Activities at Cubbington Mill Care Home
Every day we run different activities throughout our home. The activities are designed and adapted to each individuals personal needs. The activities are designed to mentally and physically stimulate the people we care for and also to enhance their life skills and feelings of purpose and self-worth. The activities encourage interaction on a one to one basis, in small groups, in large groups and some are designed for the whole home including staff to be involved in.
We are registered with the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) which ensures we are able to achieve and continually progress to enhance the quality of life for those we support in the home. We provide entertainers such as singers, musicians, magicians, puppeteers, poets and dancers. We also have regular exercise classes and arts and craft classes. Relatives and visitors will be able to see what me make in these classes on display around the home. We have regular trips out on the mini bus to visit garden centres, enjoy high tea, visit the butterfly farm and spend the day at the zoo with a picnic. We encourage the local community, schools, colleges and relatives to come and join us for activities, tea and cake and to visit to share their skills as much as possible.
Staff from across the home are always willing to help and share their knowledge and skills across a whole range of activities we have had everything from carers preforming Bollywood style dancing to cooking classes from the chef. We feel activities are a vital part of the residents lives to ensure they are stimulated mentally and entertained.
Rose Tucker
Hi my name is Rose and I am the activities coordinator at Cubbington Mill!
I have been working in care since I was 17 and very passionate about my role, always trying to do bigger & better. I am one of Cubbington Mills Dementia Champions. I'm very privileged to work with the wonderful people and residents at Barchester's Cubbington Mill and hope we all make some lovely memories together! I LOVE to find out about residents interests & hobbies through tools like the “Getting To Know Me Booklets”.
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.
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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 Cubbington Mill Care Home
St Patrick's Day Creations
Our most recent Creative Mojo had an Irish theme, as St Patrick's Day was coming up. Everyone had great fun painting and being creative.
Seated Exercise Session
We have great fun at our weekly seated exercise sessions with Mel. We sing along to all the old time favourites as well as exercising, flexing our joints and stretching our muscles. We really look forward to these sessions every week.
Creative Mojo
We tried out an art session with Creative Mojo again, and we all painted and decorated hearts using all kinds of materials, glitter, sequins and paint. All the hearts were then fastened onto the tree of hearts ready to be displayed in our home for all to see. We had a lovely time and are already looking forward to our next session.
Preparing for Baby Group
Residents gathered together the toys and games donated by the local community for our new baby and toddler group. The residents tested out the toys, cleaned them and disinfected them. The residents had great fun testing the toys and talking about what they had when they were younger.
20 Years of Service
We celebrated Daphne Felstead receiving her 20 year Long Service Award. Daphne is a valued member of the domestic team, who always has a smile on her face and maintains the high standards of cleanliness throughout the home. She was presented a beautiful bouquet of flowers and her pin by General Manager, Glynis Sheasby.
Cinema Afternoon
After a busy Christmas period the residents decided they would like to have a cinema afternoon for New Year's Day. There were plenty of refreshments, and everybody settled in for an afternoon of Mama Mia, singing along to the ABBA songs and talking about past experiences at the flicks.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
