an excellent gardener, explained where we needed to cut the plants so they will grow and sprout out more. Thank you Pamela – we all learned something useful!
New players for Carpet Bowls
Lots of residents were keen to play Carpet Bowls at Collingtree Park this week – in fact, most of our Ground Floor residents took part. We had two new members, Sophia and Ken, who were welcomed by our regular players. Sophia impressed us with her bowling skills – definitely one to watch in our fun tournament!
Baking some savouries this week
It was lovely to make a savoury bake at Collingtree Park this week and our cheese straws disappeared within half an hour of being cooked and arranged on a plate. Today’s happy bakers from our Memory Lane community loved the tactile feel of rubbing the ingredients together, then rolling and cutting the pastry.
Upcoming events
Macmillan Coffee Morning
We are inviting friends, families and members of the local community to join our residents and staff for a Coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Wear It Pink Day - All Welcome
Join us 'Wear it Pink' on 18th October as we raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness. They'll be plenty of pink cakes and buns on offer - All Welcome!
Newsletter Summer Edition 2
Please take at look at our latest news from in and around Collingtree Park care home.
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.
