Activities at Cumberland Grange Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Gosia Maliga
I have been in the care sector since 2008, and I also have a degree in teaching. I am here to arrange and run a varied range of activities for our residents to take part in, keep them entertained and enrich their lives. From flower arranging, quizzes, arts and crafts to movies in the cinema, I try to make sure there is something for everyone here to take part in, and tailor events to suit each resident.
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 Cumberland Grange Care Home
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
Today we had a wonderful visit from our amazing fire crew here in Exeter to give our residents a talk on keeping safe in the home.
Whilst Bob our Head of Maintenance does a fantastic job at ensuring our fire alarm systems are working and continuously tested here at Cumberland Grange, it was great to meet with the team at Middlemoor and have a more in depth chat on what we should and shouldn’t do. Invaluable advice that we are all very grateful for.
F I R E W O R K S
Although the weather wasn’t quite on our side, we still managed to catch the firework displays over the weekend.
We enjoyed some delicious luxury hot chocolates and marshmallow treats all wrapped up in blankets to keep warm on one of our wonderful top floor balcony's.
REMEMBRANCE
Yesterday afternoon our residents were been busy creating a Remembrance display which will be enjoyed on the lead up to Remembrance Day. Our activities team have taken photos of our residents hands and those residents have made poppies which sit within.
Conversation and memories have been sparked around the home amongst our residents and staff. Remembrance is such an important time of year for many of our residents living here at Cumberland Grange, so to be able to put such a striking display together has reinforced that feeling of togetherness.
West Town Farm
Thank you so much to Andy, farmer of West Town Farm in Ide for a tour of your incredible premises and kind pumpkin and squash donation.
We feel extremely grateful to connect with such wonderful people local to us!
A visit from some beautiful reptiles
Thank you so much to Troy from C&L Aquatics, Reptiles and Pet Centre for bringing in your wonderful chameleon, bearded dragon and snake for our residents to see and enjoy yesterday afternoon.
We all thoroughly enjoyed their company and sweet natures, as well as learning some facts about these magnificent reptiles.
Our fantastic activities team are already looking into which animal visits we can have next.
Cumberland Grange turns 2
Cumberland Grange turns 2
What a truly wonderful evening we all had. So many smiles, lots of laughter and heaps of love which filled the home. There is no better way to celebrate!
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us - families, friends, Age UK Exeter, John Tescos retired Community Champion, our local PCSO’s, Paul and Veronica from Living Memories, The Magic of Graham Prigg who was absolutely AMAZING, Pete the Poet who created beautiful poems with our residents and guests and typed them up on an old fashioned type writer, and of course the incredible and much loved dad and daughter singing duo Steph and Daz for getting us all up dancing and singing along.
The food was delicious and the company was so enjoyed.
Now to start planning our Christmas party!
